JOHN BELLOMO, D.C. ( THE FIRST PEDIATRIC CHIROPRACTOR IN CENTRAL FLORIDA )

Every baby needs to have a healthy spinal column. It's the framework that will support your schild throughout his or her grwoing years and adulthood. Studies have shown that newborn infants often enter the world with spinal trauma due to the birth process. Even under the best conditions, birthing can be difficult for the infant who has spent nine months cradled in the dark, "warm waterbed" of the womb. It's very important to have your infant checked by a chiropractor shortly after his or her birth to be certain that there isn't any nerve interference. Periodic checks should continue throughout your child's lifetime. Robert S. Medelsohn, M.D., was one of the America's leading pediatricians and a vocal proponent of home delivery. In his consciousness-raising book. Confessions of a Medical Heretics, he discussed how babies born in the hospital are 6x more likely to suffer distress during labor and deliery, 8x more likely to get caught in the birth canal, 4x more likely to need resucitation, 4x more likely to become infected and 30x more likeyto be permanently injured. 

A study conducted by Lewis E. Mehl, M.D. of the University of Winsconsin InfantDevelopment Center reviewed 2000 births. Nearly half of these had been home deliveries. 14 of the newborn babies had to be rescucitated as compared to the 52 of those babies born in the hospital. And only one home-delievered baby suffered neurological damage compared to 6 of the hospital babies. The figures reveal the benefits of home delivery. This is why many chiropractors and their families select natural childbirth at home. Scientists are still learning how to accurately assess the damage to infants. They do not know that a slight pull on the neck during delivery can cause a subluxation that might cause the damage too slight to be notieable immediately. But eventually it might cause some learning disability. One of the greatest gifts you can give your newborn is a complete spinal examination by a doctor of Chiropractor. Call us for free consultation! Mention this blog.

Source: Chiropractic First by Terry Rondberg, D.C.