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Pre- and Post-Natal Fitness Expert > Julie Tupler, R.N.

Ask an Expert Julie Tupler is a registered nurse, a certified trainer with the National Council on Strength and Fitness, and a certified childbirth educator. She is also executive director of spabebe and has authored two books that quickly became a leading resource on pregnancy and postnatal recovery: Maternal FitnessŪ...Preparing for a Healthy Pregnancy, an Easier Labor, and a Quick Recovery and Lose Your Mummy Tummy. She developed the proprietary Tupler Technique abdominal exercises and provides continuing education to numerous professionals.
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  Tummy more less Question I had a C section 31/2 months ago   Six months ago my doctor told me that I have a fibroid tumor then the day on my child birth they found another one; so I have two fibroid tumor now   On my 6th month pregnancy my baby turned sideways (TRANSVERSE)  my stomach shape was really weird I'm only 5ft tall   I gained about 30 lbs for the whole pregnancy   I need to lose at least 30lbs right now but it seem like I kept gaining   By the way I'm breastfeeding every 3 hrs   I ate healthy foods I exercise as well for 1hr [tread climber wii fit gardening & walking outside not including house works I'm not working though   My problem is I still look 5 months pregnant   Is it because of my fibroid   Or because of the baby being transverse   Do I need to see my OBGYN for follow up   Please help God Bless You & thank you yvette     
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ChristineAgro 1 20 5/31/09
3:09 am
  My 6 yrs old son... more less Question Dear Christine I am coming to you because I figure you are the only one that can help me communicate with my son He moved in with his father when he was 3 yrs old because I could barely take care of myself let alone my son Since then me and his father have been into it and he has taken my right to visit my son away from me I know my son wants to be with me And I miss him so very much I was wondering how I might communicate with him and see him without being there with him I want to help him understand that I do want to see him and that I love him so very much I want to know what he's feeling inside and what he's thinking please help me Miss Christine Thank you so much I want him here with me so bad :(
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BlessedMommy 1 15 5/27/09
10:44 pm
  Partial Molar more less Question Hi Christine My last pregnancy was a partial molar I need to be tested every month for cancer for the next six months before we try to have another baby Because this type of cancer spreads fast I just wanted to check with you to see if you sensed any cancer cells in my body My doctor tells me I have nothing to worry about When I had the DNR I believe my doctor got all of the questionable cancer tissue out of my uterus but was wondering if it could have spread elsewhere which would be undetectable in the hormone test I am doing every month THANK YOU
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love&gratitude 1 17 5/26/09
5:54 pm
  Tech error? more less Question Hi Christine I wrote to you several weeks ago with a question but I have yet to hear back from you It normally doesn 't take this long for a response Is there a possible technical error with the website Are you receiving our questions I think it 's been awhile since the last post Thanks
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love&gratitude 1 16 6/22/09
4:52 pm
  question again more less Question Hi first of all let me say that this is like my 3rd question or so for you in the last 6 months I don't want to "over stay my welcome" sort of thing  however I am so distressed lossing sleep and so forth I thought I'd ask anyway I am a hairstylist for 12 years now and in Oct some things happened that forced me to leave my salon and start working from my home salon which is 15 min away from my old salon Needless to say I lost some clients I am having such a hard time building my cliental back up I feel like I am doing everything that I can I can't help but wonder is this the universe's way of telling me that I suck and should find something else to do and give up hair I really don't want to give up but I swear sometimes it seems that everything is against me and that I am growing tired of the struggle I don't know what to do and if I am fighing a lossing battle   By the way I think my last post to you got lost or something I tried to reply then it disappeared maybe I did that because when I replied I was trying to do 2 things at once  
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istyleit 1 57 5/26/09
2:45 am
  my 9 months energy Re: more less Question Well u asked me what my daughter eats well she eats grown up food she drinks apple juice and enfimil lipil w/ iron ummm like lunch meat turkey usually friuts (strawberries mango pears and watermelon) applesauce fruit puffs (gerber) ummm I'm honestly not sure what it could be I mean it seems like she frustrated when she does the pulling hair out thing And I have noticed that lately she has these little pimple like bumps on her arm it started out as just one now its like 10 or 12 I was thinking a bite or something not a reaction to food hope this helps
