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07/04/2019

The rate of maternal death is almost five times higher after a C-section than after a vaginal delivery, specially in women over 35 years of age.

06/12/2019

Research based parenting for today's growing families.

06/12/2019

Society tells us that picking up a baby "too much" will spoil them. Here's how science and cross-cultural evidence shows that the opposite is true.

05/03/2019

Do your research! They just rolled out the first postpartum drug which has the TOP 3 CHEMICALS the placenta produces!

Natural has far less consequences!

A new study found no differences in depression, vitamin B12 levels or energy between mothers who'd eaten placenta and those who didn't.

05/01/2019

I have done a lot of Reiki on people this week around motherhood and the wounding that has come with that.

These were powerful sessions including igniting hope in mother's who had lost babies and felt unworthy of that title, mother's who had babies taken away from them due to a broken patriarchal system, mother's who had just given birth and find themselves on the other side in a place that seems difficult to navigate.

It is an honour to hold the mom.

If you're a mother how are you being held this week? What self care practice nourishes you?

⚠️MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 2019

This week we will be taking some time to look at MUMS and specifically their well-being.

Kick starting with the post below. ‘Everyone wants to hold the baby, but who holds the mum?’ Powerful.

Becoming a mother, for the first time especially, but also after every subsequent baby, is a huge transition for a woman. Her life will never look quite the same again each time.

Inundated with visitors, trying to look like she’s on top of things, trying to get to know her new bundle, figuring out feeding, trying to keep the rest of the home running, smiling for people who come in the door, thinking of conversation, trying to have enough in the tank emotionally for her new baby, her partner, any other children, all while her body is exhausted and healing. It’s no wonder a mum’s emotional tank can run so low.

When you visit a mum, make HER a cup of tea. Ask her how SHE is, not just the baby. Give her a hug. Look into HER face and tell her how wonderful she is. Bring some cake or a treat for her. Don’t overstay your welcome, she will be exhausted no matter what she says! Bring dinner for her and her family. Bring a card saying ‘well done’. Bring flowers. If you are a close friend or close family member, offer to help around the house if she would find that a blessing (people vary, some might not but some would jump at the chance). Hang out her washing. Wash up. Encourage her to sit while you look after HER for half an hour. Come ready to bless her and serve her, not just to stare at this new babe.

New life is truly miraculous, but so is the one who brought it into being. The Mum. The one who so often gets missed in the aftermath.

04/30/2019

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There's something about the word 'dilation' that makes me irrationally uncomfortable; it suggests a widening, a swelling, an engorging of bodily fluids to facilitate the smooth passage of something into, or out of, the human body.

04/29/2019

I am heading to a postpartum visit this week and I came across this! I love the idea of sealing in the whole experience.
Plus that proverb they mention in here, hit me like a ton of bricks!
I think it is incredibly potent to remember to look after ourselves and nourish our bodies and souls in the postpartum experience.
Take your baby moons, mamas!

At three days postpartum, my mom and my doula, Summer, came over to do a sealing ceremony for me based on what I’d learned during my Sacred Pregnancy and Sacred Postpartum certification train…

04/28/2019

Breastmilk never ceases to amaze me