WATER issues??

PLEASE check this out!! In addition to the poisonous flouride that is ALREADY in your water supply now this!!!

http://www.naturalnews.com/033661_sucralose_drinking_water.html

I take issue with this development!! Don't you?

Ticks, Sun, and ending of Summer!

So what do YOU use for bugs and sun??

Just because we have a family full of special diets and allergies does that mean we have a miserable summer?? NO!!! We go the lake, camping, everything!!

We use All Terrain Ditch the Itch for after the fact chiggers - you know when your son comes home from scout camp COVERED and scratchin like CRAZY! We were using Dr. Christopher's BF and T Complete Soap... and it works GREAT. All Terrain is just easier to get my hands on out here!

Next we use Quatum Research Buzz Away Extreme Spray... it repells even TICKS!!! VERY important out here!

We were using Jason's Sun Screen, which works well and smells very nice. But I found Alba Botanical equal in everything BUT price, so Alba Botanical wins our competition.

So if you're looking for sun screen, bug spray, et cetera answers - try these brands and see how they work for your family! They've worked great for ours!! Even with our asthmatic baby!! SPeaking of whom, she is getting so much better because of our trips to our gifted chiropractor!!

YAY for Summer!!

Wednesday!!

Crunch: Total Resculpt! This one is taught by a dude! He growls!!! I loved him! Lots of fun. Great for a beginner. None of the combos too challenging. Easy steps and moves. Still lots of fun for someone like me!

Covers ALL of the arm muscles and back! Lots of legs and squats. Don't ya just love squats?? Plenty of pliets as well. I am beginning to love those pliets! Not much cardio though.. so I feel like I need more cardio now. So faar the other ones were cardio too... but not this one really.

Mmmmm. yep, I feel like runing or something now - but no time :(

Try a little something new. You never know till you try it. Find something you like so you stick with it!!

Sweat on!!

Daipers and Decisions

So Our second youngest got bit by a tick and had a skin reaction. No Lyme disease or anything just the skin infection. Unfotunately had to use antibiotics... being reminded that I need to learn more about herbs!!!

For all your diapering needs check out www.mother-ease.com. We're getting some training pants for our 2 yr... she is still recovering and having more accidents due to the medication.

So, I've talked with a very knowledgable friend... she will teach me more about herbs and lend me a few books! YAY! I love friends!!

Made Blackberry jam yesterday with blackberries from our yard!! Going to get today or tomorrow!! YAY!

Now I need to find a sign language class and where to hold my Trust Birth Meetings, now that I am a facilitator... hmmmmmm....

Tuesday!

Another dance workout with an Ab Blaster. I like the dance workouts because they seem to be targeting my abs and give my legs a bit of a rest. Lots of sweat! Worked out hard, but it wasn't a fav. So I doubt I'll be repeating it. No particular reason, just not my preferred.

I'm gonna do a "Best Butt Fast" tomorrow. Looks like there's some yoga and dance in that one as well as general aerobics and strengthening.

You wanna have a good start to your day? WORKOUT!!! Rev up those endorphins! Brightens up your mood, gets your heart rate up so you're not dragging yourself to begin your day! Yeah, sure you may have to drag yourself into the beginning of the workout... but that's ok! By the end of it your engine will be humming with energy and your mind will be gearing up for whatever you've choose to do that day!!

Do I do this to look good?? Honestly? No, not really. I have an honest appraisal of my looks - I'm no beauty queen. I'm your everyday girl next door looker. Do I do this so I can eventually fit into my Favorite jeans? YES!! But mostly I do this for the energy I get from it and the amazing mood lift!!! This is Prozac, people, with nothing but good side effects!! I do this so I can play in the yard and the park with my 7 kids!! I do this so I feel healthy and fit. I like to be strong! I love to run and not jiggle like crazy! Don't you??

Well, then... SWEAT ON!!!

kittens kittens

So we have kittens... anyone want some?? Also we're getting rid of our Pygmy goats!! Ya want a few??!!

Feingold-

Please check out http://ourfeingold.blogspot.com/

Our blog about our dietary adventures to come!!