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BlessedMommy 1 56 5/17/09
11:56 pm
  response to your reading more less Question I sent you a private message in regards to the medication I'm on   Just wanted to see if you saw it :)  Thanks again
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DeltaBluesTN 1 49 5/22/09
9:27 pm
  PREGNANT!!! more less Question Hello Miss Christine Well I found out that I'm pregnant yesterday Me and my boyfriend are pretty excited But I'm not how far along I am and I was wanting to ask for your help in connecting better with my new baby like on a spiritual level I want to understand my baby and have a great relationship with him/her and can you tell me my boyfriends energy towards this because he said he's happy but of course I have a couple doubts thanks Christine have a blessed day
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BlessedMommy 1 55 5/23/09
5:26 pm
  hello again more less Question Hello Christine once again I need your help I want to say I really appreciate everything that you do you go out of your way to help people like myself and I wanted to thank you :) I wanted to ask if you could help with my brother Joe He is living with my mother right now because he wrote a suicide letter and my grandma found and she called the police & they took him to get help Well after he got out the gave him medicine and told him that he suffers from depression and that he's a scitz (I have no idea how to spell that) So my mother opened her home up got him a job and now he's right back on the same path stealing from her (her medication & money) He's always had a problem with drugs also because I let him move in with me and he stole everything I had just to get his fix I was wondering if you might help me understand what's he going through because he won't talk to me I mean any advice would be great to help my mother understand and help guide her thank you so much again have a blessed day
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BlessedMommy 1 71 4/29/09
2:07 pm
  Autism more less Question Hi I recently began treating my daughter (who is high functioning on the Autistic Spectrum) with alternative/holistic practices   She just turned 8 (today ) and she has responded well to treatement I am using vitamins (B6 Zinc Cod Liver Oil Vitamin C D and a good Multi)  We have started B12 shots  We also went thru a round of anti yeast medicine and are currently following the DAN diet for autism   She also gets a dose of probiotics daily   She tested positive for sensitivities to wheat/dairy My question to you is there anything else I can do to benefit her and also is it a true allergy she has to wheat/milk  
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winston29 1 81 4/24/09
1:08 am
  5 year old with food allergies - more questions more less Question Hi Christine Thanks so much for your info We are currently having a rough time with my son He ate a raspberry bar on Sat which was wheat free thought it was gluten free but was not and he broke out in welts on a spot on his arm Starting doing alot of pooping on Sunday and coughing Sunday night and yesterday after letting him have some homemade popcorn the coughing got really bad So he was up in the night couging pooping and now finally resting after we gave him grapefruit juice with aloe vera chia seeds and rubbed olive oil and ecupalytus oil on his chest/back He is hot red in face and says his tummy aches So I went out and purchased the chlorophyll for us and with limited funds just purchased the Bach mimulus to start with and will purchase the others online from that website you mentioned I think I may have mentioned that I stumbled upon a Dr Fosters website when I was researching something for someone on the HMN loop and decided to post a question to her about me and my son Well she just replied and I wanted to run a few things by you to see what you thought about them She recommended some type of adrenal support immune valor probiotics and an Essential Fatty acid You mentioned the probiotics also and it is something I have struggled with for his entire life We did it for months on end when he was young and later had his stool tested and it showed no good bacteria so it was disappointing and it made me question the probiotics in general and the source I have some in my refrig now HLC high potency powder (pharmax) that is suppose to be dairy free I know I have alot of anxiety about giving him something that could be possibly making matters worse but plan to try it again and see how it goes The green poop is not something that was on going We recenlty let him have a piece of ham (which he never had) since he had tested not allergic to it by a naturopath using muscle testing So we thought we would let him try a piece and will  it seem to go down with no problems later he had about 3 green poops Also noticed it when we gave him a few dairy free chocolate chips that they seem to not get digested and saw some green in poop When he eats tomato soup his entire poop is red His poop usually isn't brown or not very much Okay not sure why I feel