Comments for The Preemie Primer Guide from Dr. Jen Gunter

Comment on November 17th is Prematurity Awareness Day. Or is it? by Jennifer Gunter

Jennifer Gunter — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:35:41 +0000

Thank you for your comment and your passion. It is really sad when professional sports is more important than the #1 killer of infants.

Comment on November 17th is Prematurity Awareness Day. Or is it? by Kristin Kyung

Kristin Kyung — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:29:08 +0000

Amen! Thank you for posting this article! I am the mother of a 23 weeker. My son was born at 14 oz. (410 grams) and was 10 1/2 inches long back in 2009. He is also a surviving twin. I have been trying for 2 years to raise awareness and I have contacted our local news stations here in Denver about doing a series on Prematurity Awareness during Novemeber. Absolutely no one will run any airtime on Prematurity! It is sickening that we must hear about Tim Tebow and “TEBOWING” every other day now, but nothing is ever mentioned about Prematurity. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this article. I have shared it on my FB page and I will be posting it to our local tv channels FB pages as well.

Comment on My take on the Today Show interview with the Duggars by OT The Duggers are expecting baby #20! - Page 8 - BabyandBump

OT The Duggers are expecting baby #20! - Page 8 - BabyandBump — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:27:22 +0000

[...] need to be adjusted if they did. This blog post was actually a pretty interesting perspective. http://www.preemieprimer.com/my-take…h-the-duggars/ In the comments on that post there is this comment "Dr. Sibia, considered by most acadmics to [...]

Comment on The truth about vaccines and toxins: less aluminum than breast milk by Brenda

Brenda — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:21:28 +0000

Dietary aluminum (i.e. from breast milk or Maalox) is completely different from INJECTED aluminum. Too much dietary aluminum can be excreted through the stools…injectable aluminum is much more difficult for the body to detox and is a known neurotoxin.
Unfortunately, there are only 6 or 7 studies (I do not consider this “many” as you claim) disproving thimerosal’s implication in autism. These are retrospective/cohort studies. Not one is a double-blind, placebo-controlled study, the epitome of science, to truly evaluate causation. Where is the real science?
Where are the studies showing aluminum hydroxide, ethyl mercury, or formaldehyde were ever safe to inject into a small child’s body? There are none. However, any PubMed search will reveal several animal models showing the toxicity of these ingredients. When combined with almost 70 shots a child will receive, these “minute” amounts add up quickly. And the artificial preservatives in food (as you mentioned), air/water pollution, BPA exposure, and many other environmental exposures create a perfect storm for a host of immune, neurological, and metabolic disorders.
As a result, vaccines should not be inexcusably regarded as safe. The CDC needs to spend more money on researching why there is an increasing epidemic of autism (of which they claim they have no clue) instead of furnishing their posh multi-million dollar headquarters (our hard-earned tax dollars at work).

Comment on The truth about vaccines and toxins: less aluminum than breast milk by Dr. D

Dr. D — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:18:16 +0000

The drop in mortality rates can not be fully attributed to the implementation of vaccination since the rates had already dropped prior to the vaccines being invented. This was most likely due to public health policies promoting good hygiene.

The aluminum intake in breast milk and other dietary sources is not relevant to the critical thinker. Dietary ingestion and injection directly into the bodies soft tissue are completely different things.

The mercury (thimerosal) in many flu vaccines and the aluminum in many other vaccines have been shown to be neurotoxic. Heavy metal toxicity does not affect everyone in the same way. The problem is that the government and the drug companies are not interested in finding out. Too much money is on the line.

Should a certain amount of children be sacrificed in order to serve the “greater good?”

Exactly how many children are being sacrificed? Those questions need to be answered.

Comment on Do preemie lungs heal? A lesson in persistence. by sarah waddingham

sarah waddingham — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:42:30 +0000

after my son was born at 25 weeks and ventilated for 42 days i was told he would have chronic lung disease i was told as much good as the ventilator did it also did damge i wondered if his lungs would ever heal after a year of home oxygen taking tanks every where.After reading your story i now know that eventually they will heal.Thank you for writing this and good luck to you and your boys

Comment on November 17th is Prematurity Awareness Day. Or is it? by Timothy Enoch

Timothy Enoch — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:27:00 +0000

Like arrow in the hand of warrior so are children born in one’s youth, the are blessing form the lord, bless is the man that have them is like a warrior cover full of arrows.

Comment on Terbutaline and preterm labor. Just say no. by Marilize

Marilize — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:41:23 +0000

My dr put me on terbutaline as I started preterm labor @ 31 wks. At 32wks contractions started again&was admitted in hosp was given terbutaline every 8hrs. I t made me feel horrible we were very concerned about the effects it is having on our baby girl. Scary how persistent the drs r that its doing no harm to her. After reading this I’m stopping it immediately. We have been argueing the reason why she wants to be born as this is our second child& the 1st was born at 38wks. Ill rather have a prem baby that is healthy than full term baby that has medical complications!!!

Comment on Heavy metal poisoning and vaccines: what is the truth? by Heidi Bray

Heidi Bray — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:38:45 +0000

This is another case of *blowing smoke up our asses* as you people in the medical field so kindly did to us years ago for drowning vicitms becaue YOU thought it helped! The entire world is crying out that youre making us sick with your misinformation and you casual manipulations to certain terms YET you still write us all off as stupid, and ignorant! Listen IT CANT BE EVERYONE ELSE! Our children and family members are being poisoned PERIOD! Just because on is tolerant to something does NOT mean another is! I had my daughter tested 2 days after her last round of vaccinations and there was enough lead AND aluminum detected in her system that we started the process of treating her for it! I REFUSE to vaccinate her further because of it! By the way there are NO lead based products in this house so it came from the vaccines. This is nothing but a desperate attempt by using a political tactic to shut people like me up and blind others into support the pharmaceutical companies financially! You people are glorified drug pucshers and NEED to be stopped! NUFF SAID!

Comment on Five key facts about secondary health insurance by Cynthia Braslow

Cynthia Braslow — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:51:52 +0000

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