Becoming Crunchier...

DId you know that store-bought toothpaste with FLouride is chock full of neurotoxins?? Yep, it is! Did you know that several of the food colorings you can get at your grocery store have been banned in other countries? Yupper.

Well, we're finding this out too. Along with these important tidbits of info we're also finding out that nitrates, dyes, "flavorings", etc can be responsible for odd behaviors in children and adults!! So we're going the Feindgold way. Do I have the book yet? Not in my fingers as yet, but wokring on that. We are going through everything and gradually cleaning out our kitchen. Gradual for me anyway... which is pretty fast for others.

As of today we have 3 flavors of homemade toothpaste. Kid tested and approved. We've chucked the food colorings. I'm currently cleaning out my cabinets and ridding the house of MSG. DO you know how bad that is?? Look it up, aweful stuff.

It'll take a month or MORE, but we'll get it. And I'll post here any behavior improvements. Our 7 yr old DS, 4 yr old DD, and 13 yr old DS could use all the help they can get. 13 yr old DS has Aspergers which improves everytime we do this sort of thing. 7 yr old DS has RAD and developmental delays, and emotional issues. And little Miss L1 is just hyper and craving yogurt, cheese, and sugar all the time... I just KNOW something's not right there. The others, if they are having challenges, they are too subtle for me to detect, and I'll post any changes I observe.

DId you know that COconut oil cures THrush on mommy's nipples? ANd in the diaper areas too? Crunchy. Crunchy. More and more home remedies with results that surpass those found when using scripts given by the doctor. YAY! Love my midwife friend with her herbal remedy store. Fab!! Just FAB!

We've got lettuce, maters, peppers, and corn coming up in the garden. YAY! One day, when things don't die so predictably for me, I'll want a larger garden. But getting more and more crunchy as the months pass.

Long time - no post...

And not much time now. Two things I wanted to post:

1- If you have a milk goat AND a baby. Get a Maya Wrap!! Carry baby while milking to goat!! YAY!

2- We're leaving for Nauvoo in the morning. Gonna enjoy Pioneer Days and a Temple Visit for the 4 yr old's bday! She's soooo excited!


Thank you to our friends for lending us you house!!!

One day when I have a little more tie, I'll post more about the happenings on our homestead. Keep up the food storage and emergency prep! We'll be back soon :)

Sewing...

A moment away from emergency prep...

When we moved out here I had NO IDEA how to sew... now I make coats, dresses, pants, et cetera. Nothing fancy mind you. Just cute and practical... a lot of it Home on the Prairie - ish.

Recently, through a friend I found an super cute pattern on Etsy. Yup, I'm a copy cta, my friend made it first. My friend is also much more clever regarding colors and such. *wink* But I wanted to show off my next sewing project...created by dearmykids - dmkeasywear (is what you look for on Etsy)

So go here and check it out!!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62648718/stylish-kids-double-breasted-coat-age-1?ref=sr_gallery_6&ga_search_query=dmkeasywear&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade

When it's finally done, because remember I have 7 kids and not a whole lot of time to do this sort of thing, I'll post a pic of the finished product!

Long time no post...

Sorry been busy at the homestead. So back to storage... got a fantastic deal on rice 2 weeks ago, so we now have 210 lbs of it in various places. Ground 50 lbs for flour. FABULOUS!

This week there was a sale on strawberries and mushrooms - so some got frozen and some canned. So satisfying to go into the basement and see at least 3 mths of food storage down there. We're doing a great job of staying in our budget and getting prepared for anything!!

Snow Day...

Well, it's snowing so... we are working on organizing the school room! In preperation of beginning again after taking a semester off! So let's get to it, right?

The kids enjoyed organizing the file folder games, the puzzles, books, and so on! Fun morning. Now for lunch. PNB with pear honey sandwiches, apples, and popcorn, while listeing to an audio book equals happy kids! YAY!

The Art closet is waiting.... ho hum.

