Water 💧
Your body needs it to function, thrive, detoxify.
Yet there are dangers that lurk in water.
Especially for pregnant people and newborns.
Today I’m
Sharing a excellent podcast resource which talks about fluoride in water and why you need to know more about it.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/help-for-mothers-solutions-to-maternal-health-care/id1507156221?i=1000489500294
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HELP for Mothers : Solutions to the maternal health care crisis in America: Fluoride vs. Intelligence on Apple Podcasts
Aviva Romm, MD
September 11 at 2:42 PM ·
A nuchal cord (or cord-around-the neck) is when the umbilical cord is wrapped, 360 degrees, around the baby’s neck. If you’ve been pregnant, you know just how much babies move around in there. Sometimes it can feel like they’re doing somersaults and backflips and that’s because - they are! And this movement is how the cord can get wrapped around the neck. Occasionally a nuchal cord can occur because of a low amount of Wharton’s jelly, the proactive gel in the cord, and it may be more likely to occur in twin pregnancies due to excessive amniotic fluid or a very long cord.
I’m mentioning this variation of normal because nuchal cords are often cited as the sole reason for a cesarean section , and over my years of midwifery and medical practice, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say homebirths are dangerous because baby could have a cord wrapped around her neck.
But here’s the thing: nuchal cords are common. Very common. In fact they occur in 37% of full term births. They aren’t preventable, but complications are extremely rare, and they are almost never life-threatening. Plus they aren’t usually detected until baby is being born because they’re hard to see on ultrasound and don’t usually cause problems or symptoms that your provider can detect. If baby is born with a nuchal cord, your midwife or doctor will gently unwrap the cord from around baby’s neck with her middle and index finger as soon as the head is past the cervix.
Of course, if there are any issues with baby’s heart tones in labor - which could be due to a short cord or the cord wrapped around other parts of the body as well - you’ll take the necessary steps you need to for baby’s well-being. Sometimes heart tones go down in labor and there’s a diagnosis of fetal distress leading to cesarean. But I wanted to put this issue to rest because it really is a variation of normal, not usually an emergency. And as you can see in this birth video above, mama does what midwives do - we unwrap the cord as the baby is born - and rarely is more needed than that.
Stories to share about a cord around the neck? Drop yours in the comments.
Mama: @underthewomanhood
VideoCred: @erinbethbirth
Her Holistic Path
September 5, 2018 at 5:45 AM ·
Free The Nipple!!! Breastfeeding in Public Is FINALLY Legal in ALL 50 States. Lets Celebrate the Free the Nipple Movement.
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🔥HEAR THE FULL SONG: 🔥
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Yes!
Find a few hours a week that you can devote to things , hobbies you love and that make you happy. As a mother of 7, I know it’s hard to shift your time and attention towards yourself. I have struggled with this as well. BUT ...when I make this time for myself, I’m a better version of me.
Jess Wayne
September 7 at 4:37 AM ·
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Have you tried dates? It’s on our list we hand to clients.
Aviva Romm, MD
August 18 at 2:00 PM ·
Dates have been used around the world for centuries as a natural approach to preparation for labor. Several studies now support their effectiveness. Though we don’t know exactly why, they do have an impact on the start and progress of labor - likely due to an impact on the hormone oxytocin which helps labor start and progress effectively.
A 2011 study found that women who ate dates starting at 36 weeks were:
🔸 Significantly more dilated when they got to the hospital
🔸 Had a significantly higher rate of intact membranes
🔸 Were significantly more likely to go into labor spontaneously (i.e. without induction)
🔸 And had nearly half the length of first stage of labor
A 2014 study found that women who ate dates from 37 weeks on had:
🔸 Greater cervical dilatation at admission
🔸 Higher success rates of labor induction when needed
A 2017 study concluded that all the above was accurate and yet another study found that eating dates in pregnancy led to less bleeding immediately after birth.
Any type of dates work! The ‘dose’ is about 2.5 ounces of dates ( ~6 to 8 small dates or ~4 larger dates) daily, starting at 36 or 37 weeks and until labor begins. I love eating them plain, but you can include them in my “herbal bliss bites” (recipe on my IGTV), use them to sweeten cashew or almond milk, or include them chopped in yogurt or oatmeal. Amazingly, they also haven’t been shown to be a problem for blood sugar.
