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INNER CIRCLE WEEK 9 WEBINAR INFANCY THROUGH CHILDHOOD

SPECIFIC PREGNANCY CONCERNS (To finish up from Week 8) MORNING SICKNESS

Morning sickness has become much more severe in recent decades, as our toxic burden has increased. Morning sickness is thought to be triggered by hormone changes. In addition to this, it can also be caused by the release of toxins from the liver into intestines.

Morning sickness is thought to be triggered by hormone changes. In addition, smell-induced nausea during pregnancy is thought to be an evolutionary advantage. Women that become nauseous when they smell certain foods may be reacting to subtle gestational toxins present in many plants that can pose a risk to their fetus… especially during the first trimester.

While both of these statements are true… I have found this to be an incomplete picture. I have found that morning sickness has increased in intensity along with our increased toxic burden (pesticides, birth control pills, plastics, heavy metals, etc.). This congests the liver and can contribute to constant nausea, especially during the first trimester.

During pregnancy, avoid cooking with oils altogether. Instead, drizzle organic, cold-pressed olive oil over steamed vegetables and use it to make your own dressings.

Rancid oils are some of the worst offenders. Pregnant women are very sensitive to the smell of rancid oils. This is because these oils suppress liver function and interfere with your baby’s development. In the first trimester, I recommend taking supplemental oils like:

• fermented cod liver oil*

• krill oil

• sea buckthorn oil

• black cumin seed oil

*Add up all of your vitamin A and make sure that you do not exceed 10,000 IUs per day

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Your diet, digestion, methylation pathways, probiotic makeup, and gland health each affect the intensity of morning sickness.

If you are already pregnant, here are some things that may help to gently clear the liver and ease nausea:

• Drinking chamomile tea

• Taking digestive enzymes with meals

• Drinking Original Quinton marine plasma

• Supporting methylation with folinic acid, B12, B6, selenomethionine, glutathione, and glutathione precursors

• Eating an enzyme-rich diet rich in cultured vegetables

• Taking multi-strain, high dose probiotics with dinner

• Drinking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in the morning

• Getting good exercise in the morning

• Staying hydrated between meals - avoid drinking liquids with your meals

GESTATIONAL DIABETES

To test for gestational diabetes, OBGYNs have you drink a glucose syrup called “Glucola” in order to artificially (and predictably) spike blood glucose levels. Glucose levels are then tested 1 hour later.

If you pass, that’s it. If you don’t, then you take a Glucose Tolerance Test is given with either 50, 75, or 100 grams of glucose sugar. Side effects can include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Some brands of glucose syrup (EasyDex) contain brominated vegetable oil (BVO), which is toxic to the thyroid and to your baby. (10% of soft drinks contain BVO).

While about 3% of women experience gestational diabetes, the causes are usually diet related. A safer way to determine if you are at risk is to use a glucose test kit from a friend or family member with Type I or II diabetes and follow the guidelines on the next slide.


GESTATIONAL DIABETES - PREVENTION & DIET

The key to preventing gestational diabetes is to:

• Eat small, protein-rich snacks throughout the day. A great snack is a piece of brown-rice toast with homemade pecan butter on top. (Pecans are naturally low in mycotoxins)

• Avoid simple carbs, sugar, and alcohol

• Eat complex carbohydrates (e.g. brown rice, organic oat bran) - rich in fiber, which slows the release of sugar into the body

• Take benfotiamine - fat soluble thiamine (turns up transketolase, which shuttles sugar into your cells)

• Keep your brain running on MCT oil from coconuts (Bulletproof’s Brain Octane, pure C8 MCT oil)

• Take digestive enzymes to keep digestion running smoothly

• Keep your microbiome healthy with cultured veggies and probiotics superfoods.

• Get sunlight daily

• Exercise


Natural Strategies to Relieve Heartburn During Pregnancy Heartburn occurs in the third trimester as the womb and baby press up against your diaphragm and as progesterone levels increase, relaxing the valve at the top of your stomach, allowing stomach acid to creep into the esophagus.

