Getting to know your baby
Bonding Naturally with Your Baby
Bonding with your newborn baby can happen immediately after birthing through a method called Kangaroo Care. This promotes psychological and physical well-being for both your newborn and for you as the mother. Kangaroo Care includes skin-to-skin contact and exclusively breastfeeding. Kangaroo Care is excellent for both parents, however. Studies show lowered testosterone levels when fathers experience skin-to-skin with their babies. All babies and all parents benefit from Kangaroo Care, regardless…
Choosing A Formula Supplement
Choosing how to supplement your baby’s diet with formula can be puzzling. Currently there are 6 major categories of formula on our market shelves today. They include: Cow’s Milk Based Formulas Soy Based Formulas Hypoallergenic Formulas Lactose Free Formulas Organic Formulas Formulas for Babies with Special Needs It is important to make an educated decision on the type of formula supplement you will feed to your baby. Hiring a Doula…
Overstimulating A Newborn
Overstimulating a newborn is very easy to do and it’s important to learn the cues to avoid crossing this delicate line. When your baby is overtired or overstimulated, a pacifier can’t always do the trick! A Doula or Newborn Care Specialist can teach you about the secrets of the fourth trimester and how to nurture your newborn back into feeling a familiar safe, secure environment which mimics your womb. Signs…
Newborn Development From Tummy Time
In your tummy, your baby was curled up in a little ball shape. Tummy time exercises allow your baby to open up and gently elongate the front of their body for optimal newborn development. Tummy time itself does not hurt. However, it is a brand new, stimulating experience for babies to process as they engage their entire body to lay the foundation of all of their sensorimotor skills for their entire…
Tummy Time Instructions
Tummy time enables your newborn baby to receive several essential developmental benefits as your newborn engages their entire body to lay the foundation of all of their sensorimotor skills for their entire life. How exactly do you do tummy time? Follow the timeline below and read the tummy time tips. It’s never too late to start tummy time exercises, and to give your baby all the tools they need to reap…
Feeding
5 Things A Pelvic Floor Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether it’s for pain with sex, bladder or bowel leakage, pain in pregnancy, or postpartum dysfunction, it’s so great that pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) is finally getting some attention, because we all deserve effective treatment options for symptoms related to our bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. After all, women, or anybody with vaginal anatomy have put up with just accepting these symptoms for way too long. Fortunately, we have…
Home Birth 101 (FREE eCourse)
The Real Scoop On Home Birth & All The FactsLearn about midwives, the research on safety of home birth vs. hospital births and how to interpret home birth statistics, plus real accounts from families who chose to birth at home! In light of this public health concern, learn all the evidence-based information on home birth – you have options! Sign up here compare state-by-state midwifery laws…
Engage Birth eCourse
Learn from home all about how to prepare for birth from an experienced Certified Birth Doula. This online and self-paced virtual course encourages you to truly ENGAGE your heart + mind for your ideal birth experience! What’s the incentive? Your growth! The more engaged you are = faster you’ll complete = cheaper the course! Sign up here QUICK ANSWERSAll the when do we know, evidence…
Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth
Did you know the curve of the spine actually changes shape to make space for a growing fetus? Your organs are actually pushed up and out when you’re pregnant. This is why belly binding is used during postpartum to prevent and treat diastis recti. Low back pain is super common in pregnancy, and most who are pregnant for the first time don’t feel it in the first or second trimester.…
15 Breast Milk Nutrition Secrets
Breast milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells.Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby’s body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections and deliver them to your baby through your breast milk. The more breast milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives.Breast milk appears to switch on a gene in your baby’s body, which produces a hormone called Leptin. This hormone tells…
Newborn Tips
5 Things A Pelvic Floor Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether it’s for pain with sex, bladder or bowel leakage, pain in pregnancy, or postpartum dysfunction, it’s so great that pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) is finally getting some attention, because we all deserve effective treatment options for symptoms related to our bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. After all, women, or anybody with vaginal anatomy have put up with just accepting these symptoms for way too long. Fortunately, we have…
Home Birth 101 (FREE eCourse)
The Real Scoop On Home Birth & All The FactsLearn about midwives, the research on safety of home birth vs. hospital births and how to interpret home birth statistics, plus real accounts from families who chose to birth at home! In light of this public health concern, learn all the evidence-based information on home birth – you have options! Sign up here compare state-by-state midwifery laws…
