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A friend has just had a C - section because the cervix wouldn't open despite her being given drugs to cause contractions (don't ask!!)
She had the usual remedies with her but I had told her only to take Caul if dilated and the birth was slow.
In hindsight which remedy would have dilated her cervix?
Thanks
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

I suppose it depends on state but before googling I had thought Pulsatilla was helpful here. Jean

Pulsatilla: This remedy is often helpful at times of strong hormonal changes, especially to women who are moody and emotional, and want a lot of affection and attention. They often crave desserts or butter and may overeat, which can lead to indigestion and nausea, or excessive weight-gain. Pregnant women who need this remedy feel uncomfortable in hot weather and in stuffy rooms, improving from gentle exercise in open air. When contractions are irregular and weak, the cervix is slow to dilate and you feel miserable, clingy and tearful. You may talk about wanting to give up and go home!
CERVIX
fails to dilate, Caullophyllum 200 or Cimicifuga 200
half open or hard, Sepia 200
rigid, Gels 200, Chamomilla 200, Cimi 200, Caul 200
remains tightly closed, Cimicifuga 200
wide open, but contractions stop, Gelsemium 200
http://www.homeopathyworld.com/cbduring.htm

Thanks sounds like it would have been Cimic which she did have with her but I would have wanted the mentals there too!!
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

This is perhaps one of those cases where the “usual” remedies aren’t right on. A local midwife had a case of a cervix that refused to dilate in a woman who was, as the midwife put it, “all hunkered down.” The remedy there was Calc-c., which produced both dilation and a baby in record time.
Peace,

Dale
From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean Doherty
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 5:44 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] In hindsight
I suppose it depends on state but before googling I had thought Pulsatilla was helpful here. Jean
Pulsatilla: This remedy is often helpful at times of strong hormonal changes, especially to women who are moody and emotional, and want a lot of affection and attention. They often crave desserts or butter and may overeat, which can lead to indigestion and nausea, or excessive weight-gain. Pregnant women who need this remedy feel uncomfortable in hot weather and in stuffy rooms, improving from gentle exercise in open air. When contractions are irregular and weak, the cervix is slow to dilate and you feel miserable, clingy and tearful. You may talk about wanting to give up and go home!

CERVIX

fails to dilate, Caullophyllum 200 or Cimicifuga 200

half open or hard, Sepia 200

rigid, Gels 200, Chamomilla 200, Cimi 200, Caul 200

remains tightly closed, Cimicifuga 200

wide open, but contractions stop, Gelsemium 200

http://www.homeopathyworld.com/cbduring.htm
A friend has just had a C - section because the cervix wouldn't open despite her being given drugs to cause contractions (don't ask!!)
She had the usual remedies with her but I had told her only to take Caul if dilated and the birth was slow.
In hindsight which remedy would have dilated her cervix?
Thanks

Rochelle

Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Nice description, Dale – “all hunkered down” – probably a good phrase to keep in mind in thinking of Calc-c J Rosemary
"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
~Audre Lorde
From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dale Moss
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:43 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Minutus] In hindsight
This is perhaps one of those cases where the “usual” remedies aren’t right on. A local midwife had a case of a cervix that refused to dilate in a woman who was, as the midwife put it, “all hunkered down.” The remedy there was Calc-c., which produced both dilation and a baby in record time.
Peace,

Dale
From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean Doherty
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 5:44 AM
To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Minutus] In hindsight
I suppose it depends on state but before googling I had thought Pulsatilla was helpful here. Jean
Pulsatilla: This remedy is often helpful at times of strong hormonal changes, especially to women who are moody and emotional, and want a lot of affection and attention. They often crave desserts or butter and may overeat, which can lead to indigestion and nausea, or excessive weight-gain. Pregnant women who need this remedy feel uncomfortable in hot weather and in stuffy rooms, improving from gentle exercise in open air. When contractions are irregular and weak, the cervix is slow to dilate and you feel miserable, clingy and tearful. You may talk about wanting to give up and go home!

CERVIX

fails to dilate, Caullophyllum 200 or Cimicifuga 200

half open or hard, Sepia 200

rigid, Gels 200, Chamomilla 200, Cimi 200, Caul 200

remains tightly closed, Cimicifuga 200

wide open, but contractions stop, Gelsemium 200

http://www.homeopathyworld.com/cbduring.htm
A friend has just had a C - section because the cervix wouldn't open despite her being given drugs to cause contractions (don't ask!!)
She had the usual remedies with her but I had told her only to take Caul if dilated and the birth was slow.
In hindsight which remedy would have dilated her cervix?
Thanks

Rochelle

Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

My opinion:

Depends if there was inertia.

I'd consider Caul 30C every 15 mins up to 1.5 to 2 hrs.
Then if there is inertia, I'd change to Secale 6C at 15 min intervals.

Caul is wonderful stuff. I have used it (aquoeus)
- to stop a too-early labor so the fetus can go to term
- to tone the uterus during gestation especially in a first birth for
an easy birth,
- to encourage the start of the birth when it seems too slow
- to close down the uterus after the birth (4 doses 30 mins apart)

Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

gelsimium 1m is the best.never failed. dr israr ul haque
In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "rochelle" wrote:

I think she said she tried one (200C)!!! I went to see her yesterday. I also think she said she was having a backache labour so Kali Carb would have been better. She did have it with her in the kit I gave her but obviously was in no fit state to look at my brief descriptions of remedies.
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

What does "all hunkered down" mean?
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk

Excuse my ignorance - but what is inertia? I have always been taught to give 200 potency in pregnancy. She reckons she did take 1 Caul.
Baby more alert today and starting to latch on.
(I never have found out why your posts Irene always go to my spam folder!!! )
Rochelle
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk