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How do you know that you’ve stumbled upon a revolutionary healing tool? When
you can actually reframe the loss of your first child as a blessing in disguise. Let
me explain.

Thirteen years ago my husband and I had a stillborn baby girl after a very
spiritually centered pregnancy. The autopsy revealed no abnormalities and the
cause was unknown. I sank into despair when 6 months later I was diagnosed
with Hasimoto’s Thyroiditis which is an autoimmune disease essentially causing
the thyroid to attack itself.

I tried every alternative method I could find including homeopathy, Chinese
herbs and acupuncture, iridology, nutritional supplements, macrobiotic diet,
Ayurvedic medicine, etc. to heal the condition. I desperately wanted to
discontinue the synthetic hormone therapy that is the standard protocol in this
country. Nothing worked. My endocrinologist would always respond with the
same statement when asked about a cure, “Accept the fact that you will most
likely have to take this pill for the rest of your life.”

Years later, after giving birth to two beautiful healthy children, I became a
postpartum doula. I participated in several grief counseling training sessions
where I “processed” the death of my first baby in great depth. The comment I
heard most often when I’d tell my story was, “You really seem to have moved
past this unfortunate loss”; I didn’t have any obviously lingering emotional
attachment to the event. I felt on many levels that this was quite true.

During a time of immense personal growth and asking for guidance from God, I
found EFT. Immediately recognizing that my loss was somehow trapped in my
thyroid I felt in my bones that this would be the modality to remove it. I began by
tapping on all the negative feelings I had around the death including some
biggies like God abandoning me. I also discovered some guilt I had as I ignored
my intuition that things weren’t going right with the baby 2 days before her death
even though I had just been to a reassuring prenatal visit at the ob/gyn.

I went on to work on the thyroid itself with affirmations like “my thyroid is
producing all the T-1, T-2, T-3, T-4 it needs for prefect balance.” I diligently
tapped on any of the tailenders such as the doctors telling me that this condition
is incurable. I also made sure to check for any symptoms of hypothyroidism and
tapped on those when they came up. One secondary benefit I found to be true
for me (but I suspect is around with most women with hypothyroidism) is that it's a
great excuse for being overweight.

I know that one of the criticisms of EFT is that it’s all about belief. Well I’m here
to tell you that after months of seeing my clients walk thru my EFT practice
symptom-free after one or two sessions, I couldn’t quite believe that this was
really working on my own issue until I actually made myself sick!

First came insomnia, then tinnitus, and finally the feeling of being on speed or
too much caffeine. It took me a few days to recognize something that had never
happened to me. By continuing to take the drugs I had made myself temporarily
hyperthyroid. A quick visit to my very open-minded nurse practitioner and she
immediately started weaning my body off the drugs. I tell this story to my clients
as a cautionary tale on the importance of working closely with their doctors when
tapping for physical ailments. I have been medication free for 5 years.

I recognize now that I was destined to work within the birth community to change
the status quo. The U.S. has the highest incident of postpartum depression and I
can’t tell you how discouraging the numbers are for complete relief using
traditional therapies. Every pregnant woman I have helped with EFT in my
practice has had great results on everything from breech presentations to
premature labor. My ultimate goal is to train midwives, doulas, labor/delivery
hospital staff, lactation consultants, and childbirth educators in EFT. I believe in
the pioneering work of Dr. Grantly Read who concluded that childbirth without
fear will almost always bring about painless labors.

My little angel set me on this karmic journey 16 years ago and gave me
showered me with gifts that I am still awakening to.

Alina Frank

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