Did you use dates to prep for your labor? Do you know a pregnant mama who is prepping for labor? Tag her in the comments below so she can learn about the power of this ancient medicine!
#ideservebirthsupport #foodasmedicine #foodismedicine #prenatalcourse #prenatalclass #empoweredbirth #naturalbirth #naturalpregnancy #birthwithoutfear #herbalmedicine #herbalist #herbalista
Just sayin
Manhattan Birth
August 3 at 1:20 PM ·
🍼FORMULA SHAMING IS BULLSHIT🍼
It’s World Breastfeeding Week. We’ve decided to take a good look at breastfeeding promotion and how it is also performative, promotes shame, perfectionism, and low self esteem for many new parents. Lactation books and education for new parents tout the benefits of breastfeeding. And I have seen lactation professionals demonize formula and commit to “educating people about the risks of formula”. In a system that shoos birthing people away with “see you in six weeks” after being cared for by a nurse who has never helped anyone lactate long term post-colostrum, folks often return home to criticism from friends, elders, and more breastfeeding promotion with no accessible support.
Sometimes, their instincts tell them to feed their baby formula. And often times, they are actually right. People who feed their babies formula out of love for the baby and THEMSELVES aren’t worse parents. Their babies aren’t less healthy. When the alternatives are starvation, dehydration, or desperately deteriorating mental health, formula is an option that makes a hell of a lot of sense.
You’re not better because you never gave your baby formula. Just because a baby had some formula it doesn’t mean they can’t nurse or the whole thing is ruined. Shaming new parents as a form of manipulation and to make yourself feel superior has got to end.
🍼How will you support a new parent today?
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#worldbreastfeedingweek #fedisbest #noformulashaming #lactation #lactatingparent #postpartum #postpartumsupport #ibclc #breastfeedingmonth #lactationsupport
Me.... after a birth
I hate these mask
Jake Kay
Yesterday at 4:26 AM ·
Every dang time
A little self love today. Mountain trail therapy.
What hobbies do you have that you wish you do more of?
https://youtu.be/alaEpzouEog
View our new tour video!
Can you see the difference between the old and new??
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Antelope Valley Birth Center Tour 2020
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The Nutritive Midwife was live.
November 7 at 9:30 AM ·
Join me tomorrow at 930 am
The Nutritive Midwife
November 6 at 1:04 PM ·
Hello!
Finally getting back to business 😘
😘
Nationwide Nurse-In - Breastfeeding Laws
November 2 at 7:28 AM ·
💁🏻♀️
Trigger warning: blood/ graphic
We work hard, but TRAIN harder.
Training day at AVBC. We drill through emergencies and complications often. Today we focused a lot of postpartum hemorrhage.
Did you you know Licensed Midwives are trained and skilled with labor / birth complications like shoulder dystocia, resuscitation, postpartum hemorrhage and much more.
FYI-All staged training set up. No real blood 🩸
Love this post, I always get asked about BOOBS
Dr. Jolene Brighten
November 15 at 8:03 AM ·
Asymmetrical, uneven or “lopsided” is normal.
In fact, more than half of women have bre@sts that are different volume, shape, position, and size.
The human body isn’t perfectly symmetrical.
But the invention of photoshop has left generations of us thinking it all should be.
Other things that are normal:
✨Different nipple sizes
✨Wider set
✨Narrow set
✨Cone shaped
✨Bell shaped
✨Large areola
✨Small areola
✨Areola that don’t match
✨Extraverted, introverted, & extra nipples
You get the idea. This is all totally normal. The thing that isn’t normal is pretending there is one ideal for bre@sts and then shaming the variations.
So what is not normal?
⚡️pain
⚡️changes in skin texture
⚡️new lumps & bumps
Curious about what to look out for when it comes to your bre@st health and how to support them overall?
