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Wahine Wisdom

Occassionally when a woman has a health challenge in the community, Women Who Care will send out an e-mail to a group of midwives, doula, doctors and mothers asking them for their wisdom. On this page will be a compilation of those exchanges. Please note that these are "simply tricks of the trade" and should be verified with your Healthcare Practitioner before taking any of the suggested courses of action. Click on the question for the suggested tidbits of wisdom.

There is a pregnant woman about to give birth in about 3 weeks. She has had a very hard time with her nipples during her pregnancy. They are cracked, bleeding and sore. She is afraid she won't be able to breastfeed. Suggestions?

There is a mom who has had regular moon cycles (28 days) for as long as she can remember. Now, her cycles (for the last few) seem to be 35 or 36 days. She is in her late 20's. Why would the cycle change all of a sudden after so long? No new birth control(pharmaceutical drugs or natural drugs) or anything like that is in the picture. Suggestions?

I had an anal fissure develop after giving birth to our son. I thought the pain with each bowel movement was something to do with the hemorrhoids,... and so I didn't get it resolved for some months. Finally after seeing a specialist and changing my diet the fissure healed. Then, a month and a half later, it re-opened during a house move. It has since closed up but now my doctor says that if it re-opens again I will need surgery. I really don't want to go this route. I'd love advice--

  1. I'm taking magnesium and Citrucel to keep my bowel movements soft but want to stop taking Citrucel since there are chemicals in it that I don't feel comfortable ingesting long term. Any suggestions?
  2. I've pretty much eliminated pasta and bread from my diet and I'm eating plenty of fruit and veggies and flax oil... but I do miss them! I'd love to hear if anyone has had a fissure and how they are doing their diet now... and what foods to definitely avoid and what foods would be okay on a moderate basis.

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