a need to clarify all this I guess I am feeling a little overwhelmed by all the suggestions and actually all the info that is available to me in books internet etc that it is all too much everyone has their own take on things and it seems as if I am facing which road to take I think I have followed the food the supplements so long that I want to approach it more from an energetic perspective and will go will your suggestions with the flower essences and the couple of additons to his diet which we have done in past (aloe and chlorophyll) Another one of those things that seem to work great was the aloe for me and him especially being regular But then I read with the GAPS diet that they said aloe was "contains mucilaginous polysaccharides as well as increasing the release of tumor necrosis factor which is associated with IBD inflammation and increased immune stimulation" So once again I say okay is what I am doing helping or hurting his progress Okay dear Christine I know you have given me what came up for you with what I wrote earlier and I have to either trust it or not so I guess I have answered my own questions/thoughts  Boy this mothering thing is some tough job Aiden just got up and went to bathroom and seems to be getting over the worse of his symptoms I think the ham experiment just really wiped him out depleted his resources and we have to build him back up It just seems to be 3 steps forward 2 steps backward Oh how I would love a great big leap forward Blessings wandergirl P S Happy Early birthday for your son Mine will be 5 in June and I can't believe it either  
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wandergirl 1 67 4/21/09
3:49 pm
  Crazy Question more less Question Hello again Miss Christine Its me again how are you doing Well me and my boyfriend are doing great much better actually But my real question is about how I've feeling lately For about the past 2 3 weeks I've been very emotional Like when I see a baby show on tv (like birth day or an episode of house that has babies) I cry Not only in sadness but in happiness Can I still be going through post partum or could I be pregnant I mean my daughter is almost 9 months I'm just curious to know I mean I'm not depressed or anything I just cry about babies plz help with my question I know it might sound crazy :) Thanks for your help
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RebeccaLaw 1 67 4/21/09
2:20 am
  Son's food/chemical allergies/sensitivities more less Question My son came into the world with some breathing difficulties and under very stressful conditions for himself and me I had undigested food in stools with my first bowel movement after hospital and started having issues within 3 months of giving birth (allergies joint pain loss of weight etc ) My son reacted badly to Hep B shot got his first patch of eczema in the center of his chest and would later cover entire body We also saw some head swelling on Right side of head digestive issues (bloating constipation diarrhea etc ) I took him off my breast at 8 months aburptly because it became too much for me to breastfeed and see him scratcing and itching each time he was on my breast That became a huge challenge to what to feed him and it was a struggle for years He lost alot of weight but we got through it He now sleeps through the night which he didn't used to do He is sleeping on a mattress on the floor next to us because he just seem to need to be close to us and he wasn't sleeping well in his own room The challenges we see now are some reactions to foods/environment which usually present themselves in the face on one side one eye sometimes cold sores There is one swollen lymph node on back of head that has been there almost always His poop is many times green but he has daily bowel movements usually 1 many times 2 He is experiencing a big adjustment with starting to school He says it is boring wants to stay home and do nothing and cries when we get close to school But once there does fine I tend to see him wanting to do things and then when actually about to do it or doing it change his mind For example we were in FL and they had a big cord and kids could bounce up and down like being attached to rubber band He saw them doing it said I want to do that so we said okay He got strapped in and as soon as the guy starting to bounce him he starting looking serious and scared And I just asked if he wanted to get off and he said yes and we let him and made no big deal about it I just sense he wants to do things but then gets hesitant and backs out As I am writing this I am thinking how me and his Dad don't have a real zest for life We are letting ourselves get worn down by the different things that have come about since Aiden's birth and kind of used all our issues for things we need to change about ourselves on him and his health I have been really trying to let my new found hope and joy come into our life and see positive changes in myself and Aiden Okay probably written way too much but thanks for taking the time to view this What a wonderful thing you are doing sharing your gift Wanda
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wandergirl 1 78 4/20/09
2:13 pm