🔥LINK HERE TO LEARN MORE: https://drbrighten.com/breast-tenderness-causes/
Come and see what’s happening with the Nutritive Midwife
The Nutritive Midwife
November 21 at 1:29 PM ·
What’s happening this week and a little about the up coming 7 day smoothie challenge !
🤣🤣🤣 if only we could all do this! What would you do if you could stretch your boob while feeding?
The Milk Meg
13 hrs ·
We can only dream ☺️
Birthing positions from Motherboard Birth
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrvS5_AuXa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
The AVBC is looking for a nursing stool to add to our nursing room. If you have one you would like to donate, please Direct Message us. Thanks I’m advance!
“COVID-19 has made hospital birth more medicalized than ever with universal screening protocols and patients and staff alike shrouded in personal protective equipment. Restrictions on visitors, including essential advocates such as doulas and interpreters, increases the risk for traumatic birth and medically unnecessary cesarean delivery. The fact that Latinx and Black birthing persons are more likely to be COVID-positive, and therefore more likely to birth alone in the hospital, drives this point home.”
BALTIMORESUN.COM
More babies could be delivered at home | READER COMMENTARY
New Year, New Space! AVBC is expanding!
We’ve moved our office space down the hall. We’re even bigger in 2021! Drop a word or phrase about what you hope for in 2021.
I think "hope" and "growth" will lead this year.
Going in with a relaxed mindset is a crucial part of the birthing process!
Her Holistic Path
October 14, 2020 at 9:58 AM ·
Pain is a mental experience!!.
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So when you’re preparing yourself for a natural birth it helps to have techniques for relaxing your MIND which could include:.
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• breathing techniques.
• visualizations.
• prior shadow work.
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That last one is probably the most important. If you’re carrying fear, stress, worry, anxiety into your birth it will likely have an impact on the way you are perceiving pain.
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So yes do the stretches and eat the right things but make it a practice to practice relaxing your mind and releasing the emotions that are introducing tension into the body.
“ Water is Natural and women have been giving birth for a very long time….” Ashley Morrison wrote this article about water birth. Ashley had a successful birth with us in 2020 💛
HALENSLIGHT.WORDPRESS.COM
Water Birth
Huge thank you to Ashley Morrison and family who donated this nursing stool to AVBC’s nursing room!
Antelope Valley Birth Center has a new office! Midwife Tesa Kurin gives a tour below. You can hear the joy in her voice as she walks through the new space with you. This office is located just down the hall from the Birth Center.
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Tour of the new office space
What a beautiful home birth attended by Miracle Midwifery
Miracle Midwifery
December 1, 2020 at 10:46 AM ·
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today we will be highlighting our favorite charities in our stories. Go check them out 💗
We also want to remind you that Miracle Midwifery offers Birth Scholarships and now offers Maternal Mental Health and Postpartum Therapy access funds. Join us in supporting new families by giving to our fund today with a gift card purchase through the link in bio. Every gift card purchased will go directly to a family for use with midwifery or mental health services!
We appreciate you so very much 🥰
Birth attended by @miraclemidwifery through a generous scholarship.
Video and Photography by @wildoakbirth
Family @abeautifulbeginningbirth
It’s Giving Tuesday! Today we will be highlighting our favorite charities in our stories. Go check them out 💗
We also want to remind you that Miracle Midwifery offers Birth Scholarships and now offers Maternal Mental Health and Postpartum Therapy access funds. Join us in supporting new families by giving to our fund today with a gift card purchase through the link in bio. Every gift card purchased will go directly to a family for use with midwifery or mental health services!
We appreciate you so very much 🥰
Birth attended by @miraclemidwifery through a generous scholarship.
Video and Photography by @wildoakbirth
Family @abeautifulbeginningbirth
Here is an easy step-by-step wrapping guide!
MomMed is with Courtney Hopkins and Michelle Givens.
December 2, 2020 at 7:00 AM ·
A pic for those new moms who don't know how do wrap their newborn cuties!!!❤❤❤
Beautiful image
Birth Empowered
November 10, 2020 at 2:43 AM ·
On a 2 day BFI course refreshing knowledge on supporting infant feeding, emotional bonding and attachment during pregnancy and after birth and the incredible brain development that happens in babies. Our bodies are absolutely amazing 😍
#breastfeeding #skintoskin #attachment #responsivefeeding #attachmentparenting #beempowered #normalisebreastfeeding
This article from Midwifery Today addresses several of the key concerns about water birth during the Covid-19 crisis.
