Peaceful Doula

20/11/2025

The standard method for closing the uterus after cesarean delivery, used for over 50 years, may be causing a host of long-term health issues for millions of women.

According to Dr. Emmanuel Bujold and Dr. Roberto Romero, leaders in obstetrics and gynecology, current closure practices—where sutures join the uterine lining with surrounding muscle—fail to restore the uterus’s natural structure, leading to serious complications.

Their exhaustive review reveals the risks: abnormal placenta attachment affects up to 6% of women, uterine rupture up to 3%, and premature births up to 28%. Many suffer pelvic pain (up to 35%), excessive bleeding (up to 33%), and endometriosis or adenomyosis (up to 43%). Such complications are linked directly to the scarring produced by the conventional closure method.

Bujold and Romero propose a nuanced technique: suturing tissues only of the same type, carefully reconstructing the muscle layer while leaving the uterine lining untouched for natural regeneration. Although this new method takes 5–8 minutes—twice as long as the traditional approach—the additional blood loss is minimal and outweighed by better outcomes for future reproductive health.

With cesarean rates rising globally, especially in countries like Canada where 27% of births are by C-section, prioritizing meticulous uterine repair is a critical public health concern. This shift in surgical thinking may help millions experience safer subsequent pregnancies and better long-term well-being.

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📄 RESEARCH PAPER

📌 Emmanuel Bujold et al, "Uterine closure after cesarean delivery: surgical principles, biological rationale, and clinical implications", American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2025)

04/07/2025

During pregnancy, something quietly extraordinary happens inside a mother’s body.
Tiny fetal cells—belonging to the baby—begin to cross into the mother’s bloodstream. They don’t stop there.
They travel through her body, nestling into her tissues, her bones, even her brain.

This process is called fetal-maternal microchimerism, and it’s nothing short of miraculous.

For 9 months, these cells move back and forth—mother to baby, baby to mother. And after birth? They stay.

Decades later, those cells can still be found in a mother’s body, forming a kind of invisible bond—etched in her very biology.

Scientists have found fetal cells embedded in a mother’s heart, where they rush to help heal after injury. Some settle in her brain. Others help restore tissue or strengthen her immune system.
Even in pregnancies that don’t reach full term, the baby leaves a part of themselves behind. A cellular imprint. A silent love note, woven into the mother’s DNA.

Maybe that’s why so many mothers feel their children, even when they’re far away.

Maybe that’s why a mom’s intuition so often rings true.

Your child was never just in your arms—they’re part of your heart, your skin, your memory. And long after the world stops seeing you as “expecting,” your body still carries the quiet echo of motherhood.

Science has just begun to explain it. But every mother has always known it.

17/06/2025

So beautiful

28/03/2025

From Lee Stevenson

Passing this information on for those who are birthing babies soon.

Hanna Hrdz
March 8 at 3:49 AM

It would be natural for a newborn to remain on the mother's chest for at least one hour after birth. That's why the umbilical cord measures only 50 to 60 centimeters, it's enough for the baby to reach the mother's chest. And now I'm not only talking about positive feelings for the mother and child, but also about placenta blood transfusion. A fourth of the newborn's blood is still in the placenta at the time of birth, and if we leave the umbilical cord intact for at least 25 minutes, the baby will absorb the remaining blood and will not suffer anemia, as it usually happens.
Moreover, this transfer also applies to those "large" sold stem cells that arrive from the placenta to the child's body, where it belongs, and not to a bank in Greece or Denmark.
Animals will eat their babies' placenta some time after they are born, not immediately. From this point of view, we are the only mammals that cut the umbilical cord nothing else the baby is born.
A barbaric and traumatic procedure for a child who is barely getting used to breathing... Therefore, the birth plan should include the possibility of cutting the umbilical cord only after it stops beating, that is, after about 25 minutes, which is a necessity and should not be considered a treat.
Regarding the birth of the lotus, it's an ancient practice, and if it were so dangerous, we would have extinct as a civilization a long time ago.
Have you been told repeatedly that the value of your child's STEM CELLS is about 2,000 to 4,000 euros? Depends on the sophisticated package you can choose when it comes to "harvest" the first few minutes after birth, right? The obvious conclusion is that they are expensive. They're really very expensive. These rare stem cells are literally worth their gold! But not for stem cell banks, ONLY FOR YOUR CHILDREN!. It is the most valuable heirloom that passes directly from the placenta in the first minutes after birth. MB25
Stem cells are created from conception and are located in the placenta, the external organ that nourishes your baby for 9 months. The mother cells of your baby are smart cells that will be transferred from the placenta to the newborn's body if the umbilical cord is not cut/clamped within 25 minutes due to such blood transfer from the placental. Plus, these stem cells will repair any abnormalities and damage after birth to the baby.

