[JavaMama]

Homeopathic books I've found helpful: I don't have a favorite nor a great family guide yet, most of mine are homeopathic in regards to the childbearing year since I am planning on the complementary focus of my midwifery practice to be homeopathic.

Combination remedies that have worked in my family:
We LOVE Oscillococcinum and I swear it's saved us from the flu more than once. We used teething tablets a lot while the kids were smaller and teething- I always give a bottle in baby gifts. We have had some success with the Hyland's Poison Ivy combination remedy also. And Hyland's Motion Sickness remedy helped a ton when I was having morning sickness that exacerbated my usually minimal motion sickness.

Conditions/illnesses that have been successfully treated via homeopathy (classical or combination):
Sulfur remedy made my morning sickness with #3 bearable. Pulsatilla fits a lot of the kids' cold symptoms so we've used it many time. Calcium calcarea helped when I was having weird teething like pain (I think it was my wisdom teeth moving around). We have a big remedy kit and almost every single one has been used at least once.

Share your personal experience w/ a classical homeopath:
We don't have any experience with one since they charge about $60/hour and don't take ins. I don't know of any MDs or NDs that practice homeopathy, but I sure would love to find one!!!

How homeopathy has affected your perspective on health & healthcare:
We rarely ever go to the ped anymore and I do a lot of doctoring at home with homeopathics and herbals. We tend to save allopathic medicine for trauma or severe illness. Our last three visits to the ped were all for DS- a spider bite (it was starting to look bulls-eye), a severe allergic reaction to poison ivy (his eyes were nearly swollen shut it was so bad) and stitches in his leg (in that case it bled well so we did not do tetanus vaccination).

If I'm in a hurry or trying to treat my sick self, I will often check the remedy at abchomeopathy.com