Homeopathy for Mother Infant and Child
Pregnancy Labour Birth and Post Natal
Are you searching for a safe form of natural remedies for you during your pregnancy, labour, birth and post natal that can benefit you and your baby?
Pregnancy gifts a perfect opportunity for improving the health of both mother and child.
The hormonal and metabolic changes that occur during these precious months prime the mother’s constitution for optimal performance in creating and giving birth to a new life. This enhancement of function renders the mother more susceptible to the beneficial influence of well-selected homeopathic remedies and at the same time presents clues for the attention of the prescriber indicating how best to prescribe.
Pre-existing, underlying weaknesses and family tendencies come to the surface, usually in the form of simple, though sometimes troublesome, symptoms and signs.
When correctly addressed, attending to these problems benefits not only the mother’s health but also that of her infant.
Dr David Lilley MBChB, FFHom will take you on the journey of
how homeopathic remedies can assist and empower you on your journey of pregnancy, birth and post natal
Experience the e-Book
This e-book is dedicated to expectant mother's, doulas, midwives, birthing assistants and students of homeopathy, to learn how to use homeopathy to assist mother and baby during pregnancy, labour and birth.
The e-book derives from a series of lectures by Dr David Lilley, a medical homeopath with many year’s experience in the treatment of mothers and their children. The lectures were originally delivered to mothers attending his practice and their interested friends. The transcript provides an easy to use practical guide for treating common difficulties experienced by women during pregnancy, labour and breast feeding.
Among the subjects covered are morning sickness, anaemia, backache,fatigue, heartburn, thrush and lactation. Indicated remedies are clearly defined, explained and compared, making remedy choice easy.
Dr David Lilley has been in homeopathic practice for almost 60 years and is an international lecturer to the profession. He was the founder of the South African Faculty of Homoeopathy and acted as Dean of the Faculty from 1995 to 2012.
Excerpt from Homeopathy for Pregnancy
Homeopathy for Morning Sickness – Emesis Gravidarum
During the first three months (the first trimester) of pregnancy, it is common for the mother-to-be to experience what is termed morning sickness; though it may occur at any time of the day, varying in intensity from mild nausea to severe vomiting (hyperemesis gravidarum), which may cause marked loss of weight, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Nausea usually starts around the 6th week of pregnancy, peaks by the 9th, and trails off from the 16th to the 18th week, though some may suffer longer, even to the very end of pregnancy.
For the baby’s sake it is important to avoid chemical remedies that suppress nausea. Fortunately, homeopathy offers a simple and natural means of curing what can be a very distressing symptom.Adapting the diet can be helpful in mild cases: sticking to bland foods, avoiding spicy, fatty, processed foods, and conles and salads.
Eating small, frequent snacks rather than large meals often helps. Adequate fluid intake is essential, especially filtered or spring water and fresh fruit juices and vegetable blends.
Homeopathic Remedy Sepia
Since hormonal changes are often implicated, Sepia, a remedy prepared from the ink of the cuttlefish, is probably one of the most successful morning sickness remedies. It is especially indicated in women who show marked increase in skin pigmentation during pregnancy, especially cheeks and forehead (chloasma), distinct darkening of the nipples, and pigmentation extending from the pubic area in a line up to the navel. They are often brunettes. For Sepia women, pregnancy may be an imposition, something that intrudes, interfering with how they planned their life – a cause of frustration, irritation and intolerance, taken out on their partner or family. Pregnancy blues may develop. An early symptom is often a craving for the very things they should not have – vinegar, acids, pickles and spicy foods.
Notable characteristics of their morning sickness:
· Nausea at the sight, smell or thought of food.
· Nausea in the morning before eating.
· Vomiting after eating.
· Empty, all-gone sensation in the stomach not relieved by eating.
· Burning in the pit of the stomach, acid dyspepsia, sour eructations (acid burping), bloated abdomen.
Meet the Author
Dr David Lilley has been in homeopathic practice for almost 60 years and is an international lecturer to the profession. He was the founder of the South African Faculty of Homoeopathy and acted as Dean of the Faculty from 1995 to 2012.
In 1994, David commenced teaching fellow medical practitioners the art and science of homeopathy and to this end founded the South African Faculty of Homeopathy, acting as dean until 2012.
In 1999, he commenced teaching internationally and continues to do so.
In December 2007, after 41 years of intense practice, David moved to Cape Town, and most recently to Somerset West, where he continues to see a small number of patients, and devotes his time to writing and lecturing. David has written four books: Healing the Soul, Volumes One and Two; The Wolf – A Mythological and Comparative Study; and The Raven – A Flight through an Archetypal Force Field. He is currently writing: Healing the Soul, Volume Three.
