The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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This is the handout from the office of an enlightened OB who appreciates that you cannot get accurate results by shocking a system that is not used to large amount of carbohydrates
Your one-hour glucose-screening test was abnormal. You will need to schedule a three-hour glucose tolerance test with the clinical laboratory. A glucose tolerance test checks how well your body responds to sugar. This test must be scheduled at a fine that allows you to follow the special three-day diet. Please call the lab to schedule your appointment.
In order to decrease the chance of a falsely abnormal test result; please
follow
the instructions below:
1. Continue to eat regular meals and all the foods you normally enjoy
2. For three days before the test you must include extra carbohydrates
(at east 150 grams or more) in your daily food intake. To make sure you
are eating enough carbohydrates you must choose extra foods.
3. Choose one tern from List I and also an item from List 2. Eat these
foods in addition to the usual foods you eat for three days before the
test.
| List 1 | List 2 |
| 2 slices of bread | 8 T. (40z.) raisins |
| 2/3 C. of cocked rice | 2 large apples |
| 1 C. cooked noodles | 2 small bananas |
| 2 corn tortillas | 16 oz. orange or apple juice |
Example
Day oneExtra 2 slices of breadDay two
10 oz. of apple juiceExtra 1 C. of noodlesDay three
16oz. orange juiceExtra two bananas
2 corn tortillas
On the third day of your diet, eat nothing (not even toast) and
drink nothing but sips of water after 10:00 p.m. and until the test is
over.
Maintain your usual activity level on the days preceding the test.
Please arrive at the clinic lab no later than 8:30 a.m.
First a fasting blood sample will be drawn, This will be done three
times. It is important that the blood be drawn exactly on hour intervals,
so please be available at the indicated times.
Please bring something to read or do while quietly sitting, until the
test is over. Do not smoke or drink anything except water during the test.
Sips of water should be taken only if you are very thirsty.
Alter the last blood sample has been drawn, you rnay leave the laboratory
and have your lunch.
If you are unable to eat your usual diet, please inform your health
care provider.
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