MIDWIFERYTODAY.COM
Keeping Waterbirth Safe During Covid-19 • Midwifery Today
Congratulations Martinez Family on a peaceful water birth!
Baby girl Ruth was born on 1/13/21 at 8 lbs 3 oz. Welcome to the world!
💛 well said
Ride the Waves Doula Services
January 16 at 1:09 PM ·
The AVBC is planning a giveaway for February. More details are coming soon!
CW: live birth
Look at the way this baby flips as soon as she comes out! What a beautiful moment 💙
Badassmotherbirther
November 27, 2020 at 12:05 PM ·
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The way that you become a parent matters.
How you and your baby are treated matters.
The way that your baby enters the world matters.
The parent-child bond matters.
The transition matters.
So much matters.
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VideoCred: @tesoromaspreciado on IG
Fun game for your Friday night 🤣
Midwife Tesa’s name would be “Squishy Jubblies” what’s yours?
Lucy Webber Breastfeeding IBCLC
Yesterday at 11:23 AM ·
Friday fun...
As promised... here is one more photo of the wall mural at AVBC. Drop an adjective below about how it makes you feel! I’ll start: Empowered
As promised.... check out the new wall mural!
Thank you Lori LAntArt Murals
Www.lantart.com
When it snows... I stay at the birth center.
It is what it is...
BUT I hardly sit on my A$$....
Big changes ,
Watch tomorrow for the mural I had a local artist paint on the waiting room
Wall!!
Until then ... sneak peak at my birth center remodel 🥰
It’s Haakaa time again! To enter for a free Haakaa silicone breast shell, drop a pregnancy photo, or a photo of your announcement, or just your favorite announcement story below!
Kiss (or lick) your babies to build their immune system up while breastfeeding.
"When you kiss your child, you are sampling the pathogens on her skin, which are then transferred to your lymphatic system where you will produce antibodies to any bugs."
The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade
February 3 at 5:06 PM ·
Kissing babies or even licking helps boost their immune system!!
🤱🏼When you kiss your child, you are sampling the pathogens on her skin, which are then transferred to your lymphatic system where you will produce antibodies to any bugs.
🤱🏼These antibodies will then pass through your breast milk to your child and boost her immune system, adapting to your babies needs perfectly.
Please remember it is especially important not to kiss other people's babies, stick to smooching your own!
If you want to see more of what I do Mama 🤱🏼 join the Breastfeeders Club for tips, exclusives and giveaways.
https://guide.thebreastmilkqueen.com/findoutmore
Happy Birthday Midwife Tesa and Happy FIFTH BIRTHDAY TO THE BIRTH CENTER! (I know how old Midwife Tesa is, but I won't tell.) We're celebrating all month long and today we're giving away another Haakaa Breastmilk Catcher! To enter, drop your top pregnancy or breastfeeding craving down below!
Filling the birth pool ❤️
It’s giveaway time again! In celebration of AVBC’s FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, we’re giving away another Haakaa silicone breast shell! Simply enter by dropping an emoji below! One entry per person is allowed and the winner will be chosen randomly.
Edit: today’s contest was won by Emily Slatkovsky! Check back tomorrow for another Haakaa giveaway. Later this month there will be even more exciting prizes!
Don’t forget to “turn on” your notifications for AVBC’s page! We are running giveaways all month long. Don’t miss out on your chance to win a Haakaa later today, as well as many other prizes throughout February while we celebrate our FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Drop an emoji below for automatic entry into today’s contest 🌸
Time to enter the AVBC birthday celebration contest again! To win a Haakaa silicone breast shell, just drop an emoji below!
National Midwifery Institute
January 23 at 10:28 AM ·
Midwives have skilled hands and know when to sit on them.
