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Are you pregnant, have you just had a baby, or do you know a new mother? Do you want to prevent as many postpartum problems as possible?
One out of four new mothers who experience mood swings, baby blues, depression or insomnia is prescribed an antidepressant. It is rarely on the doctor”™s radar that the new mom, having just expended enormous nutritional resources in the process of forming her baby”™s body and giving birth, may be nutritionally depleted. It is often the case that symptoms such as mood swings, fatigue, worry, irritability, mental fog and sleep problems are actually caused by nutritional depletion. Yes, antidepressants can and do help, but they contain no nutrients – and serious nutritional support is essential in order to replenish the new mother”™s reserves.
Dr. Dean Raffelock and Stephanie Raffelock of Sound Formulas are out to help change the paradigm of how women are treated in the postpartum period. Just as we now accept that all pregnant women should have folic acid to prevent certain birth defects, the Raffelocks welcome the day when all new mothers are advised to take post-natal nutrients to help prevent some of the negative effects of childbirth.
Stephanie Raffelock, President of Sound Formulas (www.soundformulas.com), has a passionate desire to be of service to mothers in the arena of health care. In 1952 her own mother was just one of many who suffered a list of health complaints that included mood swings, exhaustion, insomnia, severe allergies and a general sense of ill being. Doctors never considered that these problems may have been caused because these mothers had donated nutrients from their own bodies to create their babies”™ bodies, and were nutritionally depleted from the process of pregnancy, labor and childbirth. The cure for great numbers of these women? Hysterectomy.
I”™m glad we live in a different time. We know more, and we have access to solutions our mothers and grandmothers never dreamed of. Sound Formulas, for example, makes revolutionary products that provide the precise nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and essential oils that pregnant and postpartum mothers need. Dr. Raffelock’s book, A Natural Guide to Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, is the first book by doctors devoted entirely to promoting a woman’s health before, during and after pregnancy.
Tune in at Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern Time on VoiceAmerica Internet Talk Radio”™s Health and Wellness channel to learn how to prevent and overcome many of the most common postpartum problems. It”™s about time for new moms to have the knowledge they need for optimal postpartum recovery.
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