This Is Me!

Hi! I'm Jen, I'm new to Steemit. I'm a momma of 3 amazing little boys, ages 11, (almost) 3 and 5 months old. They are my world! I am a very natural minded momma and a spiritual, old soul.

My family is all vegetarian, and we have been for over 3 years now! We don't use any medications, whatsoever...no painkillers, no antacids, no vaccines...not even so much as OTC diaper cream or teething gel. We have learned that there's no place for medication, especially in children, unless all natural means have been exhausted, or the situation is immediately life-threatening. The western world just loves to drug babies, starting in the womb, and that, I find, is extremely disturbing...especially when this is widely viewed as "normal and OK" to do. If anyone is offended by my last sentence, would it be better if I said "medicate" instead of "drug"? "The western world just loves to medicate babies," sounds nicer and more acceptable, right? Isn't that interesting. Children's Tylenol is a drug, isn't it? It's the same thing, just a different word...yet somehow, calling it by a different name makes it suddenly OK. That's what this world is all about; wording. Wording can make a horrible thing seem like rainbows and butterflies, and a great thing seem like the spawn of Satan, without even technically lying.

But anyways, I'm getting a bit off-track! That was just a hint of my passion slipping through. My passion to help get the world off drugs, especially children. Passion to spread what I know, to anyone who will hear it.

I use to take meds, and give them to my oldest son. I thought that was a good thing, that they were necessary. I thought it was normal for kids to get sick often. I listened (mostly) to what doctors told me, trusted them to take over when they deemed fit. They have never actually done me or my kids any good, but I still crazily continued to listen to them. I noticed, though, that when I should have been healthy, I wasn't. What should have worked, didn't..or did the opposite.

As a teen, my doctor diagnosed me with clinical depression. Every drug he gave me made it worse, even suicidal, which wasn't me at all. Eventually he said he had given me every anti-depressant out there, so he wanted to give me one I had already been on in a larger dosage...That's when I realized that what I was doing was wrong. My doctor wanted to give me more of what doesn't work? It was time to take my health into my own hands. I pulled out the inserts I got with the meds, and found out that each anti-depressant has a side effect of "suicidal thoughts". What? Well that's, counterproductive...to say the least. That was the beginning of a journey that I'll never look back on with regret; no more drugs. I immediately threw out my meds and started running. I never had a touch of depression since then, and no withdrawal symptoms! It was that simple to get over it, yet my doctor never even hinted at it, only gave me drug after drug after drug.

From there, my journey progressed;
~A doctor told me I had to live with IBS for the rest of my life. It's completely gone. For more than 3 years now, thanks to diet changes.

~A doctor told me to "Stay away from all that natural stuff, it's not good for you" when I got pregnant and asked about what teas to drink. I left that office and went with a midwife instead, doing everything completely natural. I went on to have a practically perfect pregnancy and birth.

~After exhausting all natural means of clearing up a stubborn infection, I researched what exactly a doctor would give, and what dose. I found studies on the drug and it's effects on a breastfeeding baby. It was found to give babies bad thrush on the mouth and bum...When I went to the doctor, sure enough, she gave me that exact drug and dose. I asked her about taking it while I nurse, and she said it was fine. After asking her two more times, asserting that I know what it can do, she finally referenced her material and said "oh, actually, don't nurse while you take it."

~After I had an "emergency" c-section, (More on why "emergency" is in quotations in a later post!) the doctor told me that I could never have a natural birth, that I'll always have to schedule a c-section. Since then, I've had two more babies; one naturally and drug free, and another that went perfectly amazing at home in my bedroom.

I'm sure that now you can see where my general distrust for doctors and the medical community started. I could still go on and on with that list...They've just never done right by me. I've solved my own health issues despite them, and I've helped many others along the way!

So, you just took a peek at my history, and what I'll be writing about, (for the most part.) I'm also going to sprinkle in other goodies along the way, such as chakras, handling illness, the law of attraction and anything else to do with mental, physical and spiritual health. I have been reading tarot cards since I was young, so I may also do some group readings once I get some followers!

I hope you enjoy my posts, I'll write as much as I can! Oh, and if you follow me, I'll follow you!