Midwives- always by your side
“Beyond Informes Consent, Navigating Embodied Consent” hosted by the National Midwifery Institute
National Midwifery Institute
January 29 at 5:00 PM ·
NMI has begun hosting monthly webinars to increase the voice heard by the midwifery community. Anyone can register to attend.
February's speaker is Tema Mercado of La Matriz Midwifery who will be presenting on
Beyond Informed Consent, Navigating Embodied Consent
Feb 28, 2021 05:30 PM Pacific Time
Register in advance for this meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeqrqTkuGdMIznZScylmC_DTlAmvCFi8?fbclid=IwAR2-6TgKqipUzT8WaxZ2hYGeA3s8YateLFurHeGPCEalOseev9AJTB68I20
🤣 to enter for today’s Haakaa, drop some of your favorite baby names below!
We have been working on a huge community project for almost a year. Today I'm happy to announce its finally here!
The AV Birth Center Postpartum Clinic provides care and support to anyone desiring it. Postpartum care is soo important and lacking in our American culture. Our goal is improve postpartum healing, breastfeeding rates, and help identify health concerns before they become catastrophic.
Sign up by clicking on the link.
We are taking appointments on Fridays from 11-1 every week.
ALL insurance plans welcome, no insurance, no problem.
https://avbirthcenter.lpages.co/postpartum-clinic/
What really increases your milk supply?
Holistically Empowered Rebel Birthkeepers Academy of Learning
November 9, 2020 at 12:25 PM ·
Repost from Milky Business- Kate Visser IBCLC! #Facts #BreastfeedingFacts #BreastfeedingEducation #Breastfeeding #Galactagogues #IBCLC #CLC #LactationCounselor #LactationEducation #Doula #Birthkeeper
New custom headboard built by hubby and I and then given some personal flare by my artist friend LAntArt Murals ❤️
All birthing people deserve access to quality, affordable healthcare where they can safely be vulnerable. AVBC has always and will always support Queer people and POC and anyone else who wishes to use our services.
Center for American Progress
April 14, 2020 at 9:25 AM ·
Black women are 3-4X more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.
Community-based doulas & midwives help to counter this maternal health crisis by building inclusive, accessible, and safe spaces to give birth.
Drop an emoji below to enter for a Haakaa!
WIN A GIVAWAY
We’ve been celebrating the birth center’s birthday all month long! Do you have a friend who might benefit from a midwife? Drop their name below!
Click the link to sign up to win:
✨ Maya Ring Slings
✨Boppy Body Pillows
✨Pregnancy Wellness Kits
✨Bio Oil Kits
✨A BIRTH PACKAGE
https://avbirthcenter.lpages.co/5-year-giveaways/
Add your down below. This is an important conversation and consent is ALWAYS necessary.
Feminist Midwife
Yesterday at 1:27 PM ·
Wow the ACCURACY. A few more, if I may? Cisheteronormativity. Racism and thus misogynoir. Ableism. Sex negativity.
Add yours y’all👇🏼H/T @toxic.maternity.care on Insta.
Your baby is talking to the booby!
Lucy Webber Breastfeeding IBCLC
February 20 at 12:05 AM ·
Clinic is open tomorrow! Call today for your appointment.
Antelope Valley Birth Center
February 15 at 11:48 AM ·
We have been working on a huge community project for almost a year. Today I'm happy to announce its finally here!
The AV Birth Center Postpartum Clinic provides care and support to anyone desiring it. Postpartum care is soo important and lacking in our American culture. Our goal is improve postpartum healing, breastfeeding rates, and help identify health concerns before they become catastrophic.
Sign up by clicking on the link.
We are taking appointments on Fridays from 11-1 every week.
ALL insurance plans welcome, no insurance, no problem.
https://avbirthcenter.lpages.co/postpartum-clinic/
I love this new post from Aviva Romm about prenatal vitamins.
Lots of great info about methylation as well.
What has been your go to vitamin brand and why?
https://avivaromm.com/prenatal-vitamins/
AVIVAROMM.COM
Prenatal Vitamins: Do You Need One and How to Choose - Aviva Romm MD
What a powerful monument
MONTGOMERYADVERTISER.COM
'Mothers of gynecology' Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey to get their own monument in Montgomery
WIN A GIVAWAY
We’ve been celebrating the birth center’s birthday all month long! Do you have a friend who might benefit from a midwife? Drop their name below!