1. Avoid spicy foods; fatty foods; fried foods; excess sugar; coffee; tea; and alcohol

2. Eat frequent, small meals

3. Do not drink liquids with your meals; drink between meals

4. Drink peppermint tea to aid digestion; being sure to avoid other digestive teas containing fennel, as it can contribute to early labor

5. Avoid carbonated beverages including sparkling water

6. Do not lie down after eating

7. Take digestive enzymes with your meals

8. Increase your intake of fermented / cultured vegetables

Edema - Water retention during the 3rd trimester Ways to reduce edema during pregnancy:

9. Keep moving… standing for long periods can increase edema

10. Kick your feet up when you are sitting down and avoid crossing your legs

11. Do yoga stretches and take long walks to promote circulation

12. Lie down several times a day on your left side. Sleep on your left side.

13. Take Original Quinton marine plasma to strengthen your kidneys.

14. Drink organic celery and cucumber juice to support the kidneys

15. Eat steamed organic asparagus several times per week

Emotions & Memory During Pregnancy During pregnancy, your body redirects some of the blood flow from your brain to your womb. This can contribute to “pregnancy brain,” a temporary tendency to forget things.


In addition, changes in estrogen and progesterone balance throw off emotions, leading to bouts of sadness. It is important not to make it mean anything. Keeping a sense of humor can help.

To promote memory and to balance emotions, consider the following:

• If you recently stopped caffeine/alcohol, reach for snacks that boost GABA levels to curb your cravings and promote a better mood: grass-fed beef liver; brown rice; organic oatmeal; broccoli; fresh oranges/grapefruits; lentils; nuts; and halibut fish.

• Take long walks and exercise (prenatal yoga, Tai Chi, Chi Gong) - the endorphins will promote euphoria

• Write down appointments and to-do lists as soon as the thought pops in your head

• Get acupuncture to help balance your mood and release stress

• Breathe deeply throughout the day - the oxygen will help promote memory

• Take up to 4 vials of Original Quinton Hypertonic (your pregnancy tonic)

Best Sleeping Positions During Third Trimester

After the first trimester, the weight of your uterus presses down on the major vein that runs from your lower body to your heart. This can make your dizzy and interfere with the delivery of blood and nutrients to the womb.

Lying on your left side promotes the flow of blood and nutrients to your growing baby. To prevent lower back pain, it is best to sleep with a pillow or wedge between your legs.

Lower Back Pain During Pregnancy

• Ways to reduce lower back pain:

• Wear flats, not heels


• Walk with your chest up and shoulders back

• Sit on an exercise ball when in front of your computer or stand at your desk while moving your hips in a figure “8”

• When lifting heavy objects, squat down and lift with your legs

• Sleep on your left side at night

• Do prenatal yoga (see next slide)

• Get regular prenatal massages

• See an osteopath, chiropractor, or gua-sha/cheng gua practitioner

• Get acupuncture

• Keep your bowels moving - constipation is often at the source of lower back pain

• Massage your hips and PC muscles (pubococcygeus) - deep tissue, self-massage

Prenatal Massage & Prenatal Yoga

Prenatal massage benefits:

• Eases lower back pain

• Promotes drainage

• Reduces swelling

• Releases physiological and psychological stress

• Exercises the muscles

• Promotes emotional release

Safe yoga poses:

• “Goddess pose”

• “Wide squat”

• “Butterfly”


• “Seated straddle”

• “Happy baby”

• and “Wide-legged forward bend” (if you do not have a serious back problem)

Prenatal Acupuncture

Optimizes fetal development and can help to:

• Reduce the chance of miscarriage and early delivery

• Calm mood swings, and stress

• Ease an upset stomach

• Release lower back pain

• Supports a healthy immune system for mom and baby

• Manage healthy blood pressure levels

• Reduce swelling and fluid retention

• Turn a breech baby

• Promote labor and deliver when it is time

• Reduce labor pain and the need for epidurals

• Eases postpartum recovery and promote mental balance in new moms


INFANT CARE JAUNDICE

One of the best ways to naturally relieve jaundice is to bring your infant out into the sun for 15 to 20 minutes per day during off-peak hours. Be sure to cover your baby’s eyes.