21/03/2025

So good to see. So sad women are still put on backs in stirrups. It doesn’t work!’nn

15/10/2024

In 1929 Ge**er began an advertising campaign to convince dieticians and pediatricians that canned baby food was just as nutritious as homemade food, and even better because it was scientifically prepared.
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As part of the campaign, doctors received free Ge**er products for patients. Ge**er also funded research touting the health benefits of their food. That research—vaguely worded and devoid of peer review—was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, positioning it as scientific fact.
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Alongside these efforts, Ge**er stated that women who prepared their own baby food were neglecting their husbands—and babies. One 1933 ad read, “For Baby’s Sake, Stay Out of the Kitchen!”
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Alongside these efforts, Ge**er advocated for starting solids at 3 months old. And by the 1950’s—after 20 years of advertising—the average age of introducing solids fell to just 6 weeks old.💔
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Since then the medical community realized that too-early introduction of solids displaced valuable nutrition from breast milk/formula. The consensus among medical institutions today (AAP, U.S. National Institutes for Health, and World Health Organization) is that it’s best to introduce solids at 6 months old. It is at this time that most babies are developmentally ready to eat and need more iron. Conveniently, 6 months is also when babies are capable of feeding themselves.
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Baby food was invented. Mom guilt was marketed.
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There is no perfect order of introducing solids. No no need for “stages” of thickness. These were all constructs in the name of profit.
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Convenience has its place. I love a good yogurt pouch and rely on Cheerios when traveling. But the idea that real food has to be hard isn’t good for anyone. Babies don’t need banana pudding or pricey pouches—a banana is fine!
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There is a reason feeding feels complicated. Corporations spent the last century telling your grandmothers and great-grandmothers that they would be bad moms and wives if they didn’t buy pre-prepared baby food. So the next time you feel a twinge of guilt for feeding your baby YOUR way, remember that it’s not you. It’s history.

07/04/2024

The best of the best

Day 2 - Another quick reference guide, this time for the "Oasis Elite Pool". Our most popular Oasis Pool.
This one has room for 2 and is still suitable for the waterwise.
With our flat rate postage you can buy this popular birth pool here.
https://simplybirth.com.au/product/oasis-elite-birth-pool/

27/04/2023

Can’t believe the baby is so grown!

Edie has started a YouTube channel reading to little kids.
She aims to read a variety of books in under 5 mins
🌼It’s wholesome
🌼Safe for kids
🌼Educational
🌼Fun or funny stories (usually a lesson in it like being kind or sharing)
🌼Aussie stories feature more heavily
🌼we want people learning English to find it helpful
🌼We hope it can be a channel mums can pop their bubs on when desperate and know they’re just going to be read nice stories

🥰We are majorly tech challenged so it’s as much a learning experience for mama her as for Edie girl. But lighting sound editing photography and big bro helping with it - and then Different angles and styles of reading we are trying until we find one that seems popular and well loved (appreciate feedback!)

Any likes subscribes comments and (here) feedback to make it rad or what you wish you had for your little ones would be great

And If you can share with fam with babies and toddlers and kids under 5 that would be extra amazing! 🙏
https://youtu.be/KlPZXYCWT2A

03/04/2023

This is so interesting
I have been whole food plant based. I’ve done formal, gaps, paleo, keto, vegan for a short time , vegetarian - I like to try things for myself
But to see time and time again the placenta not ok when vegan - I think that has to be discussed. I highly recommend certain supps when pregnant because you see the results

Is this a healthy vegan or not?

And what can you do about it if you are vegan? A great convo to have

08/01/2023

My children all had delayed cord cutting. My middle child was freebirthed at home with a lotus birth. 7 days after his birth his umbilical cord and placenta detached. All my children were calmly waterbirthed. The two youngest at home.
I really hope that more people understand the value of a peaceful birth in time, and with support and education, we get out of this system.

It would be natural if the newborn would stay on the mother's chest for at least an hour after birth.

Therefore, the umbilical cord is only 50 to 60 centimeters long, it's enough for the baby to get to the mother's breast. And now I’m not just talking about positive feelings for mother and child, but also about placenta blood transfusion.

A quarter of the newborn's blood is still in the placenta at the time of birth, and if we leave the umbilical cord intact for at least 25 minutes, the baby will absorb the remaining blood and will not suffer from anemia, as it often happens.

In addition, this transmission also applies to those "great" stem cells on sale, which get from the placenta to the child's body where it belongs, and not to a bank in Greece or Denmark.

Animals will eat their babies placenta after some time after birth, not immediately. From this perspective, we are the only mammals who cut the umbilical cord as soon as the baby is born. A barbaric and traumatic procedure for a child who is barely adjusting to breathing... Therefore, in the birth plan it should be possible to cut the umbilical cord only after it stops pulsing, i.e. after about 25 minutes, which is a necessity and should not be considered a whim.

As far as the lotus birth is concerned, it's an ancient practice, and if it was as dangerous as a civilization, we would have been extinct long ago.

Have they repeatedly told you that the value of your child’s STEM CELL is about 2,000 to 4,000 euros? It depends on the sophisticated package you can choose during their "harvest" in the first minutes after birth, right? The clear conclusion is that they are expensive. They really are very expensive. So precious stem cells are literally worth the price of GOLD! But not for stem cell banks, ONLY YOUR KIDS! It is the most valuable heritage, which passes directly from the placenta in the first minutes of birth.

Stem cells arise from conception and are located in the placenta, the external organ that feeds your baby for 9 months. Your baby's stem cells are intelligent cells that are transferred from the placenta to the newborn's body unless the umbilical cord is cut/clamped for 25 minutes due to the said blood transfer from the placentas. In addition, these stem cells will repair any postpartum abnormalities and damage to the child.

Do you understand now why there are hundreds of companies that want your child's stem cells? The biggest foolishness is to believe scary stories created by high paid marketing teams to make you believe that they will save you sometime in your life if you pay a lot...

Therefore, please, dear Mum, do not let yourself be bought and deal with all your conscience, thoroughly inform yourself before you pull out thousands of euros from your pocket, just to get rid of your own child's stem cells and his 150 ml of blood from the placenta.

(According to DITTTY DEPNER - therapist and founder of holistic renaissance concept and holistic counselor for fertility, pregnancy, birth and life after birth)

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