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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.