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Wonderful Midwives
Suzy Myers and Marge Mansfield have been guiding the births of thousands of children in the Seattle...
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Suzy Myers and Marge Mansfield have been guiding the births of thousands of children in the Seattle area over the last 30 years. If you are considering a non-hospital birth scenario, you should definately meet them. They are awesome, well connected and sensitive to your decisions. While Columbia City might be a little out of the way, they also work out of the Community Birthing Center in Montlake.
With Swedish and other powerful business interests attempting to put the kybosh on midwifery (hey - they can make loads off of planned c-sections), a home or birth center birth is still an option.
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A Better Birthing Environment
Had my first baby at Swedish. The otherwise extremely competent nurse's idea of labor support was...
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Had my first baby at Swedish. The otherwise extremely competent nurse's idea of labor support was asking me when I wanted my epidural. She just didn't seem to know how to help someone birth without drugs. Had my second baby at Community Birth & Family Center. Hurt worse. Felt better overall. My skeptical husband and I did the research: in low-risk pregnancies, outcomes are the same (and some studies say better) with midwife-assisted births with no drugs. It feels MUCH better afterward than when you are post-drugs and in the hospital. Your baby and you figured it out together. Breastfeeding hurt just as much the second time as it did the first, but this time I didn't quit because I had more confidence in myself. Neither experience was perfect--birth is too complex, scary and personal a process for it to go perfectly. But if you compare the hospital environment to a midwife-assisted birth, you might decide as I did to go with the latter. Community Birth & Family Center was a sweet environment in which to give birth.
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An organic Convenience Store, only not so much
A nice little store, too little for your regular shopping, nothing special enough to make it a...
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A nice little store, too little for your regular shopping, nothing special enough to make it a destination stop, except maybe the decent wine selection. Suffers from a location too small to make a serviceable grocery.
It's a great place to stop for a quick drink and a snack, or even for a picnic at Volunteer park.
It is very committed to organic, and the produce is usually priced great. But run in for a bottle of molasses and they will be out of stock, or they just don't carry that item. Or you get half of your shopping list and have to go to the other natural grocery on the hill for the rest.
It's a store that you wish was so much more than it is.
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Granum Inc
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Nutrition And Supplements
2414 SW Andover St
Seattle,
Washington
(206) 525-0051
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Madison Market
Category:
Nutrition And Supplements
1600 E Madison St
Seattle,
Washington
(206) 329-1545
Good selection, good food
This is a good place for healthy organic foods. The meat and produce sections are excellent, and...
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This is a good place for healthy organic foods. The meat and produce sections are excellent, and bulk is good enough. I'd recommend this place to anyone.
The only peeve I have about this place is the attitude of the checkout staff. Most of them are not happy and are not shy at displaying this. I've heard that management is poor, which is definitely reflected.
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A Great Chiropractor
Dr. David Lawson, a graduate of the Palmer School (the original Chiropratic school), is an...
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Dr. David Lawson, a graduate of the Palmer School (the original Chiropratic school), is an excellent chiropractor. He makes his patients well-at-ease in his comfortable offices, located just off Broadway. The prices are reasonable, the staff are friendly and his adjustments have made me feel great for over a year now. His office is closed on Thursdays, but is open a few Saturdays a month. Parking is available for validation at the Bank of America lot across Broadway.
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Alternative Healing Community
The Bodysong community is a group of healers (channels, massage therapists, shamans, and music...
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The Bodysong community is a group of healers (channels, massage therapists, shamans, and music healers) in Seattle, just north of Greenlake. They offer monthy readings, like group Akashic record readings on the new moon (with different topics every month), full moono circles, and a provider list of massage therapists. There is a sweet garden for relaxing as well.
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Accupuncture Unlimited
Category:
Alternative Medicine
5236 California Ave SW
Seattle,
Washington
(206) 935-2323
Made me a believer
To be perfectly honest, I never believed in alternative medicine. This all changed after my mother...
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To be perfectly honest, I never believed in alternative medicine. This all changed after my mother was rear ended last year. She started getting serious migraine headaches on a consistent basis. Nothing worked to curb neither the frequency nor intensity. Until she came here. It was a last resort and made a believer out of the both of us. She now lives pain free with occasional visits to this fantastic clinic. Everyone here is professional and friendly, and most importantly genuinely cares about their patients.
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Zenith Supplies Inc
Category:
Nutrition And Supplements
6300 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle,
Washington
(206) 525-7997
Perfume Oils Infiltrate!
While Zenith Supply has a wonderful selection of books and massage related tools, they carry many...
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While Zenith Supply has a wonderful selection of books and massage related tools, they carry many products containing perfume oils. These scents permeate the bath salts and some oils so when I get them home, they still smell like perfume. I'm allergic to these scents, so it's disappointing. Also, it makes it hard to make a true essential oil blend when the base product is already scented.
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Herbalist the
Category:
Health Food Products Whole & Retail
2106 NE 65th St
Seattle,
Washington
(206) 523-2600
The Herbalist shop
The Herbalist is a little shop off Ravenna with most of the herbs you need for healing,...
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The Herbalist is a little shop off Ravenna with most of the herbs you need for healing, aromatherapy, and most of whatever you'll need. The staff so far has known the answer to every question I have asked (not simple questions, mind you!), so they are a great resource. They sell fresh and dried herbs, and in small or larger quantities; prepared in just about any way you could want. Even if you're just looking to try something else for what ails you, you might want to go talk with them and get their ideas.
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