In addition to sunlight, frequent breastfeeding and supplementation with both Quintessential 0.9 and chamomile tea may both help to clear the liver and reduce jaundice.

UMBILICAL CORD CARE

Pack the belly button around the umbilical cord with goldenseal powder several times per day. Within a couple of days, the cord will naturally fall off and heal.

COLIC - FUSSINESS

Drip Quintessential 0.9 and luke warm chamomile tea into your baby’s mouth while bottle feeding or breastfeeding or add to a small bottle.


Chamomile Drops

15 to 20 Minutes of

Sunlight Per Day

Quintessential marine plasma

0.9

Pat on your baby’s liver by cupping your hand over your baby’s liver and patting lightly. Then, with your baby on his or her back, pump the legs by bending the knees and pressing the thighs to the chest and lightly pumping. This can help relieve trapped gas and help gently clear the liver.

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR BABY HAS A FEVER

If your baby is under the age of 3 months, check with your doctor immediately to make sure that your baby does not have a dangerous bacterial infection.

Natural Strategies for Addressing a Fever

1. Fever starts at 100.4F. Babies can easily spike high fevers. Unless your child has a dangerous (and rare) bacterial infection, it is best to let the fever play out. Antibiotics do not resolve viral infections. And most common bacterial infections will resolve with TLC.

2. Keep your baby hydrated (breastmilk)

3. If your baby’s bowels are not moving, give a small amount of magnesium citrate - available at most drug stores with meter dosing instructions for infants.

4. Give your baby a tepid hygiene bath. The luke warm water will help to cool your baby down.

5. Give your baby sunlight for 15 to 30 minutes daily to boost D3 levels


Fevers are generally safe

under 105F

Magnesium Citrate Moves

Bowels Sunlight Boosts D

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SUSPECT A POSSIBLE VACCINE REACTION Signs of a Vaccine Reaction

Hours to days after a vaccine:

6. Fever - low grade or high fever

7. High pitched (“shrill”) screaming

8. Excessive fussiness

9. Regression in milestones - e.g. speech regression

10. Excessive sleeping, listlessness

11. Lack of interaction - e.g. eye contact

12. Unexplainable skin rash

When infants have a fever, doctors rarely suspect a vaccine reaction. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to prescribe antibiotics and acetaminophen for an infant cold/flu (bacterial), which can be dangerous if your child is actually experiencing a vaccine reaction (viral).

Whenever possible, avoid antibiotics and acetaminophen. Antibiotics kill off immune boosting probiotics. And acetaminophen depletes the body of glutathione, a key detoxifier, preventing your baby from being able to eliminate vaccine toxins.


AcetaminophenAntibiotics

Managing a Vaccine Reaction

1. Let your baby’s fever play out (as long as it is under 105ºF). The fever is there to stimulate the immune system and to “cook” the pathogens. (Disclaimer: Always seek out medical attention when your baby has a fever to rule out meningitis or other potential dangerous infections unrelated to the vaccine.)

2. Keep your baby hydrated (breastmilk)

3. If your baby’s bowels are not moving, give magnesium citrate - the bottle lists dosing instructions for infants. This will bring the fever down a bit.

4. Give your baby a tepid hygiene baths (with iodine and salt). The tepid bath will also help bring down the fever.

5. Give your baby 15 to 30 minutes of sunlight per day to boost D3 levels.

Reducing Brain & Gut Inflammation During a Possible Vaccine Reaction

1. Drip Quintessential 0.9 (Isotonic) into your baby’s mouth while bottle feeding or breastfeeding (or add to a small bottle).

