Why I Drink Tibicos
I am truly like the birds. I have nothing except for the generosity of others at this point in my life. My immune system does not work correctly. I battle, on a cellular level- the viruses, bacteria, and fungi that live inside me. The invading ones that send the immune system into overdrive and the opportunistic ones that convince the immune system that healthy body cells need to be destroyed. I battle the microorganisms for immune system balance, just as I battle the stressors that surround me for emotional balance. Unfortunately, it's usually someone that I love who brings in a virus or adds unbearable stress- When I lose one balance, emotional or immune, I can lose the other too. It takes weeks to recover from the physical ailments that come with losing the balance of both.
Becoming a mother has significantly increased my exposure to infections and it has increased the intensity of my stress extremely. I am more likely to need time for self-care and less likely to be able to find it. If I can not maintain my emotional balance, my immune system balance falls out quickly as well. When my immune system loses enough small battles, then I am suddenly in a war for my life. Or, at least that was how it used to be. Water Kefir has changed this experience for me.
If I wrote a book for pregnant immuno-compromised women, I would start it with the biological threats that I never read enough about but endured. Each of these has almost killed me. The first one happened within 2 weeks of my first child being born. So, I would recommend any pregnant woman learn the signs and symptoms of the infections for each of them. They are much more likely to happen with babies in your life than without.
Mastitis
Candida Albicans
Streptoccocus A
Obviously, I survived each time I dealt with an infection. And, I have had each of these infections many more times than the times I almost died from them. But, truly, I survived the worst consequences of each one of these infections only by the grace of God.
I would also include more abstract threats. These experiences did affect me in life-threatening and life-changing ways, but none of them would be listed as a cause of death in an autopsy. And none of them would have happened as greatly as they did without having children.
Participating in data collection/medical research exercises for medical professionals.
Meeting requirements imposed upon my existence by people who were never aware of the specific health demands of that existence.
Investing in people who do not have the capacity to empathize with “the other” or “otherness”; or people who invest in material values/success over spiritual values/success.
Growing a baby and giving birth is a trauma, even within the most ideal conditions, and outcomes. Living through pain is what makes it a trauma. every baby is born through pain, right? It is a trauma that requires effort to go through and time for recovery, no matter how typical or atypical the experience. One of the best ways to heal the body is by eating food that can efficiently be turned into human cells. Water kefir is a beverage found in many traditions within the more ancient cultures on our planet. The concentrated probiotics in Water Kefir are the building blocks of some of the most important immune system cells our body makes. Building blocks that have been processed out of the mainstream food we have access to. Water Kefir is living food that tastes better and is healthier than all of the separate ingredients that are used to make it.
Make some tibicos and let me know how it goes. You really can not mess it up. If you forget about it for a day, that is ok. If you miss ingredients that is ok. The flavour is customizable and absolutely worth the effort. I am here for questions. If there wasn't a pandemic, I would come and show you myself. I want you to thrive in this next season of life. I believe Water Kefir can help you do that.
