Dear Stephen, Should I keep taking antibiotics through the end of my pregnancy and breastfeeding, or can I go off of antibiotics and trust that herbs will keep my baby from contracting lyme in utero and via breastmilk?
pregnancy
Pregnant during lyme, co-infection, parasite treatment
Dear Stephen, I found out I was pregnant in the middle of lyme, parasite and other treatments. My question is how to weigh out if I ought to wait and try again later this year to get pregnant, or go through with this one.
Buhner herbs and conception
Dear Stephen, I would like to start a family at some point within the next year. I was wondering how long I should wait after stopping the herbs to begin trying to conceive?
Babesia and treponema medium while pregnant
Dear Stephen, I have babesia and treponema medium. I was wondering if you can tell me what herbs I can take to eradicate this while pregnant?
Knotweed in pregnancy
Dear Stephen, If knotweed may interfere with implantation, could that mean that should implantation be firmly established and a pregnancy underway, that it might be fine to resume resveratrol from then on?
Sexual transmission of lyme, and pregnancy
Dear Stephen, I think I contracted lyme from my husband when we were trying to get pregnant. I am being treated with antibiotics now. How long should we wait before it would be safe to try and get pregnant again?
Cat’s claw’s contraceptive properties
Dear Stephen, I’ve read that uncaria tomentosa is also a contraceptive. I always wondered at what dosage it is, and how long it takes to stop being effective when you stop taking it. Do you know?
Pregnancy and bartonella treatment
Dear Stephen, My wife is 7 months pregnant with our second child. Dietrich Klinghardt, MD diagnosed bartonella with his ART muscle tests and he wants her to take a “5-in-1” tincture of your core protocol herbs.
Getting pregnant
Dear Stephen, My husband and I want to have a child, so I would like to know how long you suggest being on the core protocol before going off of it for pregnancy? What herbs do you recommend for pregnancy?
Confused by prior post on pregnancy and herbs
Dear Stephen, Previously you advised that cat’s claw, astragalus, eleutherococcus, and stephania show no contraindications for pregnancy but on page 103 cat’s claw is contraindicated for pregnancy.