2. Add 1/2 sachet of Progurt (powder) to a shot glass filled with pure water. Drop onto baby’s mouth while breastfeeding / bottle feeding or if old enough, have child drink.

3. Give baby 2 pumps of liposomal vitamin C every 6 to 8 hours


Fever under 105F

Magnesium Citrate to

Move Bowels

Sunlight to Boost

D

Human Strain

Probiotics

OTHER INFANT CARE SECRETS

Blocked Tear Ducts / Pink Eye

Many babies these days are being born with block tear ducts. It looks like “pink eye” but does not respond to antibiotic ointments (e.g. Erythromycin Eye Ointment).

Instead consider spraying baby’s eyes with Quintessential 0.9 (Isotonic) and a quality nano-silver spray. You can also give your baby a hygiene bath to help clear the tear ducts. Crying also seems to help.

Many babies these days are being born with block tear ducts. It looks like “pink eye” but does not respond to antibiotic ointments (e.g. Erythromycin Eye Ointment).

Instead consider spraying baby’s eyes with Quintessential 0.9 (Isotonic) and a quality nano-silver spray. You can also give your baby a hygiene bath to help clear the tear ducts. Crying also seems to help.


Nano-silver spray

Quintessential 0.9

Diaper Rash

To ease diaper rash, bring your baby outside into the sun for 15 minutes without a diaper on. The sunlight has antibacterial properties and will help to relieve diaper rash.

After bathing, allow your baby to air dry before putting on a diaper. While air drying, spray the area with Quintessential Marine Plasma (0.9) and then apply a dab of calendula cream. For severe infections, apply nano-silver gel.

To prevent recurring rashes, change diapers every 2 to 3 hours. Look at your diet to see if you are eating more carbs/sugars than usual. Your baby’s skin condition could be Candida-related.

In addition, look at the diapers you are using. Are they gel-based diapers? Many commercial brands use harsh absorbent chemicals and dyes have been linked to skin rashes, while the bleach used to turn the paper pulp white forms dioxin, a known reproductive toxin.


Quintessential Marine Plasma

Spray

Nano-silver Gel

SunlightCalendula

Cream

Cloth Diapers or

Nappies Organic Cotton

Gels, dyes, & bleach Rashes &

reproductive toxins

Teething

Instead of freezing a plastic teething ring, cut up several stalks of organic celery into 4 inch long pieces and freeze for 24 hours.

Give your little one a frozen celery stick. It will help to sooth sore gums. As the celery melts, your baby will suck in the water. Once the stick is limp, just throw it away. (Frozen celery sticks pose a very low choking risk. With that said, it is important always to watch your baby when your baby is eating.)

Calming Your Baby Down

BioPlasma or METAB (PCHF) are homeopathic cell salts that help to balance out your child’s physiology. At night, place a few drops of chamomile essential oil into your baby’s bath water and then gently massage some coconut oil into his or her feet.

You can also add 1 drop of chamomile essential oil to the soles of the feet if your child is particularly anxious that day. In addition, give your baby 1 vial of Quintessential marine plasma 0.9.


BioPlasma or METAB

Chamomile Essential Oil

Quintessential 0.9

Frozen Celery Sticks

Summer Fun

15 to 30 minutes of sunlight per day during off-peak hours is healthy for us. It is when your kids are exposed to prolonged sun exposure that things take a turn for the worse.

Sunscreens often contain unhealthy petroleum based chemicals and additives. Instead, look for an all natural, zinc-oxide based sunscreen.

Soothing Sun Burn

To ease sunburns, apply fresh aloe vera gel to the burn area. Then, spray Quintessential marine plasma (3.3) onto the skin and allow to dry.


All Natural, Zinc-oxide

Aloe Vera Gel

Quintessential Marine Plasma

Spray

Healing Bumps & Bruises

When kids get banged up, there are three great ways to get them back out enjoying summer.