Jane Austen and LDS chicks....

http://www.ldsliving.com/story/63666-why-jane-austen-appeals-to-lds-women

Baby-

Well, I told my hubby no matter when she came, he was getting a baby for Valentine's Day/Anniversary gift. 2 days after the "I love Us" (HallMark)Day, the baby came. And it was glorious.

On Monday, according to the last menstrual cycle we were 43 weeka long with the baby. After much prayer Tuesday, I went to the chiropractor, as since Sunday I had been experiencing excruciating pain. The Chiropractor, Crystal, found my hips terribly misaligned. After my 45 minute appt, I stood up and experienced WONDERFUL pain FREE movement! I expressed my gratitude several times, while enjoying the fact that standing was no longer painful. On my way out the door I decided I could have the baby now that I could move freely - well, as freely as most women this far pregnant.

Wednesday, I woke up feeling that we should break my water, or at least strip my membranes. Well, my family doctor, who used to be an OB and is trained for such things, is no longer licensed to. My friend, a midwife, is out of town. So after errand running, I was still on a high about being able to move so painfree, I met Hubby at home. He stripped my membranes, having the same *feeling* about it as I did. We prayed. And half an hour later I was in labor and running myself a bath.

2 1/2 hours of labor. That was it. And it was wonderful. Hubby managed to feed the children dinner, and keep them occupied while still being there for me. He was amazing, as he always is. He offered water, ice, hotter water for the bath, and so support verbal and physical support for me during this time. He had his hands perfectly placed to catch our daughter as she came into the world. She tried breathing right away! He brought the children in, gave me everything I needed while we nursed for a while, delaying the cord clamping.

The girls were mezmerized, the boys looked and left, not knowing how to interpret this little naked purple things as their new sister. Our eldest stayed to help. Handing us towels, blankets, items out of the birthing bag we had prepared together, and so on. She thought it was fabulous. She asked many questions and was amazed at this miracle of birth.

Eventually we clamped and cut the cord, storing the placenta for processing into capsules later. While DH and DD dressed the baby, I showered. When I came out I found that DH had tucked everyone into bed and the baby was ready to nurse again. DH made me dinner, then went out to milk the cow. By this time it was very late... who is not impressed with DH yet??

When he came back in to take a shower, he scrubbed the bathroom clean (as is his usual practice after a birth at our house) then took a shower. He tucked the baby and myself into bed before climbing in himself and falling alseep before his head hit the pillow.

There were no complications of any kind. No tearing, or pain that could not be dealt with with the bath water. The baby showed her lusty set of lungs right off, needed no suctioning, or resucitation. The delayed cord clamping allowed her to gain the blood from the placenta. She is very healthy, nursing often and greedily. She is also a very calm little girl.

This was the most blessed experience I have ever had birthing a baby. Much of it is very personal and spiritual and find I cannot share all the reasons here. But I am so very grateful to my Heavenly Father and my husband for making this possible.

42 1/2 weeks and counting...

Usually I care not a wit for other peoples' opinions. But for some reason, due in part I'm sure to hormones, during pregnany I listen to what others have to say a lot more than usual, and take it to heart for some short duration of time.

I have turned it OFF! YAY, me. I stopped listening to horror stories of late births, pitocin possibilities, other induction choices, and need after need after NEED of ultra sounds, etc, etc, etc. Since turning this inane chatter off, and letting it wash off my back, instead of giving it credit, I have felt so much LESS stress about this baby. I feel much more in control of my emotional state, mental outlook, and perspective. I am once again the optimist. Confident in my ability to birth this healthy baby in due course.

So, yes, I am over 42 weeks pregnant. I have carried so far 3 other babies past the 41 weeks mark and had nothing but easy labors and happy healthy babies as a result. I am not worried or concerned about the health of the baby or myself. I admit this one is lower and dropped a while ago so - Yeah- I'm darn uncomfortable, but that's par for the course.

This fear that going past 40 week sis dangerous doctors and other well-meaning people in the medical proffession infect their patiens with is a MYTH! Yes sirree. A Myth! You're not technically considered POST-Due until after 43. ANd even then it is not considered a real threat unless there is some sign that either the placenta is beginnig to break down, or the baby is stressed. There is no date at which the placenta automatically begins to calcify, some begin this process as early as 27 weeks, hence many many early labors, while others don't begin to break down at all. There is no proven reason, as yet, as to why this happens or does not happen. Although I have a hunch that it has a lot to do with the mother's health both preconception and during pregnancy.

