Dear Julia, Over the weekend, I happened to be teaching a class of student midwives which included one of our local activists, so I was talking with her about...
To Everyone, I am glad that my message has sparked such an important discussion on women's rights in childbirth here in Turkey. I wanted to let you all know...
Congratulations Rasheedah! Your little one was born on a great day! Our Gabriel turned one year old on June 27th! I am happy to hear that things went "pretty...
to all parents and other interested persons, this is everything i have to say about children and healthy food. i wrote it for our school website but thought id...
Hi Again, Our 35 day old baby's doctor has diagnosed him as having colic. We have the evening crying out sessions that we manage as well as we can. I think we...
Hi Elizabeth, I believe I thanked you via e-mail but just in case I didn't, I wanted to thank you again for all your support and advice. For the past two...
Hi, Rasheeda: As a diagnosis, "colic" basically means nothing, only that the doctor can't find anything pathological. My first suggestion would be to cut all...
Thanks, Kate. I am breastfeeding and was loosely doing elimination dieting but I wasn't watching it as closely as I should have. I had cut out dairy pretty...
Good luck, Rasheedah. I was dairy-free until Ahmet was 2 years old. Every time that I tried to add a little back in, he would have terrible reactions,...
Dear Rasheeda, There is a homeopathic Dr. she is part of this group and has a summer house near İzmir. Her name is Gunner, she is also a general practitioner...
Merhabalar, Ben Amerika'da yasayan 1 aylik hamile bir bayanim. 34 yasindayim. Bu ikinci hamileligim. Cok istememe ve kendimi hazirlamama ragmen ilk dogumumu...
Hi to all, I am still in love with Turkey and miss my "birth families" Here is an article - too flattering http://belizetimes.biz/content/view/2457/9/ I am...
My name is Canan and I'm a member of IWI. I was hoping you could recommend some OBGYN doctors in Istanbul you know or know of who support natural birth and...
Hello Canan, I can recommend my doctor Ibrahim Sozen. He is a believer in normal birth, but I don't know about the natural part, we did use an epidural...
Tahnk you for your support Gail, I have heard many stories about your wonderfull birth attandences. Here in Turkey, as you also know, we doctors are more...
hello, I now that Dr Herman İşçi is wanderfull OBGYN and he is believe the importants natural birth.He work at Avrupa Florence nıghtıngale Hospital. It's...
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Hi Rasheeda, My first baby had colic pretty badly for about 6-10 months. Along the way I heard that it can take a month for milk to clear your system enough...
Hello all, I have a Birthing From Within birth preparation class beginning 5-6 September. This class will primarily cover preparation for the birth for...
Hi again Julia, I just now received this notice, and I thought that you might be interested..... Physician Group Pulls the Plug on Women’s Autonomy Issues...
I've been looking for a doctor that believes in natural birth in Izmir. We have only been living in Izmir for about a year and do not know very many people...
Kebalta, I've uploaded a file "Questions for Your Potential Caregiver" which you may find helpful in choosing a doctor. Look under "Files" to your left. I...
That s the main problem all over Turkey at the moment but especially in Izmir its a serious problem. Yes we have to do something about this but it takes time. ...
It seems that ACOG has reversed themselves again on the issue of drinking more than ice chips during labor, although they still don't get it that the pregnant...
I thought that you all might be interested in this news item. The OB doctors here in the US apparently put a link on the website of the American College of...
Hi, Erkan found this somewhere, looks quite nice. Anyone know who it is and if its good? Tamahine Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:12:42 +0300 Subject: childbirth...
Hi tamahine, They are Basak and Nur. You can read about them on the web site. They are very entusiastic about childbirth education and they are working very...