Feng Shui and the Maternity Hospital

A lot have been said and written about being located too close to a hospital. There is a lot of pain, suffering and anxiety amongst patients and visitors in the hospital (not mention the fear of infection) and it is considered bad form to be located very near to one of them.

Are there exceptions? Should a maternity hospital which is a place of birth and joy be treated different?

Here is the most hilarious explanation that I have heard.

There is a lot of pain. Not just for the mother but for the father as well. Most husbands are fathers for the first time. They are not sure what to expect and constantly worry for the well being of the mother and the child.

That is a lot of negative energy concentrated in one place.

But the worst is yet to come. The bearable cost of natural child birth can suddenly escalate if a Cesarean section (normally not covered by your hospitalization and surgical insurance) is required.

Now the father is not just emotionally stressed but financially as well! Multiply that will the many fathers to be in a maternity hospital and you will find that it is no different from any other kind of hospitals!

What do you think? Feel free to leave a comment.

Feng Shui and the Highway

From a Feng Shui perspective, a house should not be located very close and directly facing a busy highway. The turbulent ‘qi’ generated by the fast passing vehicles can be detrimental to the well being of the occupants of the house.

Here is a study that lends further weight to the above belief.

This write up which appeared in a local daily reports that vehicle emission is a widely accepted hazard. In a study conducted on 4,494 city dwellers in the US with an average age of 60, those that live closer to a heavily traveled roadway are more likely to have calcification or hardened arteries.

Those who lived within 55 yards of these high traffic roads had a 63% greater chance of hardened arteries that those who live more than 219 yards from the road.

The effect was stronger for people who had not worked full time for at least five years and for older participants and the likely reason cited was that perhaps they spend more time at home.

Interesting eh? Want to comment or share a thought?