So, my friends there is no reason for me to be overly concerned, except of course in the topic of standing, sitting, and walking. I am looking forward to being able to move more freely, hold our new baby, recover and get my energy back. But those are not reasons good enough to jumpstart this pregancy before the baby is ready. The baby send out chemicals from the womb that triggers labor. Yes these chemicals can be stimulated from outside forces, but why would I do that. These last few days or weeks the baby is developing her endocrine system. The system that helps her adjust to life outside the womb. Why would I stop that prematurely.

Would I be thrilled to go into labor today- YUP!! But I'll let my body and the baby decide when that time is. My body's ready and has been for a while. So I'm just waiting on baby. I'm sure she'll arrive when she's good and ready.

I believe birth to be a natural process, just like the pregnancy. I do not believe it is innately dangerous. It's beautiful, natural, powerful, and to be embraced with faith and confidence. Perhaps this is an unusual philosophy, but I doubt it. It's just not the mainstream idea. But I've never thought very highly of many of the mainstream ideals that have gone in and out of fashion.

Homebirth versus Hospital birth

Fantastic blog entry!!!

http://hippiehousewife.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-homebirth.html

Way to go Hippie Housewife!

Ultra Sounds Pros and Cons

http://ecochildsplay.com/2010/10/07/to-ultrasound-or-not-to-ultrasound-reasons-vs-risks/

It may come as a shock to a lot of people, but there ARE cons to having ultrasounds done!!!

Get the Party Started Already!

Okay- we're 41 weeks, the baby's head is engaged, I'm fully effaced, and 6 cm dilated. Oh, and sick of being PREGNANT! So let's get this party started, right?

Okay since I'm feeling like this let's address the at home possibilities for labor inducers, shall we?

1- Herbs-

Blue and Black Cohosh (not the same plant). Blue Cohosh helps the uterus to contract more substantially. Black Cohosh helps these contractions become regulated. Note: those mothers with blood problems should steer clear of Black Cohosh, because it can have blood thinning effects.

EPO (Evening Primrose Oil) which I have mentioned before, is used to dilate and efface the cervix. Taken internally or placed near the cervix before bed, either way it has wonderful results. However, it also has blood thinning effects in those mothers with blood issues.

RRL- I have a friend who swears that is your labor starts and you drink as much Red Raspberry Leaf tea as you can possibily stand it'll keep it going for you!

2-Walking- Yeah right. Okay, to be fair it CAN help the baby become better placed for birth and let gravity help with that. It may even help cause a few BRaxton Hixs contractions. But walking has not been documented, or even reported to begin labor.

3- Mowing the lawn. Granted with a snow storm coming in my direction, it's not something I get to try. But I do have a friend who swears it started one of her labors. I tried it with our 4th. Just made me sweaty and uncomfortable. But I'd try it again!

4- Sex, Sex, and more Sex. That is how it got there to begin with right? Semen has a high prostaglandins, which help efface and dilate the cervix. Orgasms encourage uterine contractions. And Nipple Stimulation release oxytocin to help all of this along! Unfortunately, it has never jump started any of my labors - but it's from lack of trying ;)

5-Spicy Foods? Well, it'll give you and excuse to dive into that Mexican dish you've been craving. And because they can irritate the bowels, it is possible it could help get your labor going. But it has never worked for me, or anyone I know.

6- Pineapple. Has certain somethings in it that can also help soften the cervix, but that's it. Eat up if you like it. I do!

7- Dancing - I saw on Youtube a woman's water break while dancing in the kitchen with her hubby. I've even tried jumping jax, and no water breakage for me. But try it if you're up for it.

8-Bumpy car ride?? Never heard of this actually working. And I get one anytime I go amywhere from our house.

