Dear Ones,

I am not a huge note taker but did jot down the following as I listened to
the dynamic and talented professionals at the conference.

My apologies in advance to the speakers if I over simplified your
fantastic
and often complex work!

You are each copied so that you can gently correct any of my comments.

Sarah Buckley:

What are the essentials or core requirement for mammalian birth?

That the woman feels

Private Safe Unobserved

I appreciated the emphasis on the woman's PERCEPTION
For years I have been uncomfortable with what appears to be Michel Odent's
mandate about the woman remaining unobserved..

It depends on what the woman wants. Having someone in the room or at her
side or yes, even looking in her eyes (a big Odent no no) isn't the
answer.
The answer resides in the woman

and what kind of accompaniment she finds soothing reassuring and
empowering.
Sarah returned the protagonist role to the woman. What is her
definition of
privacy safety and lack of observation?

Oxytocin

Oxy = fast

Tocin = birth

Numbers are TOXIC to birth!

Joe Dispenza:

Fetal blood flow is tied to mother's thoughts, actions and feelings

This is the 1st environmental experience of mixing nature and nurture

Mother's internal environment influences baby's gene expression

Thus, the external environment is PARAMOUNT to mother's internal
environment

Pregnancy is a privilege and NOT a sickness

Genres are "on and off" switches that we can change throughout our lives

Plasticity is to learn and evolve ; unlearning and learning

The message I took from his talk was that while bad things happen we have
the elasticity, flexibility and plasticity to rework and reinterpret and
keep these experiences from

Eroding our emotional and physical health.

Robbie Davis Floyd:

I sat transfixed as usual. Very few (to say the least) notes. . I had to
laugh when I saw that I only jotted down one simple sentence.

There IS a way to employ a HOLISTIC use of high technology

Stephanie Cave:

The measles vaccine got introduced just when the mortality from the
disease
decreased

It wasn't the vaccine that contributed to the improvement but rather (much
like Marsden Wagner points out)

Water supply improved

Sewage control

Antibiotics

Improved infrastructure of streets roads and transportation

Wider variety of foods

Question to ask for each vaccine:

Are the risks of the disease they (purportedly prevent) greater than the
risks of the vaccine?

Neurological disorders are on the rise..are vaccines port of the problem?

Thimersol content of various vaccines from Johns Hopkins

www.vaccinesafety. edu/thi-table. htm

http://www.fda. gov/cber/ vaccine/thimeros al ( This link didn't work)

I did find lots more just by visitng .fda.gov <http://www.fda. gov/> and
typing in the key words "thimerosal" "vaccine"

The vaccine cocktail contains:

Aluminum, ethyl mercury, formaldehyde msg, phenoxyethanol, polysorbatte 20
and 80,

Sucrose, gelatin, egg, chicken serum cow serum, monkey kidney, sheep
cells,
anitibiotics, human tissue and more

Nils Bergman: http://www.kangaroo mothercare. com/research. htm#2

Although we missed Nils and Jill when they were in Monterrey Mexico
earlier
this year we were fortunate to hear two presentation at the congress.

Separation is measured in MINUTES

Social deprivation alters neurobiological systems

Separation is a violation of an innate agenda

Early separation con produce major shifts in susceptibility to stress

It all boils down to MOTHER or OTHER!

I would have loved to attend Nikki Lee's session "The Case Against Formula
Obesity/Diabetes" but it took place at the same time as our session.

Her power point presentation is, however, available on the CD that
conference attendees were given.

I don't know whether more copies are available to the public but I
think it
might be worthwhile asking!

Barbara Harper wrote to us all to say that she intends to post the
Congress
"handouts" and "speaker notes" on the Waterbirth website by late October.

I hope this means you will all have access to this information!

Reporting from Guadalajara, Mexico

Joni

www.joninichols. com