C-Section: If you were to crash a “mommy and me” playgroup, this is very likely what you would see: a gang of glassy eyed dazed women sporting stale and questionable attire encrusted with mysterious substances and, seated upon each of their laps, a sweet, chubby and healthy baby. This forum is where mom’s regularly spill […]
Continue reading...What is the placenta? Why do women eat their placenta? Let’s begin with why our body even creates this. But first, pregnancy is amazing! In addition to growing a baby, your body develops an entirely new organ - the placenta! This new organ supports your child and supplies them with oxygen and nutrients. All the while removing […]
Continue reading...One of the most on-trend birthing options available to families today is “vaginal seeding”.While the term may sound like a bizarre form of new age gardening or the beginnings of a sexually transmitted disease (both of which may explain why a growing number of individuals are choosing to call it “microbirthing” instead), vaginal seeding is […]
Continue reading...Labor in water: There are an array of ways where laboring women and people who care for them can help or hinder the natural process. How you manage your pain is something you need to consider when you decide to do a spontaneous, un-medicated birth. For me personally, I was so extremely frightened to give […]
Continue reading...Going into labor: When soon-to-be mothers are about to give birth they often wonder what their hospital or birth center’s patient care procedures are. Basically what the examination will be like throughout labor. And, they also try to picture what it’s going to be like in labor. I was terrified at the thought of how […]
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