Click the link to sign up to win:
✨ Maya Ring Slings
✨Boppy Body Pillows
✨Pregnancy Wellness Kits
✨Bio Oil Kits
✨A BIRTH PACKAGE
https://avbirthcenter.lpages.co/5-year-giveaways/
Add your down below. This is an important conversation and consent is ALWAYS necessary.
Feminist Midwife
February 21 at 1:27 PM ·
Wow the ACCURACY. A few more, if I may? Cisheteronormativity. Racism and thus misogynoir. Ableism. Sex negativity.
Add yours y’all👇🏼H/T @toxic.maternity.care on Insta.
Your baby is talking to the booby!
Lucy Webber Breastfeeding IBCLC
February 20 at 12:05 AM ·
Clinic is open tomorrow! Call today for your appointment.
Antelope Valley Birth Center
February 15 at 11:48 AM ·
We have been working on a huge community project for almost a year. Today I'm happy to announce its finally here!
The AV Birth Center Postpartum Clinic provides care and support to anyone desiring it. Postpartum care is soo important and lacking in our American culture. Our goal is improve postpartum healing, breastfeeding rates, and help identify health concerns before they become catastrophic.
Sign up by clicking on the link.
We are taking appointments on Fridays from 11-1 every week.
ALL insurance plans welcome, no insurance, no problem.
https://avbirthcenter.lpages.co/postpartum-clinic/
I love this new post from Aviva Romm about prenatal vitamins.
Lots of great info about methylation as well.
What has been your go to vitamin brand and why?
https://avivaromm.com/prenatal-vitamins/
AVIVAROMM.COM
Prenatal Vitamins: Do You Need One and How to Choose - Aviva Romm MD
It is ALWAYS the right time to take care of your body. You can start with any small change 💙
Ina May Gaskin
December 19, 2016 at 11:41 AM ·
It's never too early.
Lol! Has anyone done this?
The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade
February 28 at 3:17 PM ·
Titty on tap anyone 🐮 🥛
Some people like a nice cold beer in the bath to relax after a long day, but in this house we only serve titty on tap 🛁
https://guide.thebreastmilkqueen.com/findoutmore
#normalizebreastfeeding
#thebreastmilkqueen
#momsitivity
#thebump #bumpdated
What a powerful monument
MONTGOMERYADVERTISER.COM
'Mothers of gynecology' Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey to get their own monument in Montgomery
WIN A GIVAWAY
We’ve been celebrating the birth center’s birthday all month long! Do you have a friend who might benefit from a midwife? Drop their name below!
Click the link to sign up to win:
✨ Maya Ring Slings
✨Boppy Body Pillows
✨Pregnancy Wellness Kits
✨Bio Oil Kits
✨A BIRTH PACKAGE
https://avbirthcenter.lpages.co/5-year-giveaways/
Add your down below. This is an important conversation and consent is ALWAYS necessary.
Feminist Midwife
February 21 at 1:27 PM ·
Wow the ACCURACY. A few more, if I may? Cisheteronormativity. Racism and thus misogynoir. Ableism. Sex negativity.
Add yours y’all👇🏼H/T @toxic.maternity.care on Insta.
Your baby is talking to the booby!
Lucy Webber Breastfeeding IBCLC
February 20 at 12:05 AM ·
Exactly! The birthing person is in charge!
Bonding Hearts Doula Support
January 5, 2020 at 5:43 PM ·
Let’s talk about Vitamin D and Chestfeeding:
☀️ Am I passing enough Vitamin D along to my infant?
☀️ Do I need to directly supplement my infant with Vitamin D?
☀️☀️ANSWER☀️☀️
According to this PubMed article, if the lactating parent supplements with 6400IU/day, they can adequately supply their chestmilk with enough Vitamin D for their nursing infant and is an alternate strategy to direct supplementation.
Read more about it here!
