Labor Day

What could be more ironic than being induced on Labor Day at 20 weeks?

How about going through natural childbirth to deliver a dead baby?

Well this pregnancy I was not anywhere near 100% raw vegan. I was merely a vegetarian. Thankfully I now feel certain that there isn't anything I did or could have done to prevent my now three miscarriages. Talking to other moms of miscarriages has also helped me feel like I'm still "normal".

I delivered Quinn Jubilee Owen while on vacation at Myrtle Beach on September 7, 2010 at 3:15 am.


Here is a poem I wrote about this experience:

THE MORNING AFTER LABOR DAY by Debbie Owen



In the morn I wash my eyes with tears of dreams turned nightmares.

What have I done?

I killed my baby.



No, no, no,

gum drops and sugar plum fairies ripped him from my womb last night

as I screamed in pain.

Why did I let them take him?



His little feet couldn’t kick,

his tiny hands couldn’t reach for me,

his eyes were closed to this world

and his heart was not mine anymore.



So I pushed and pushed him out

of my life

in hopes to one day see him in the next.



And now I lay here empty.

White bread, rice, and other carbs boost heart disease risk in women

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/12/glycemic.diet.heart/index.html?hpt=T2

Very interesting.

Any thoughts on this out there?

Calorie Restriction Diet

Interesting Article from an opposing point of view, but explains Calorie Restriction Diet very well.

http://www.blogher.com/dr-oz-oprah-calorie-restriction-diet-extreme-life-extension

I first heard about this from Tonya Zavasta, www.beautifulonraw.com. And when I think about how to lose weight, I tell myself I just had Gastric Bypass Surgery. After GPS, you cannot eat a lot at once. You take vitamins and are only supposed to eat healthy food, because you don't want to fill up on junk. Isn't this what we all should do anyway? GPS has risks, as any surgery, but the biggest risk is that the patient will not eat healthy, become malnourished, and eventually re-stretch her stomach. It's certainly better to figure out how to be disciplined without having to go through surgery.