Essential oils for the win! Looking forward to seeing more on this.
"It is not polite conversation to speak of them: these little ones. Formed in their mothers’ now vacant wombs. Babies, too unique to survive this world.
"As politely as I was raised to be, this is not a social norm I will submit to.
"I will not sit in the tidy safety of quiet that propagates grieving mothers’ isolation.
"I will hang these babies’ chimes.
"I will speak their names."
Tongue tie - an often overlooked diagnosis that can negatively affect breastfeeding.
Caesarean birth en caul. Looks like a more gentle transition for baby. :)
Skip the facial! Newborns go for the benefits of a full body treatment. 😉
As an NICU mom myself, I can relate to the mental and emotional stress these moms express. I struggled with what was likely undiagnosed postpartum depression until about six years after my son's preterm birth. I noticed the change, like Laura, about the time my baby turned one. I remember telling my husband one night on the two-hour drive home from the hospital, that one day I wanted to go back as the nurse who understood the parents. And now, 18 years later, that is still part of my motivation for completing nursing school.
"While modern midwifery practice incorporates evidence, it still respects the ancient knowledge of birth."
What is a doula.
Who watched Jeopardy last night? What profession made the cut 8:15 mins in? ;)
If most preterm babies will start breathing by themselves within 60 seconds, then it makes perfect sense to maintain the umbilical cord which can continue to provide oxygen for even longer than that first minute. This should be routine in every birth, including c-sections.
As a doula, this is a story I can relate to. ;)
Love it!
This is awesome! We need more OBs like this guy! <3
Birth ball tips from a labour nurse. Check out her very last one! <3