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NATURAL WOMAN page 49
mind the implications of your ac-
tions. Whenever you do some-
thing, you have to ask yourself,
`Is this what I want to create in
this world?"'
She first began to look into op-
tions outside traditional medi-
cine after her physician said he
had found cancer cells in her
body. She was 25 years old.
"The doctor told me, 'Don't
worry, it's normal.'
`Normal? I said to him. 'What
do you mean it's 'normal' to be
sick?"'
Mrs. Kahn regards food as "a
vital healing source. Eat right
and you stay healthy." In an ef-
fort to combat the cancer cells,
she decided to try a macrobiotic
diet. She found that it cleared
her body of any signs of the dis-
ease, she says.
She married at 29, then gave
birth to Joshua. After extensive
research, she opted to have her
son with the assistance of lay
midwives.
"They were like a godsend,"
she says. "There's nothing they
love more than empowering a
woman to give birth.
Throughout the pregnancy
there was regular testing, of pro-
thin and sugar levels, for exam-
ple, but none of the ultrasounds
often required by OB-GYNs.
Mrs. Kahn's midwives were
with her throughout the birth.
"I had severe back labor," she re-
calls. The midwives first calmed
the pain with a hot water bottle,
then by "easing Mrs. Kahn into
a filled bathtub where she found
"instant relief."
There were no medications,
and "I wasn't hooked up to mon-
itors," she says. "And I am not
the kind of person who tolerates
pain."
When her baby was born, he
came right into her arms. "I felt
like I had just won the world
marathon."
Her experience with the mid-
wives served as "the bedrock for
my whole style of mothering."
With pregnancy, Mrs. Kahn ex-
plains, "it's not just about the
birth. It's about becoming a
mother."
Her approach is at times un-
conventional even among un-
conventional women. For
starters, Mrs. Kahn has chosen
not to have her children immu-
nized.
"I'm not saying its a cure-all;
there are risks either way," she
says. "But I foster good emo-
tional and physical health in my
children. The immune system
can take care of itself if it's bol-
stered properly."
Although the family does not
adhere to a strictly macrobiotic
diet, they are thoughtful about
what they eat.
"In this house, you have to eat
your vegetables," Mrs. Kahn
says.
There are no disposable dia-
pers in the Kahn home, and syn-
thetic clothing is a rarity. Mrs.
Icahn explains: "I like my chil-
dren in natural fibers."
Wooden toys are preferable to
plastic, and mother's gentle voice
is always better than CDs. "I
don't want things to be so re-
moved," she says. "A lot of moth-
ering today is about distancing."
Joshua has his own room
now, but he slept with his par-
ents until Joseph was born. "He
still knows he's always welcome,
but he understands that the
baby needs Mommy now."
"I've always asked a lot of
questions," she says. "Now I'm
questioning all the technology
— the processed food, the mi-
crowave cooking.
"Fm trying to teach my chil-
dren to slow down. Ifs in every-
thing I do, from taking the time
to peel an orange instead of just
pouring a glass of juice to clean-
ing the cloth diapers instead of
simply using the throwaways.
"Of course, the cloth diapers
take longer, but what's wrong
with that? Don't worry: your
children will grow up and leave
you soon enough."
She remembers: "When I was
little, thank God I had a lot of
adults around who took their
time with me. Now I see the val-
ue in dependency and interre-
lating. Of course I teach my
children autonomy, but also I
want to teach them how to re-
late to others. "That's why I quit
everything (a job outside her
home) to do this full time," Mrs.
Kahn says. "Mothering is the
most awesome responsibility I
could ever imagine." ❑
Elisa Seltzer and Steve
Johnston sell echinacea tinc-
ture through their mail-order
company, Sturgeon Bay Or-
ganics. According to their
brochure, echinacea "stimu-
lates and supports the immune
system, increasing resistance
to both viral and bacterial in-
fection. Traditionally used for
earaches, sore throats, colds,
this, swollen glands and herpes
outbreaks, it is safe and gentle
for the whole family, including
small children."
For information and prices,
contact Sturgeon Bay Organ-
ics, Pyjar Hill Farm, 434 Pyjar
Road, Levering, MI 49755, or
call (616) 537-2543.