Military here. I know so many fellow servicemembers who have gotten sick, but none who have developed the serious issues outlined here. At least they're not open about it and I'm not aware. I certainly don't doubt it.
Also DoD here. My unit is moving to teleworking too. There are supposedly a bunch of people testing positive, all of which I assume took the jabs. Even one of my commanders who lectured me about mission readiness, being "fit to fight," etc. tested positive and is out for a while. I on the other hand have never taken a single jab, never will, and am very healthy. I've never come down with the wuflu or really any illness for years.
Weekly testing requirements haven't been instated over here...yet. Hopefully they won't. I'm willing to bet I'd come up positive on a PCR test even though I'm not sick. Those tests are garbage.
I have a pending religious exemption for the poke. It was denied at the lowest level but is still going up to much higher leadership. It'll likely get denied. Then I'll appeal and see how much time that buys me. Hopefully this bullshit monkey business federal employee mandate stops for ALL federal employees soon. Keeping my eyes on thr supreme court case.
God bless you. You are not alone in the resistance that exists in the DoD.
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! I definitely plan on delaying cutting the cord until I deliver the placenta, or until the cord has gone white and I know my baby has received all the blood. Even after that I'm sure I'll still wait a solid hour or so. God is so good and He designed us perfectly and it hurts me to think about the things doctors do that totally goes against common sense and nature.
As far as vitamin K goes, I think it's a God thing that you addressed it! I've been praying about whether or not to have it given to my child. I've read about the black label warning, read about how the extreme excess of the vitamin can lead to jaundice, about all the preservatives and other yucky ingredients in it including aluminum, etc. Oh and the fact that it's some synthetic version of vitamin K and the concentration is 20,000 times the amount naturally found in an infant's body. God knows best and there must be a reason babies are born with low levels of the vitamin. I definitely had to dig for that information though. It should absolutely raise some eyebrows when you do an internet search for vitamin k for newborns and all you get are results praising how great and safe it is and how any parent who refuses it for their child is terrible and should be arrested for child abuse, etc. A whole other rabbit hole though.
I'll also be refusing the eye drops. I read that the purpose of those is to prevent blindness in babies born to mothers who have gonorrhea or chlamydia, neither of which I have. But of course those eye drops are "standard." Ummm well whoever manufactures those I'm sure is very happy that their product is used on 99% of babies...talk about money! Ugh that industry just pisses me off.
My plan is an unmedicated birth. I wish to labor and deliver in whatever position I feel most comfortable in and to go tell the midwife or doc to go pound sand if they tell me to do anything that makes their life more convenient and not in the best interest of me or my baby. My husband and I have even joked about locking the care providers out of the room if they get too pushy. As long as baby is okay, I don't want anyone putting a finger on me or baby. Total mama bear already over here.
God bless you and I pray that the rest of your pregnancy goes well and you deliver a beautiful, healthy baby, and that all of your labor, delivery, and post-delivery plans go exactly how you hope!
Baby #1 for me is about to be here. I've been doing a lot of research on "common" vaccines. I think I'll keep my kid far far far away from any needles at birth. I find it absolutely bonkers that the first Hepatitis B shot is given to your newborn before even leaving the hospital. It's given to all babies too! Hep B is only transmissible through blood, semen, and vaginal fluids. Not saliva. Even when mom is negative for Hep B, newborn babies are still given the shot. Why on Earth would you overwhelm a tiny infant's immune system with a vaccine when they're not even a day old yet?! Blows my mind. But follow the money...
Lol "qeq." I'm going to use that!