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26416936/
Interesting piece of history this International Women’s Day
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All My Babies
Feminist Midwife
March 8 at 6:24 AM ·
Consent in intimate exams will continue to be my life’s work. It matters to me, as a survivor and provider. It matters to each and every patient. It matters to students and Residents. It matters because otherwise ‘we’ as a collective healthcare institution traumatize, retraumatize, disempower, shame, harm, inflict pain, assault, and ostracize people from their healthcare, from their health, and from our care. Enough. Enough. Enough. No healthcare rationale can ever justify forcing care on a patient, ie assaulting a patient. I’m done making space for that argument.
Thanks so much to Like a Sister for pulling this quote from my GOLD Midwifery Online Conference keynote last month.
It is ALWAYS the right time to take care of your body. You can start with any small change 💙
Ina May Gaskin
December 19, 2016 at 11:41 AM ·
It's never too early.
🤣
Dani’s Diaries
October 12, 2019 at 4:25 AM ·
Breastfed-babies be like.. 😂🤱🏻
Photos from cartoonstock.com
Exactly! The birthing person is in charge!
Bonding Hearts Doula Support
January 5, 2020 at 5:43 PM ·
Let’s talk about Vitamin D and Chestfeeding:
☀️ Am I passing enough Vitamin D along to my infant?
☀️ Do I need to directly supplement my infant with Vitamin D?
☀️☀️ANSWER☀️☀️
According to this PubMed article, if the lactating parent supplements with 6400IU/day, they can adequately supply their chestmilk with enough Vitamin D for their nursing infant and is an alternate strategy to direct supplementation.
Read more about it here!
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26416936/
Interesting piece of history this International Women’s Day
YOUTUBE.COM
All My Babies
Feminist Midwife
March 8 at 6:24 AM ·
Consent in intimate exams will continue to be my life’s work. It matters to me, as a survivor and provider. It matters to each and every patient. It matters to students and Residents. It matters because otherwise ‘we’ as a collective healthcare institution traumatize, retraumatize, disempower, shame, harm, inflict pain, assault, and ostracize people from their healthcare, from their health, and from our care. Enough. Enough. Enough. No healthcare rationale can ever justify forcing care on a patient, ie assaulting a patient. I’m done making space for that argument.
Thanks so much to Like a Sister for pulling this quote from my GOLD Midwifery Online Conference keynote last month.
Here are some exercises you can do to relieve tailbone pain.
MamasteFit & The Doulas of Mamaste is at MamasteFit & The Doulas of Mamaste.
March 12 at 6:38 AM · Aberdeen, NC ·
The coccyx, or tailbone, is the tip of our sacrum and supported by various ligaments and musculature of our pelvis and pelvic floor. We can experience pain if the muscles are too tight and don’t allow the sacrum/coccyx to move, or even pull it into a position that’s out of alignment.
We can also experience it if the opposite is occurring, the muscle that support the coccyx are too weak or loose and they cannot help stabilize.
When doing these exercises, focus on feeling a stretch in the back part of your pelvic floor. Inhale down and out, feeling the pelvic floor expand and lengthen, then exhale to relax completely!
Identifying which could be causing your pain can be done by an individualized assessment from a physical therapist!
We have two pelvic floor PTs in our gym: @hayleykavapt and @themissionpt!
Learn more techniques on how to relax and prepare your pelvic floor for birth with Dr Brooke Wiltshire of @themissionpt this Sunday March 14th at 12pm EST! Recording will be available, and this webinar is offered monthly!!
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Dani’s Diaries
October 12, 2019 at 5:25 AM ·
Breastfed-babies be like.. 😂🤱🏻
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Exactly! The birthing person is in charge!
Bonding Hearts Doula Support
January 5, 2020 at 6:43 PM ·
Let’s talk about Vitamin D and Chestfeeding:
☀️ Am I passing enough Vitamin D along to my infant?
☀️ Do I need to directly supplement my infant with Vitamin D?
☀️☀️ANSWER☀️☀️
According to this PubMed article, if the lactating parent supplements with 6400IU/day, they can adequately supply their chestmilk with enough Vitamin D for their nursing infant and is an alternate strategy to direct supplementation.
Read more about it here!
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26416936/
Interesting piece of history this International Women’s Day
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