9- Castor Oil, which I am possibilty getting desperate enough to try. YUCK for one. BUt it cause intestinal cramping and diahrea, which can get the labor contractions started - OR it can just leave you dehydrated and sick.

10- The last one I want to mention is Stripping the Membranes. This is where someone takes their fingers (two usually) and inserts them into your cervix, and gently seperates the bag of water from the uterine wall. This sometimes cause contractions and can get your labor started. This has in fact worked for me in the past. But, in my experience, the person doing it has to be pretty ruthless. It doesn't hurt everyone, so I hear, but it seriously hurt me. My cervix is so sensetive this late in pregnancy, that is REALLY hurts. But truthfully I get over it, and am grateful when it works.

There are some other otpions to be found online. But honestly I don't think they're even worth considering. Like I said I'm contemplating the castor oil at this point. Like I said in the beginning, my body is WAY ready, so maybe a little kick will help "Get This Party Started"!

Frugality...

Goes hand in hand with food storage and emergency storage. ANd with 6, goinf on 7 children, in a one income household it is THE way to get by! I just finished reading Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy. Other than reading a phrase or two I found inspiring for general life, no neccessarily for frugal living, I found it seriously lacking. This book BARELY touches the tip of the iceberg when it comes to frugal shopping. I like her 11 guidelines (summerized): 1- Don't confuse frugality with deprivation 2-Give up things that lack value 3- Keep a written record of food prices 4- Don't buy everything at the same store 5- Buy in bulk 6- Make and grow whatever you can 7- Eliminate convenience foods 8- Cut back on pricey meats and poultry 9- Waste NOTHING 10- Institute a soup and bread night 11- Cook several meals at once and freeze them.

I would add that frugal buying also takes PATIENCE and DETERMINATION!

While I don't do all of them, they are great starter guidlines. We don't do #8, as we buthcer our own, and when we run out we either butcher more, or cut way back. We don't do #11 either. I do sometimes cook double or triple batches to share with another family or freeze one for a meal later. But I never have the freezer space to say Freeze a monthes worth at one time. We have a chest freeze, and stan up freezer, and the smaller sized freezer on top of the fridge. These are full right now, while we have several boxes of bread items in a locker on the back porch in the snow and ice. So freezer space, amazingly, is limited. It's a great was to store food!! And the more full your freezer is the less electricity it takes to keep it frozen! So stuff 'em, ya'll!

This book talks about grocery store prices versus the places like Costco. Because Costco and others like it do not always give you the best price. Pricing items according to unit ammount is a terrific way to really understand how much you're paying and how you're getting for it! But truthfully, We don't shop at the grocery store.

Before I talk about the grocery store I would like to mention that many people claim that planning a menu a month or more at a time saves a lot of $. Perhaps it does for them. Many other people claim that building a menu around sale items listed in the paper saves them $$. It probably does. BUT I have found that I save the MOST $ by building a menu around what's in my food storage. That way I purchase ONLY what is cheapest and refill my storage with it!

We live near HyVee, the only "real" grocey store in the area. They seriously over price their fruits and veggies in addition to everything else. Occassionally I'll pick up Gluten Free pasta there, but it's a luxury I rarely invest in. But that's all I get there. I get a few things at Walmart - laundry soap for the cloth diapers we use, because I haven't found a recipe that works for those yet. Pacifiers, and a few other things that cann't be found elsewhere. I get pull-ups for the 2 yr old at the Dollar Store, simply because I haven't had the $ to invest in the reuseable ones yet. Occassionally I'll pick up an airfreshener for 79 cents. BUT, most of what we get for groceries comes through 2 channels.