  food allergies more less Question Hi my son has been allergic to eggs/nuts/milk also wheat My chiropractor advised me to do a rotation diet with him Over the past 6 months I have incorporated products that have milk in it into his diet Along with digestive enzymes at every meal I rotate the wheat and am beginning to give him baked products that have egg He was having a very difficult time being restricted to food and was begging for stuff the other kids eat Is this the right thing for him to give him foods I know he is allergic to
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Sherry hodapp 1 74 4/20/09
2:05 pm
  son won't eat more less Question Dear Christine Can you help tell us why our 2 year old son won't eat He hasn't been a big eater since he was born his growth has always been slow At one year old he was diagnosed Failure to Thrive He is now so far below the growth curve it's alarming We're looking at a nasogastric feeding tube to supplement his intake He has been otherwise developing normally He did have low grade chronic gastritis as an infant but showed no symptoms other than he never eats maybe 400 calories a day We look forward to your insight Thank you Kyra
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fromNC04 3 134 3/21/09
11:10 pm
  ? about my sils more less Question I have kind of an off topic question I guess well not baby related anyway or at least I think so   I have some issues getting along with my sister in laws I guess I am just wondering if it has something to do with me that I should be working on or if has more to do with their journey and the stuff they need to work on   I am just a bit confused as to why it seems they can't stand me
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Full~Moon~Mama 1 124 3/20/09
11:13 pm
  Dreams more less Question Hi christine                          I am pregant with my third child i keep dreaming that i give birth to a baby girl  but with a boys face  any idea what this could mean Thanks
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elliegracie 1 95 3/17/09
11:37 am
  Can you tell more less Question Just from my question here if I have any thing health wise wrong with me
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Lisaacr 1 110 3/9/09
11:57 pm
  twists and turns more less Question i have written in before things haven't settled down for me in fact they have only become more complicated right now i am mom to a very stubborn pre teen and a beautiful baby boy in the past i had another pregnacy that didn't go to term and i was wondering if things will settle down for my family any time soon it has just been very stressful for us i feel like i have been fight for my daughter for at least the last four years also a problem i have is i don't feel as connect to my daughter as i do to my son is there anything to that
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kat928 1 123 2/27/09
3:34 am
  How many more less Question Out of curiousity how many children do you see me having
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Klv729 1 94 3/9/09
4:33 pm
  Will My Daughter Be Ok. more less Question I Had My Daughter Two Weeks Early Due To The Fact That She Was Small And Not Getting Enough Food For My Placenta I Just Wanted To Know If She Will Grow Fine And Be Healthy
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Proud Mommy #1 1 99 2/28/09
4:32 am
  Question more less Question I Just Had My Baby Girl On Jan 21 2009 Me And My Husband Was TAlkin And We Wanted To Try And Have Another Baby Right Away And I Just Wanted To Know If We Should Try To Have Another Baby Or If I Was Already Pregnant Again
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Proud Mommy #1 1 104 2/28/09
4:13 am
  Just me again more less Question The hormonal thing worries me I do hope the pregnancy tests are right I just have never had any false positives before One more question before I go do things still look quiet to you Thank you for all of your help I will be going to the doctor soon
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pretty0213 1 115 2/27/09
12:08 pm
  Not sure more less Question Hi i had already asked about having another child some day and if you thought last month might have been my month and you had said that things looked quiet at that time Well it's a new month and I am a week past ovulation and took about 7 early pregnancy tests and they all have faint lines that are getting darker each day I have never had a false positive and i know that it isn't an evaporation line but what I was wondering is if I really am and I know you can't tell me the future etc but I want to get medical treatment asap as with my past history of repeated miscarriages Any help would be so great Thank you
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pretty0213 2 146 2/26/09
3:30 pm
  should I have another child more less Question Hi I am a mother two little boys and I do want another child My second boy was very active while I was pregnant and made my uterus weak I am afraid I will have to have my uterus/bladder suspended if I have another difficult pregnancy and birth I know you do not predict the future but would you recommend I have another or not You do not have to answer this next question but do you possibly see a girl Thank you for you time
