Natural Disaster

I have lived in Mississippi for close to 15 years now and I have never been subjected to any kind of natural disaster until we had our 2011 tornado season. This past year a small town called Smithville Mississippi just miles from my work and home suffered a devastating tornado. It turned the entire town upside down and many lives were lost on that tragic afternoon. The schools were also destroyed within this small community. Just driving through and seeing the pictures that this tornado did to this town was heartbreaking. The one thing that I do love about living in this small country enviroment is that we are all great about coming together and lending a helping hand and thats just what everyone did. People truly came together for this community who had lost everything. We donated clothes, food, money, and our services to make sure these people still had the basic needs necessary in life! Its truly a blessing to see how far this small community has come in just months.
Another disaster that is held dear to my heart is the earthquake that occured in Japan. It was heartbreaking to see pictures of this tradegy on the news.This country still has a long way to go, but they have received help from places such as the United States when it comes to food, water, clothing, and donations. I hope that the people are able to come together and continue to help the victims in Japan

SIDS

I chose to research SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. When I was blessed with my little girl I worried so much about her suffering from SIDS. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected, sudden death of a child under age 1 in which an autopsy does not show an explainable cause of death. The cause of SIDS is unknown, but doctors and researchers now believe that SIDS is caused by several different factors such as problems with the baby's ability to wake up and the inability for the baby's body to detect a build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood. SIDS rates have dropped dramatically. Unfortunately, SIDS remains a significant cause of death in infants under one year old. Thousands of babies die of SIDS in the United States each year. SIDS is most likely to occur between 2 and 4 months of age. SIDS affects boys more often than girls and most SIDS deaths occur in the winter. Many of the less developed countries still have high infant mortality rates from identifiable causes of death, such as respiratory infections, malnutrition, and diarrhea, but do no consider SIDS a major issue when it comes to death in infants.


http://www.sids-network.org/experts/devcoun.htm



www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533

A Blessing From God.....

I have to begin by saying that this is a tough subject for me because I have had  such a rough journey trying to carry a baby to full term. When my husband and I first begin trying to conceive I unfortunetly had two miscarriages back to back. My doctor finally figured out that this was due to a fibroid that was on my uterus and he quickly removed it. After three months we were allowed to start trying again and by suprise we got pregnant very quickly with a precious baby girl named Kaylee Alexis. Everything was going great until week 25 I went into preterm labor due to an incompetent cervix. Sadly my little girl got her angel wings shortly after birth. This was a very rough time for me and my husband and it took us some time to heal, but we always knew we wanted to try again. After almost year we were very suprised to learn that we were pregnant again. We prayed every night to be able to get this sweet little baby into the world healthy. It took being on a numerous amount of medications, a cerclage to keep my cervix closed, and weekly progesterone shots, but on January 14, 2010 God blessed us with a full term beauiful baby girl named Sadie Alivia. I was complely speechless when she cam into our lives and my heart still melts everytime I look at her. My husband and I are truly grateful to have her in our lives. Since Sadie was born we have attempted to conceive once again and unfortunetly my body failed me at 22 weeks and my son Bentley Wess received his angel  wings shortly after birh. My husband and I have been through quite a process when it comes to having babies and we realize what a gift they truly are. Although I miss my sweet little babies I know in my heart it was not Goodbye because I will see them later and one day we will all be together as a family!! So make sure to hug and kiss your babies every night and tell them how much you love them!!

I am amazed at women who are able to pull off homebirths. The birthing process is such an emotional time in a womans life and should be cherished, but it is also very painful. I have always wondered just how they are able to give birh with no pain medicine because I was not strong enough to pull that off with any of my pregnancies! I have a lot of respect for women who pull off home births and women who give birth with no pain medicine!!