Even from a surgical perspective, a woman has less invasive and traumatic options. First, there is the
less invasive nryomectomy, which preserves fertility by removing just the fibroid, but keeps the rest of the
reproductive system intact. However, nryomectomy can be just as traumatic as having a hysterectomy. A
second new procedure is called a uterine artery embolization (UAE) and is performed by an interventional
iadiologist. Of course, there are also a number of natural methods, like the ones explained in this book,
that can be used to prevent and remove fibroids and other reproductive disorders. Balancing estrogen
levels through liver cleansing and dietary changes is very important for any woman suffering from female
disorders. It is a well-known fact that fibroids tend to shrink and disappear after menopause when
estrogen levels decrease. The liver is in charge of breaking down estrogen, but is prevented from doing so
properly when it is congested with intrahepatic gallstones.
Most fibroids develop when congestion of the cisterna chyli vessels (a group of sac-like lymph vessels
located in the middle of the abdomen) prevents the proper drainage of metabolic waste products and dead,
turned-over cells from the female reproductive organs. In most cases, there is also a history of
constipation. By addressing the underlying causes of fibroids, the reproductive organs can resume their
full functions. Having a hysterectomy, on the other hand, is not without risks. The mortality rate is 1 in
1,000 procedures, and serious complications occur 15 times more frequently than that. Side effects can
occur in more than 40 percent of operations; they include urinary retention or incontinence, significant
reduction in sexual response, early ovarian failure, risk of a fatal blood clot and bowel problems.
Induction, Cutting And Caesarean Section
Pregnant women are generally treated with respect and special care, but the methods of delivery used
today can have an adverse effect on mother and baby alike. Before the era of hospital deliveries, the
responsibility for handling deliveries was given to competent women. Home was considered the best
place for all involved. This had been a common practice around the world for thousands of years.
Provided that the appropriate hygienic measures were taken, very few birth complications occurred.
Today, however, with most deliveries being handled by male doctors and taking place in the sterile
environment of a hospital room, we have the highest rates of complications at birth. Research from
Britain, Switzerland and Holland, published by the British Medical Journal in 1996, found that planned
home births were the safest of all options, including hospital deliveries.
In hospitals, delivering mothers are watched over by a number of electronic instruments and machines
that monitor every possible change and that signal the need for an operation just in case something goes
wrong. One of the most common types of surgery during delivery is known as an episiotomy or “cutting.”
The procedure helps to widen the vagina so that the baby’s head and shoulders come out more easily. This
routine operation is supposed to prevent tearing of the vagina. Yet if the mother were not induced and/or
made numb by drugs and were properly prepared for the delivery, she would know perfectly well how and
when and when not to push to release the child from the birth canal at the right time. The pain would tell
her exactly what to do during the birth process. This would naturally prevent tearing of the vagina. Even if
it did tear, the injury would heal much faster than a cut inflicted by a surgical knife. Because it severs
important nerves, “cutting” also lowers the mother’s sexual sensitivity, something that doesn’t happen
with “natural” tearing.
The second most unnecessary but most commonly applied operation during delivery is the Caesarean
section. If the monitoring electronic instruments indicate a sign of irregularity in the heartbeat of the baby,
the mother is often cut open and the baby is pulled from her womb. It is well known that the baby’s
heartbeat can react to a sudden loud noise made in the proximity of the mother, something that is more
likely to occur in a hospital or operation room than it would at home. An unborn child may increase his