Posted by January Harshe on May 15, 2009
Just a quick post about comments. Leave them!
OK, I’ll say a little more. If you are reading this, leave a comment and let me know. People (me) love comments on their websites and blogs. It’s fun to know who’s reading and it is interesting to read your thoughts.
If you like what I’m up to, let me know. I am getting so close to having this baby. Any positive feedback and comments will be awesome!
If you think I’m nuts, that’s OK too. Say a little prayer that all goes well and according to the Lord’s will.
This is an exciting time for us and I love sharing my thoughts and experiences as I go through this amazing journey called Unassisted Pregnancy and Birth!
So go now…down there at the bottom of this post…and leave a comment. Then do it again on other posts, and again and……..
*Kinda interesing… I wrote this 2 days ago. Then yesterday people starting leaving more comments! Keep it up. I am feeling the love. 
Posted by January Harshe on May 1, 2009
I had a mama ask me on a private forum what UC chiropractic really is. I tend to make recommendations that moms and their kiddos get checked quite often. This is how I answered. To those chiropractors, upper cervical docs, Green Book junkies and philosophy diplomates, remember this is from a mom’s perspective and explanation! One mama trying to help another (and her children).
An Upper Cervical Chiropractor adjusts (usually) only the C1 and/or the C2 (the atlas or axis) bones. They take VERY SPECIFIC x-rays and find out exactly how your atlas or axis is (or if it is) misaligned. Then they adjust VERY SPECIFICALLY to the right degree and angle to set the bone back in place. Thus, allowing proper nerve flow to be restored from the brain stem down!
Upper cervical docs don’t ‘crack or pop’ anything. The body then does what’s called ‘retracing’. The rest of the spine realigns now that the top two bones have been properly realigned. You know, any complaints someone has about a chiropractor or chiropractic just doesn’t apply to upper cervical care. They stick to what chiropractic started as.
You also don’t see patients needing to be adjusted 3 times a week for a year. Most people (depending on the person and situation it can take a different amount of adjustments to start holding) will hold their adjustments for a long period of time. They go in to be checked, but don’t always need an adjustment. My husband for example received an upper cervical adjustment over a month ago and it’s still holding. People can hold for a year! Because the adjustment is so specific it really does remove nerve interference and people have AMAZING results. I usually don’t hold a ‘regular’ adjustment for a day! LOL. I hold my upper cervical adjustments for about 2 weeks right now. I’m hoping after I have the babe they will hold longer. (I also have been breaking the habit of ’self adjusting’ 
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There are a few different upper cervical techniques. A few use tools and a few use the hands. I prefer the hand techniques. The adjustment is super fast and gentle. You can look them up on my husbands blog at http://theatlasoflife.com. He has some videos on there I believe and in the links he has the different technique websites listed.
Also, here are 2 patients that had such amazing results, they now dedicate their work to getting the word out to other people. http://www.whattimetuesday.com/ and http://upcspine.com/ (you can find a doc in your area on this one).
OK, I hope I explained that well. I’m not a chiro, just a mama who is passionate about it. 
Posted by January Harshe on April 27, 2009
OK, I got myself way too worked up today about birth. So much so, that I just couldn’t write about it. I need to calm down, digest and sort through my thoughts and come back to it.
In the meantime, I want to gag every time I check my mail on yahoo. There is always a pic of someone with a useless mask on their face. This whole thing is ludicrous!
So, go here and read what my hubby has to say about it. I totally agree and am wowed by the statistics he looked up!
In the meantime, we’ll keep our bodies free of interference in this family and not worry about it! 
