Not exact matches
Indeed, the giving of our full attention to the needs of the eco-system (call it
Mother Earth, Gaia or Nature, if you wish) is in many ways replacing the dutiful obedience which
humans were
expected to show to the Heavenly Father in traditional monotheism.
Not only do our practices spoil
Mother Nature's design for the continuation of the human race, our civilization keeps on mutilating the mother by silencing her, by not helping her heal, and when breastfeeding, which could help her heal, doesn't work as expected, that too is taken away fro
Mother Nature's design for the continuation of the
human race, our civilization keeps on mutilating the
mother by silencing her, by not helping her heal, and when breastfeeding, which could help her heal, doesn't work as expected, that too is taken away fro
mother by silencing her, by not helping her heal, and when breastfeeding, which could help her heal, doesn't work as
expected, that too is taken away from her.
This helps in achieving a very comforting posture, that helps in alleviating the aches and pains brought upon by the changes in
human body due to pregnancy, and helps
expecting mothers finally get that much required good night's sleep.
With only 25 % of its brain developed at birth the
human infant «
expects» and depends on proximity and contact with its caregiver's body, usually (but not always nor necessarily) the
mother.
Being exposed to pesticides is extremely harmful to any
human being especially for an
expecting mother pesticide exposure can happen 2 to 3 weeks before the
mother even knows she is
expecting.
In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In
human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking
mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than -
expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.
You damn well better believe that there is research going on in animal models — what does she
expect, that scientists should mutagenize
human mothers and chop up baby brains for this work?
Mother Nature didn't
expect humans and other creatures to procreate for the intellectual pursuit of making the species survive — so she made it fun!
But things turned from bad to worse, with the return of Lucifer and the surprising revelation that the Devil was
expecting a child with a
human mother.
The salesman / unwed
mother business made Constance stand out as much more
human and vulnerable than one would have
expected from the rest of the story.