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Healthy Baby Gallery

Healthy, happy, beautiful twins, Benjamin John and
Isabel Catherine Adams, were delivered at thirty-eight
weeks on December 3, 2010, weighing in at around
seven pounds each, born to proud parents Alissa and
Eric. Throughout mom's pregnancy and years prior, mom
and dad ate a diet of raw milk, butter, cheese, pastured
eggs, vegetables, fermented cod liver oil, grass-fed
meats, broths and kombucha. At eight months, the twins
are still breast-feeding and starting to eat a WAPF diet.

Mary Helen Stein was born March 2010 to St. Louis WAPF co-leader
Heather Stein. She was born at home after an easy four hour labor. She
weighed in at just over nine pounds—Heather and husband Joel liked to
joke that she was "all muscle!" During (and before) her pregnancy Heather
ate lots of nourishing foods such as bone broth, pastured meats, butter,
raw milk, seafood, and organic fruits and vegetables. The pregnancy was
easy and enjoyable. Now seventeen months old, Mary Helen enjoys the
same foods mom did while she was in the womb (plus mom's nutrient-
dense breastmilk) and is quite an adorable, chubby toddler! Older sister
Lucia (age five) did not enjoy the benefits of a WAPF diet until one year
of age, when her parents found this way of eating as a solution to Lucia's severe food allergies. Even though she got a
late start, Lucia now enjoys abundant health too and has experienced healing from most of her food sensitivities and
even her chronic asthma, with the help of a local WAPF nutritionist and chiropractor.

Aaron, son of Megan Harris, pictured at five months, is a healthy thriv-
ing little chunk, a very sweet, happy baby. Mom consumed the nour-
ishing traditions-style diet for two years, to the benefit of her baby.
Because of it, he is the happiest most content baby, loves his momma's
milk, and truly sleeps like a baby! Notes Megan: "I love the Healthy
Baby Gallery. As a mother it is very inspiring to see parents nourishing
their little ones and it shows."

The latest WAPF baby in San Diego. Ivy Boatcher was born after four hours of
labor (two of which were spent outdoors using a birthing ball). Mother, Loretta
Boatcher, NTP, age forty-four, attributes the WAPF diet rich in cod liver oil, X-
factor butter oil, butter, bone broth and raw milk to her very successful and easy
pregnancy. Baby Ivy was born over nine pounds, beautiful and eager to nurse.
The nurses were amazed at Loretta’s delivery, Ivy’s perfectly shaped head and
how beautiful and healthy the placenta and umbilical cord were, especially in
light of Loretta’s age. Loretta’s doctor had wanted to induce due to concerns over
her age. Instead, Loretta sought the support of a local acupuncturist who did
treatments to support the onset of labor at the body’s chosen time.

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