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Breastfeeding Your Baby: 10 Ways To Increase Your Milk Supply
by Liza Janda If you’re like most women in the U.S. you probably had a cascade of interventions during labor and birth to help get your baby out. The use of these interventions can often be very helpful but there are risks along with the benefits. One of those risks...
read moreWhat is the Microbiome and Why Is It So Important For Your Baby?
I’ve been teaching childbirth classes for 22 years. My students’ goal is to have a safe, healthy, and natural birth. Not everyone is able to achieve this goal. Sometimes the stars align and things fall into place. Sometimes choices my students make or choices their...
read moreMy VBAC – All About Listening To and Trusting My Body and My Coach
We had a lot of fears that I wasn’t going to go into labor naturally leading up to the end, or that I was going to be really late. Those fears were escalated because our goal was to have a VBAC. We had twin girls the first time around and needed a Cesarean. I was...
read moreWant To Know About Cord Blood Banking?
I get this question frequently in my childbirth classes, ”Should I store my baby’s cord blood?” Let me tell you, I know next to nothing about this subject. I know a lot of information about having a normal, safe, and healthy pregnancy, labor, and birth, but that’s...
read moreRecipe For A Safe And Healthy Birth – The Bradley Method
Safe healthy Birth Recipe by jandaclan...
read moreChoices in Childbirth Are Challenging: Ultimately, They Are Still Your Choices
39 weeks prenatal check up: Dr. R: “So we can schedule you for induction next Friday....” Rich and I: “No thanks!” 40 week check up with different doc because mine is on vacation: Dr. P: “Ok, so we will go ahead and schedule you for induction next week...” Rich and I:...
read moreStrength From My Husband And The Women Around Me
CERTAIN MY BABY WAS ARRIVING EARLY It was Tuesday and I was 40 weeks pregnant. I was at my appointment with my midwife, Paula, and I was full of disappointment. I had been certain my baby was arriving early. I was hesitant to have a vaginal exam since I knew it...
read moreA Dramatic Debut For Our Little Jolie
ACUPUNCTURE WORKS! The day before my due date I went to my very first acupuncture appointment. I called before going in asking him exactly what he does to get labor started. I told him that my midwives suggested it, and that they gave me the “okay”. On the phone, he...
read morePrenatal Yoga = Less Depression In Pregnancy
During pregnancy, up to 13% of pregnant women can experience clinical depression or anxiety. Often, women who experience depression or anxiety during pregnancy are at greater risk of having an episode of postpartum anxiety or depression. In addition to medication,...
read moreIdeas For Your Labor and Birth Kit – For Hospital Births, Birth Center Births, or Home Births
Everyone wants a safe and healthy labor and birth. Well, how about a relaxing, soothing labor and birth? Yes. It’s possible. If you have these items handy, they can help reduce stress, which helps reduce fear and pain. You can create a calm, supportive atmosphere...
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