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Massage for Digestive Health: Alleviating A Gassy Baby
Our digestive health is single handedly one of the most significant indicators of our health, so it is no surprise that parents and all the postpartum professionals become hyper focused on baby’s digestive health. Gas, colic, constipation, even reflux are very common in the first year of baby’s life. I often read about natural interventions for addressing these issues to bring a baby more comfort but
THE Question We’re Not Asking About Breastfeeding
It’s National Breastfeeding Month in America, designated in 2011 to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and human milk feeding. (You can read the proclamation here, if you’re interested.) Yet, there is one question we’re not asking about breastfeeding. The Debate We Keep Hearing So is it just me or is anyone else tired of the “breast is best!” “fed is best” debate? There is so much
A Tale of Two Births
As we know, every child is different but so is the mother’s experience in birthing and raising each of her children in the first year. Many mothers will comment on how starkly different one birth is from the other. My story is no different. The births of my two daughters were so different and unique on their own. Each had their challenges and their gifts. What
Ways to Prevent and Recover From a Cesarean (C-Section)
A Brief History of Cesareans Let me start off by saying that cesareans are an amazing thing and often necessary and lifesaving. The first records of the c-section being done successfully were in the 1500’s. The sordid history of the cesarean in America includes the bodies of black women being used for experimentation by doctors learning the procedure. Then comes the monetization of birth and the
The Story of My Home VBAC
The Moment I Decided to Have a Home Birth When I learned I was pregnant with my 2nd child, there wasn’t even a discussion on where or how I wanted to birth. My husband knew. He asked once to confirm and then never again. After how things went with my first child, and given the ongoing global pandemic, I knew I wanted to have a home
My Secrets to Postpartum Success
Here I am, in the middle of my 4th trimester, the 2nd time around, and I’m having a completely different experience. Since I started my baby massage business in 2018, I’ve learned so much about pregnancy and birthing. I have been able to utilize that knowledge for my second child. The two things I knew were critical in surviving after the birth of a baby were
