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For what help this may be - My father had very bad varicose veins on
his legs. He was given a dog when the owner became to ill to look
after it.
The dog would sit beside him and lick his legs for hours. He
tried to stop the dog at first but it just kept doing it. After a
few weeks he noticed the varicose veins had almost gone. A while
latter they were just about completely gone and the dog now does not
insist on licking his legs.
How bizzare? We guess that the gentle massage for long
periods and recuring periods of time actually got rid of them.
So I would say to gently massage the legs to stimulate the blood flow
which should help with discomfort.
and for what it is worth I think she needs to be given lots of
affirmations that vaginal birth is a much safer alternative and that a C/S
is always available for emergencies. I am a great believer that a
c/s is the last option for emergency cases and not preventative. We
don't go and take medication for the likes of AIDS or even High BP jsut in
case. We wait and hope that we don't get sick and then treat the
illness when and if it happens.
We don't have our appendix removed as soon as we get a stomach ache -
just in case they may become infected - we wait. So why have
our babies cut out just in case we have trouble delivering.
Good Luck to her
Regards
Rhonda.
-------Original Message-------
Date: Sunday, November
10, 2002 17:35:05
Subject: RE:
[ozmidwifery] Gold Coast Midwife
Hi Tory'
my thoughts on the varicose vein is that yoga may help. I
have a beauty in my right groin, starts somewhere up higher and
finishes down my inner thigh. Pregnancy causes it to swell and bulge. I
have been doing yoga for 5 years and three pregnancies later it has never
caused me a minutes discomfort, just looks scary thats all. So if your
S-I-L can find a pregnancy yoga class she might get some
relief.,
cheers
Megan
Dear Ozmidders,
My name is Tory Howell and I am a first
year midwifery student in Adelaide. I am writing to ask if their are any
midwives in the Gold Coast region that could help my sister-in-law. She
is due on the 11th of January but has been told to have a c-section. I
saw her not long ago and asked her why this was recommended. She
couldn't quite give me a clear answer so I thought I would ask you all
what you thought!
She has quite prominent varicose veins on
her inner left thigh which give her quite a bit of discomfort. She also
has a swelling in her left groin almost in the labia region. (No
varicose veins visible in this spot). She has been given stockings
etc... to try and make here more comfortable and a obstetrician actually
said that she could try a vaginal birth but a hospital based midwife
told her to go for the c-section option. She is quite distressed and
confused when I saw her as she just wants to do the safest thing for her
baby and I felt she was leaning towards the c-section option but there
is no way her husband will be able to take much time off while she will
be recovering.
I would really like her to see a more open
minded midwife for some clear discussions of her options, so if there is
anyone out there who can help, it would be greatly appreciated. I am
going to try to be with her for the birth and stay as long as I can to
provide some support.
Kind regards,
Tory XXOO
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