Engage Birth eCourse
Learn from home all about how to prepare for birth from an experienced Certified Birth Doula. This online and self-paced virtual course encourages you to truly ENGAGE your heart + mind for your ideal birth experience! What’s the incentive? Your growth! The more engaged you are = faster you’ll complete = cheaper the course! Sign up here QUICK ANSWERSAll the when do we know, evidence…
Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth
Did you know the curve of the spine actually changes shape to make space for a growing fetus? Your organs are actually pushed up and out when you’re pregnant. This is why belly binding is used during postpartum to prevent and treat diastis recti. Low back pain is super common in pregnancy, and most who are pregnant for the first time don’t feel it in the first or second trimester.…
15 Breast Milk Nutrition Secrets
Breast milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells.Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby’s body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections and deliver them to your baby through your breast milk. The more breast milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives.Breast milk appears to switch on a gene in your baby’s body, which produces a hormone called Leptin. This hormone tells…
Sleep
5 Things A Pelvic Floor Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether it’s for pain with sex, bladder or bowel leakage, pain in pregnancy, or postpartum dysfunction, it’s so great that pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) is finally getting some attention, because we all deserve effective treatment options for symptoms related to our bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. After all, women, or anybody with vaginal anatomy have put up with just accepting these symptoms for way too long. Fortunately, we have…
Home Birth 101 (FREE eCourse)
The Real Scoop On Home Birth & All The FactsLearn about midwives, the research on safety of home birth vs. hospital births and how to interpret home birth statistics, plus real accounts from families who chose to birth at home! In light of this public health concern, learn all the evidence-based information on home birth – you have options! Sign up here compare state-by-state midwifery laws…
Engage Birth eCourse
Learn from home all about how to prepare for birth from an experienced Certified Birth Doula. This online and self-paced virtual course encourages you to truly ENGAGE your heart + mind for your ideal birth experience! What’s the incentive? Your growth! The more engaged you are = faster you’ll complete = cheaper the course! Sign up here QUICK ANSWERSAll the when do we know, evidence…
Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth
Did you know the curve of the spine actually changes shape to make space for a growing fetus? Your organs are actually pushed up and out when you’re pregnant. This is why belly binding is used during postpartum to prevent and treat diastis recti. Low back pain is super common in pregnancy, and most who are pregnant for the first time don’t feel it in the first or second trimester.…
15 Breast Milk Nutrition Secrets
Breast milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells.Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby’s body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections and deliver them to your baby through your breast milk. The more breast milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives.Breast milk appears to switch on a gene in your baby’s body, which produces a hormone called Leptin. This hormone tells…
soothing
5 Things A Pelvic Floor Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether it’s for pain with sex, bladder or bowel leakage, pain in pregnancy, or postpartum dysfunction, it’s so great that pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) is finally getting some attention, because we all deserve effective treatment options for symptoms related to our bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. After all, women, or anybody with vaginal anatomy have put up with just accepting these symptoms for way too long. Fortunately, we have…
Home Birth 101 (FREE eCourse)
The Real Scoop On Home Birth & All The FactsLearn about midwives, the research on safety of home birth vs. hospital births and how to interpret home birth statistics, plus real accounts from families who chose to birth at home! In light of this public health concern, learn all the evidence-based information on home birth – you have options! Sign up here compare state-by-state midwifery laws…
Engage Birth eCourse
Learn from home all about how to prepare for birth from an experienced Certified Birth Doula. This online and self-paced virtual course encourages you to truly ENGAGE your heart + mind for your ideal birth experience! What’s the incentive? Your growth! The more engaged you are = faster you’ll complete = cheaper the course! Sign up here QUICK ANSWERSAll the when do we know, evidence…
Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth
Did you know the curve of the spine actually changes shape to make space for a growing fetus? Your organs are actually pushed up and out when you’re pregnant. This is why belly binding is used during postpartum to prevent and treat diastis recti. Low back pain is super common in pregnancy, and most who are pregnant for the first time don’t feel it in the first or second trimester.…
15 Breast Milk Nutrition Secrets
Breast milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells.Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby’s body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections and deliver them to your baby through your breast milk. The more breast milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives.Breast milk appears to switch on a gene in your baby’s body, which produces a hormone called Leptin. This hormone tells…
postpartum Recovery
5 Things A Pelvic Floor Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether it’s for pain with sex, bladder or bowel leakage, pain in pregnancy, or postpartum dysfunction, it’s so great that pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) is finally getting some attention, because we all deserve effective treatment options for symptoms related to our bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. After all, women, or anybody with vaginal anatomy have put up with just accepting these symptoms for way too long. Fortunately, we have…
Home Birth 101 (FREE eCourse)
The Real Scoop On Home Birth & All The FactsLearn about midwives, the research on safety of home birth vs. hospital births and how to interpret home birth statistics, plus real accounts from families who chose to birth at home! In light of this public health concern, learn all the evidence-based information on home birth – you have options! Sign up here compare state-by-state midwifery laws…
Engage Birth eCourse
Learn from home all about how to prepare for birth from an experienced Certified Birth Doula. This online and self-paced virtual course encourages you to truly ENGAGE your heart + mind for your ideal birth experience! What’s the incentive? Your growth! The more engaged you are = faster you’ll complete = cheaper the course! Sign up here QUICK ANSWERSAll the when do we know, evidence…
Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth
Did you know the curve of the spine actually changes shape to make space for a growing fetus? Your organs are actually pushed up and out when you’re pregnant. This is why belly binding is used during postpartum to prevent and treat diastis recti. Low back pain is super common in pregnancy, and most who are pregnant for the first time don’t feel it in the first or second trimester.…
15 Breast Milk Nutrition Secrets
Breast milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells.Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby’s body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections and deliver them to your baby through your breast milk. The more breast milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives.Breast milk appears to switch on a gene in your baby’s body, which produces a hormone called Leptin. This hormone tells…
childbirth
5 Things A Pelvic Floor Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether it’s for pain with sex, bladder or bowel leakage, pain in pregnancy, or postpartum dysfunction, it’s so great that pelvic floor physical therapy (PT) is finally getting some attention, because we all deserve effective treatment options for symptoms related to our bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction. After all, women, or anybody with vaginal anatomy have put up with just accepting these symptoms for way too long. Fortunately, we have…
Engage Birth eCourse
Learn from home all about how to prepare for birth from an experienced Certified Birth Doula. This online and self-paced virtual course encourages you to truly ENGAGE your heart + mind for your ideal birth experience! What’s the incentive? Your growth! The more engaged you are = faster you’ll complete = cheaper the course!…
Prenatal Yoga for Pregnancy & Birth
Did you know the curve of the spine actually changes shape to make space for a growing fetus? Your organs are actually pushed up and out when you’re pregnant. This is why belly binding is used during postpartum to prevent and treat diastis recti. Low back pain is super common in pregnancy, and most…
15 Breast Milk Nutrition Secrets
Breast milk contains ingredients that kill cancerous cells.Your body identifies bacteria and viruses found in your baby’s body and environment. You then produce antibodies specifically tailored for those infections and deliver them to your baby through your breast milk. The more breast milk she drinks, the more antibodies she receives.Breast milk appears to switch…
Bottles for Breastfed Babies
No Flow Bottle Nipples “No flow” also known as “breast flow bottles” allow babies to completely control the flow of milk, unlike a “flow” nipple that drips when the bottle is held upside-down. The concept behind the “no flow” nipple is very innovative and conducive for mimicking breastfeeding while preventing nipple preferencing. Second to…
Home Birth 101 (FREE eCourse)
The Real Scoop On Home Birth & All The FactsLearn about midwives, the research on safety of home birth vs. hospital births and how to interpret home birth statistics, plus real accounts from families who chose to birth at home! In light of this public health concern, learn all the evidence-based information on home birth – you have options! Sign up here compare state-by-state midwifery laws…