The first being a food co-op called SHARE. We get fruit and veggie packages for $12, I usually get 2 or more. I get over a lb each of apples, oranges, potatoes, etc for a LOT cheaper than I would at the typical grocery store. Food Co-ops are mentioned in this book, to give it credit. However, this book does not mention Discount grocery stores that sell dented cans, damaged containers, or surplus from the grocery. Forexample last month I got 6 large boxes of bread (reg wheat etc for my hubby and one youngest son) for $18. Now these boxes were PACKED with whole wheat bagels, french rolls, frendh loaves, homemade round loaves, dinner rolls, whole wheat english muffins, etc. I got soooo much for my $ with that particular buy. Not only did I save time and energy buy purchasing something I would otherwaise need to make at home, and these boys got some serious treats of the bread world, but also I paid a lot less for each loaf than it would have cost to make them at home! I spent less than 17 cents per loaf/package! That is quite a deal! So much so we gave some to friends :) THese discount stores also sell eggs from local farms, when I need them, and a variety of other things we use for much cheaper prices than I can find anywhere else.

The other way I save a lot is buying in bulk, which is also mentioned in the book. We have many food allergies, so this saves $ in more ways than one.

The last way I will mention that we save on food is that we make our own. Which is mentioned in the book but not nearly to the degree we participate. The book says stop buying mixes and readymade items at the store and make at home from scratch. Well we do that, but we also make quite a few of the raw materials at home. We have a dairy cow, and 2 dairy goats. We have chickens, layers. I cannot tell you how much I cringe when I am forced to buy eggs at Walmart! The price is almost $10 for 5 1/2 doz eggs! NEVER any less than 17 cents per eggs!!! And usually they want 20 cents per egg!! With the cow and goat we make our own yogurt, a lot of the cheese, whipped cream (yum!), and just about everything else that is made with milk. We share some with friends as well.

Lots of people discount the idea of garage sales and resale shops as well these discount grocery stores and their damaged goods. None of our children are too proud to recieve second hand gifts for birthdays or Christmas. And none of the family mind wearing second hand clothes or shoes. We're careful to pick up clean, stain free, and generally in good condition shoes and clothing. But I get them for usually less than a buck each. Rarely will I find an item that is priced higher that I feel is worth the ticketed price. For example, last Xmas the girls got a wooden doll highchair, I paid $5 for it ONLY because it was in great condition and STURDY! Otherwise it would have sat waiting for another buyer. The boys got a new indoor Toy Story tent for $2. Excellent condition, almost brand new. The box was damaged. So instead of wrapping it we set it up for them to find Xmas morning. Definitely worth $2.

On very rare occasions will I spend that kind of $ on clothing. Tshirts, blue jeans, or other play clothes for the children under the age of 10 - NO WAY! Under a buck or it stays in the store. These play clothes go through a lot of wear and tear and end up stained, full of holes or tears after the second child wears them if not the first! So for me that's only worth a buck. The 12 yr old we'll spend a tiny bit more on his clothes simply because they are so difficult to find! So when I find them and they are within my range, meaning I can stomache the price, I'll pick it up. It took months to find him sneakers! But I found them for less than $3. Church clothes and pajamas I'm willing to pay a little more for, as they experience less hard wear.

My husband gets new pants and shirts for work- as I have yet to find him any at the resale shops or garage sales. But MY clothes are only "new to me" as well. Including my pregnancy clothing.

Another great way to save $ on clothing, toys, kitchen items, etc is to get some friends together for an exchange. Any kind of exchange you want. It's a great way to get rid of items you no longer use, or have a need for, and it's a terrific way to pick up what you do need. Our church has one of these once a year, usually. It's a fantastic tradition, if you ask me! Last year I got rid of a ton of toys that were given to us, that we didn't need/want, as well as some other items taking up space in our house. But what I got was CURTAINS!!! We now have curtains in the Master Bedroom! I'm dying some for the gril's room, and all need now for the boys is the metal piece to hang some on! Because the curtains I got were and entire set of window treatments. The colors went perfectly in the master bedroom, and the rest will be just thing when we get them up. I also picked up a coffe/spice mill. It's little, but now I pay even less for a few things like Flax seeds, because I can grind them myself! I tried using it to grind rice into flour- and it will do in a pinch, but not fine enough for pancakes :) I also got fabric, which I made into dolls, and started my first real quilt with! So I seriously suggest these exchanges as a great way to get free stuff and give away your unwanted stuff. When it's over, donate the leftovers to your local resale shop, or Goodwill.

