There is considerable literature on the dangers of antibiotics in labour not to mention the added difficulty to the women trying to labour with an IV hanging off them. Antibiotics can also cause thrush which when passed from mother to baby and back again can cause immense difficulties with breastfeeding. It's not as simple as "antibiotics are easier than dying of GBS", nothing like it! http://www.joyousbirth.info/articles/gbsnaturalapproach.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Gardner To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:41 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Alternative GBS
A homebirth midwife friend of mine in the USA sent me the douch and garlic recipes a while ago. Here they are: regards Diane Gardner douche: three parts water one part hydrogen peroxide douche before bed four nights in a row having the morning of the fifth day the day of your 'test' (if person is taking the test this gets you a negative result, which is a real result as the h2O2 has killed off all the strep virons in the vagina so the woman is 'good to go' for her birth as well) OR: insert one raw garlic clove vaginally for six nights in a row. Scoring the cloves is best, however, the raw garlic juice can be strong and 'burny' in the vagina. Start with just one or two 'scores' or break surface of the clove with a knife point 2-3 times. See how that feels and go from there, the more scoring or pokes into the surface of the garlic, the more GBS killing takes place. The woman may taste garlic in her mouth after insertion. Some women are really worried and do both, the douche and then insert garlic--THAT combo would REALLY get all GBS microbes for sure!