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Mom of two boys 2 138 2/18/09
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  Can you help? more less Question Sonograms aren't giving me the answer I need most who is the father I had a fling while long term relationship was distant but only 10 days apart   I am having a hard time dealing with the depression this situation precipates and its starting to affect me physically Help if you can please Sono says a boy but I really don't feel that way Otherwise healthy which is good Is there a way to keep myself healthy thru this and avoid a csection this time startingoveragain 0 130 2/15/09
1:46 am
  Intuitive two-year-old more less Question Hello My two year old daughter seems to display the ability to see and communicate with spirits (We live in a 105 year old house so there are plenty of encounters ) I fully believe that this is possible but my husband is a skeptic I try to encourage her ability by saying things like "Just because mama can't see the person you're waving at doesn't mean they're not there " and when she becomes frightened by forces I can't see I tell her to tell them that she is safe and they need to leave Aside from continuing to do what I'm doing is there anything else I should be doing Any books to read or sites to check out How should I handle my husband's skepticism and how to explain my daughter's behavior (and my reactions) to the in laws dragontoes 0 133 2/10/09
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  Do You Want To Create More in Your Life? more less Question Hi Everyone My next session of 40 Days To Creating More starts next Wednesday March 4th   There are two session: one at 10 am and one at 9 pm EST   This course has been tremendously powerful for those who have taken it   And I am once again offering it for 40 40 days 40   If you are ready to create more in your life please check out the course description below  there is registration link at the bottom of this email Blessings Christine Agro 40 Days To Creating More "I am getting work building relationships creating opportunities that I was not doing or stumbling over prior to this class " Work with Christine Agro to help shift the energy that stops you from manifesting your life's dreams Using psychic energy tools and age old mantras you will set about breaking through the energies that get in your way We'll be working on clearing blocks (those things that keep you hiding those things that make you accept less those things that have you believing this is all there is) and opening the way to bringing in more Are you ready to create more Are you ready to live your passion and purpose Are you ready This course runs 40 days and will meet 7 times via teleconference during the 40 days 40 Days To Creating More: Wednesdays  10 AM 11 AM EST or 9 PM 10 PM EST (two separate courses) 7 Tele sessions begin March 4th 2009 Mar 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 8 and Apr 15 We will work together but most importantly you will work each day for a minimum 30 minutes to help manifest all that you want 40 continual days is necessary Are you ready    Sign up now 40 ChristineAgro 0 120 2/23/09
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  Peaceful Pregnancy - weekly tele-class with Christine Agro more less Question Hi Everyone   Saturday March 7th begins I'll be starting the next session of Peaceful Pregnancy tele class The details are below Blessings Christine Agro "Christine helped me connect with and speak with my baby while I was carrying him  Each time was amazing and it created an even deeper bond and connection  I am eternally grateful for this experience " Lisa in Connecticut The Peaceful Pregnancy Program supports women during pregnancy     It helps you manage the energies of pregnancy connect more deeply with your baby provides a calm nurturing healing and supportive environment for you and for baby and helps you prepare for birth   This program is offered via teleconference so you can participate from where ever you are     We will use meditation energy release and guided meditation to support both you and baby   Saturdays at 10 am EST Begins March 7th Class is approximately 60 minutes and offers a Q&A with Christine Agro so you can ask questions about your pregnancy and your baby     80 for eight weeks     Click here to register    you will incur your normal long distance charge ChristineAgro 0 100 2/23/09
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  friend more less Question I have emailed you in the past about my divorce   Hopefully you remember   My husband is very angry right now because he is not taking me seriously and of course WILL NOT admit to having type of abusive behavior and addictive patterns   In the meantime I have met a friend that knows my family and has known of me for years but we never met   This person is so kind caring and spiritual  find myself wanting to talk to them all the time   Without saying much what are your feelings around them at the present time
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kim 1 130 2/13/09
1:41 pm

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