Other exchanges that can be made are trades. The American people used to live by it! You can trade a service or a product (yogurt for example) for a service or product in return. I traded tutoring services for help at home for two weeks with a teenager. I tutored her in the end of the last school year, and during the summer when I had really bad morning sickness she stayed over for 2 weeks to help out with the children while I puked. I had no idea I would be making this trade, but it worked out. This fall we traded 3 goats for several bushels of apples from our local orchard owners. They got rid of unwanted brush, and we got apples! And no one had to dip into their wallets! It was great!

This has been a long post... I think I'll close it up now by saying: 1- Thank goodness I got this book for 50 cents, I'd be irritated otherwise with as little wisdom as I gained from it. and 2- Frugality is about getting more for your money so you do not have to go without. Frugal living is being mindful of prices, ammounts, quality, and use. Then spending wisely. I make mistakes, and sometimes I splurge. But impulse buys? A thing of the past!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ifyou are doing something that stretches your pennies that is not on this list SHARE!!! Please let me know!! I love learning about new ways to save!

Brigham Young, on modern medicine

Brigham Young and Modern Medicine
Journal of Discourses, Volume 15, Number 15, Page 224.

"Would you want doctors? Yes, to set bones. We should want a good surgeon for that, or to cut off a limb. But do you want doctors? For not much of anything else, let me tell you, only the traditions of the people lead them to think so; and here is a growing evil in our midst.

It will be so in a little time that not a woman in all Israel will dare to have a baby unless she can have a doctor by her. I will tell you what to do, you ladies, when you find you are going to have an increase, go off into some country where you cannot call for a doctor, and see if you can keep it. I guess you will have it, and I guess it will be all right, too.

Now the cry is, 'Send for a doctor.' If you have a pain in the head, 'Send for a doctor;' if your heel aches, 'I want a
doctor;' 'my back aches, and I want a doctor.'

The study and practice of anatomy and surgery are very good; they are mechanical, and are frequently needed. Do you not think it is necessary to give medicine sometimes? Yes, but I would rather have a wife of mine that knows what medicine to give me when I am sick, than all the professional doctors in the world.

Now let me tell you about doctoring, because I am acquainted with it, and know just exactly what constitutes a good doctor in physic. It is that man or woman who, by revelation, or we may call it intuitive inspiration, is capable of administering medicine to assist the human system when it is besieged by the enemy called Disease; but if they
have not that manifestation, they had better let the sick person alone.

I will tell you why: I can see the faces of this congregation, but I do not see two alike; and if I could look into your nervous systems and behold the operations of disease, from the crowns of your heads to the soles of your feet, I should behold the same difference that I see in your physiognomy--there would be no two precisely alike.

Doctors make experiments, and if they find a medicine that will have the desired effect on one person, they set it down that it is good for everybody, but it is not so, for upon the second person that medicine is administered to, seemingly with the same disease, it might produce death. If you do not know this, you have not had the experience that I have.

I say that unless a man or woman who administers medicine to assist the human system to overcome disease, understands, and has that intuitive knowledge, by the Spirit, that such an article is good for that individual at that very time, they had better let him alone. Let the sick do without eating, take a little of something to cleanse the stomach, bowels and blood, and wait patiently, and let Nature have time to gain the advantage over the disease.

Suppose, for illustration, we draw a line through this congregation, and place those on this side where they cannot get a doctor, without it is a surgeon, for thirty or fifty years to come; and put the other side in a country full of doctors, and they think they ought to have them, and this side of the house that has no doctor will be able to buy the inheritance of those who have doctors, and overrun them, outreach them, and buy them up, and finally obliterate them, and they will be lost in the masses of those who have no doctors. I know what some say when they look at such things, but that is the fact.

Ladies and gentlemen, you may take any country in the world, I do not care where you go, and if they do not employ doctors, you will find they will beat communities that employ them, all the time. Who is the real doctor? That man who knows by the Spirit of revelation what ails an individual, and by the same Spirit knows what medicine to administer. That is the real doctor, the others are quacks."

- Oh so amazing! I agree!! With every fober in my being! I agree!

The Jueb family

They have some interesting views to share.

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