I just experienced a moment of deep humility and insight. Its a bit of a backstory. We had recently moved to a new home and it was completely, newly carpeted. My husband was working in a field that deals with home renovations and as soon as we moved, he started to bring up his concerns about carpeting, started to urge me to consider removing the carpeting. I soon became pregnant with my 2nd child, DS1, and that tossed his concerns into hyperdrive. He brought me studies, he complained, he told me how bad the symptoms were for workers who handled the stuff. Even while I was hesitant, he personally scoped out a really good deal on some laminate, that he researched to ensure it was as eco as we could afford, and he loaded it into an area to offgas at his company. I finally relented and we began the extremely stressful and expensive (at least for us) process of stripping out all the carpets on our own and installing the laminate. We also did some kind of special chemical wash on all the walls (Im not sure what he was doing, it was probably not officially recognized in the field and just his idea) painted with noVOC paint and also removed all the baseboard b/c it contains PVC. To be painfully honest, I remained angry about this rushed renovation for years. Id bring it up in fights. Id tell him it was hard to do during the pregnancy and that he just wanted to play with his eco theories. I was very angry about the money we spent and would frequently tell him how we couldve spent it. And today, Im just sitting here bawling after reading Dr Ben Lynchs discussion about his children with MTHFR and how one of the steps he took to support his childrens health was removing all the carpeting. It immediately reminded me of a more recent study I read discussing how infants inhaled the chemicals from carpets (as they crawl on it, lie on it, play on it, etc) and how niacin can be helpful in releasing the chemicals from the body...another tie in MTHFR mutations and detox pathways. I feel an intense need to publicly apologize to my husband. (And I already gave him a big hug and apologized in person.) He was right, and he was committed to protecting his family, and I in my pregnancy stress didnt appreciate that at the time. Who knows how much his actions helped our children to stay as healthy as they are now. #mistakes #trust #research #mthfr
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:07:01 +0000
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