Apply a Chinese “Hit Medicine” liniment using a

Qtip® or cotton ball.

Apply a homeopathic arnica gel or cream to the area around the injury.

Bring your child to the exact location of the injury and gently touch the part of the body that was injured to the exact place where the injury occurred. This helps to clear the trauma.

Natural Insect Repellant

Most insect repellants contain toxic substances that are dangerous to both you and insects! Instead, reach for a natural citronella based insect repellant patch or spray.

In addition, having your child wear long sleeved cotton shirts and pants gives the insects less wiggle room. If you child is bitten, consider dabbing it with nano-silver gel to help kill off any bacterial infection that may co-exist with the bite.


Chinese “Hit Medicine” Liniment

Homeopathic Arnica

Gel

Natural Citronella

Based Repellants

Cover Your Backyard Sand Boxes

Sand boxes at neighborhood parks are often visited by cats and other animals that can leave behind fecal matter. When children play

in the sandbox, they can be exposed to dangerous pathogens such as

toxoplasmosis.

Wear Shoes with Good Ankle Support

During the summer, kids need shoes with strong ankle support. Every

year, over a million people suffer ankle injuries.

Getting your child a good pair of summer shoes that

can both “get wet” without growing mold, and that

support the ankle will help to prevent both athlete’s foot and

injury.


Cats Can Expose your

Child to Toxo

Flip Flops Do Not Provide

Ankle Support

Walk Barefoot on Clean Grass

Walking barefoot on fresh grass is good for both body and spirit. However, parks often spray grass with dangerous pesticides that can be inhaled by crawling infants and absorbed through the soles of our feet.

Encourage your kids to wear shoes at the park and to reserve barefoot strolls for grass that you know is clean.

Infant and Child Heimlich Maneuver & CPR

Knowing how to dislodge an object from your infant or child’s throat and how to perform infant CPR (e.g. drowning, SIDs) is an important part of becoming a responsible parent. Online certification classes are available at infantCPR.com and in-person classes are available in most areas through the

RedCross.org.

Infant and Child First Aid

From deep cuts and head injuries to broken bones, having the confidence to respond effectively in an emergency with your child is also an important part of becoming a parent. Courses

are available through RedCross.org.


Parks Often Spray Their Grass with Pesticides

Take an Infant CPR Course

Online

Ear Aches

1 part apple cider vinegar, 1 part hydrogen peroxide (3% solution), and 10 parts pure water

Drop several drops into the affected ear, tilting head to the side. Allow drops to settle for several minutes.

Things that Can Trigger a Nose Bleed

* Crying

* Getting overheated

* Being exposed to excessive, dry air

* Getting hit on the nose

* Taking aspirin - Rye Syndrome

* Food allergy

For Nose Bleeds: Gently apply fresh aloe gel into the base of the nose. Do not insert aloe too high into the nostril. The base (entrance) is usually sufficient.


+ ++Apply Pressure &

Tilt Head Back

+FreshVera Gel

Hygiene Bath


For Colds, Flus,

For Daily

1 cup of salt

1 cup of salt

2 to 4 tablespoons of iodine

1 cup of hydrogen peroxide

Facial Dip


For Colds, Flus,

For Daily

1/8 cup of salt

1/8 cup of salt

30 to 60 drops of iodine

1/4 cup of hydrogen peroxide

Daily Nasal Sinus Spray

Fill an empty nasal bottle with 1 vial each of Original Quinton Isotonic (Quintessential 0.9) and Original Quinton Hypertonic (Quintessential 3.3).

Spray into a nostril, while pressing the other nostril closed with your finger and while inhaling the spray. Repeat several times in each nostril.

Throw Out Your Soft Plastic Bath Toys

Soft plastic bath toys draw bathwater up into the toy when squeezed. This stagnant water often

grows mold that can be reintroduced the next time your child takes a bath and

squeezes out the old stagnant water inside. Instead, switch to hard plastic cups and other bath toys without holes.

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