Mitra Latifiyan

07/29/2022

Don’t forget to stay hydrated in summer time.
During pregnancy, dehydration is particularly dangerous because water and electrolytes are essential to the growth and development of your fetus. The placenta needs water in order to transfer nutrients between you and your baby. The amniotic sac also uses fluids to help protect your baby.
Are Electrolyte Drinks Safe For Breastfeeding Mothers? Yes, electrolyte drinks are safe for breastfeeding mothers and can help in restoring hydration and promoting milk production.
www.dripdrop.com
www.curehydration.com

10/15/2021

Oct 15 Is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Sending love to those of you that carry your babies in your hearts and not your arms.
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We are available until 3pm PST if you would like to reach out for support today. You can reach us by phone or text at 604-255-7999.
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Posted • Today is Pregnancy +infant loss Remembrance Day.

T.W. Pregnancy loss

I was 7 months pregnant when I lost Lillian. I was young, and I could barely wrap my head around grief, let alone a grief that I couldn’t find words for.

I was 20 when I lost her, and I only started healing from it 4 years ago. My heart and mind had no idea how to even begin healing from this kind of loss, so I didn’t allow myself space to properly grieve at the time. It was as if because I never got to know her favorite color, what she was interested in or what foods she didn’t like— that I subconsciously told myself I had nothing to be upset about.

As you may know— that not how love, mothering, or being human works.

Every feeling I felt was valid. Every moment of anger, confusion, sadness, longing, resentment.

But was not valid was the little voice telling me that maybe it was my fault.
I did nothing wrong, my body did nothing wrong, and I wasn’t being “punished”. Which are all thoughts that ran through my 20 year old mind.

I didn’t need to hear “everything happens for a reason”, or that there was another plan for me, or her. Because sometimes terrible things happen, without reason and we just have to learn to move through them and be reminded that we are loved.
That’s it.

And if you also had this experience: your feelings, experience, grief are valid no matter how many weeks along you were and It was not your fault. ❤️

I dedicated my book to Lillian (and my mom) because the book I made is the world I would have wanted her to grow up in and she comes through in my art daily. I would have wanted her to know she is enough, worthy, whole and that the world needs her as she is— not as it tells her to be. ♥️

❤️If today is tough for you- my email is always open.

09/16/2021

For those clients who plan to give birth at BCWH.

If you would like to have the service of cord blood donation for your baby after the birth, Please register online in the following website.

Once you have read the information on public cord blood donation to Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank and spoken with your healthcare provider(s), we ask that you register online and return your consent form before the day of your delivery.

09/11/2021

Hello baby. Welcome to the world! Mila was born through a beautiful natural birth at BCWH today.

08/22/2021

HTTPS://WWW.THEMINDFULMAMACOLLECTIVE.COM/BLOG/2018/9/11/HOW-TO-WRITE-YOUR-BIRTH-STORY

USE THESE GUIDING QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU WRITE YOUR BIRTH STORY!
· How did you know that labor was beginning?

· What was early labor like?

· Who joined you and when?

· When did you decide to transfer to the hospital or call your midwife?

· Did you listen to any music in labor?

· What was the room like that you gave birth in?

· What did your contractions feel like? How far apart were they?

· What positions did you labor in? Did you favor any particular positions?

· What did you use for pain relief? How well did it work?

· What did your support persons say to you to that was helpful or encouraging?

· If you had a C-section, what was the point when that decision was made?

· When did you start pushing?

· How long did you push? What were you thinking while you were pushing?

· What was it like to meet your baby face-to-face? What did you hear? Feel? See?

· What was your partner's reaction to the baby being born?

· Who cut the baby's cord?

· Who was the first person to hold the baby?

· What was skin-to-skin like?

These questions won't cover every birth situation. Use the ones that apply to you and pass over the rest.

08/18/2021

A birthmark is a colored mark on or under the skin that's present at birth or develops shortly after birth. Some birthmarks fade with time; others become more pronounced. Birthmarks may be caused by extra pigment-producing cells in the skin or by blood vessels that do not grow normally.

08/12/2021

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Amazing colostrum supply, expressed prenatally for a very lucky baby! For instructions on prenatal hand expression after 36 weeks: http://bam.me.uk/breastfeeding-information/antenatal-expression-colostrum/

08/08/2021

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It takes about 6-8 weeks for the uterus to return back to its pre-pregnancy size 💗
.advice

07/29/2021

What is skin-to-skin contact?
Skin-to-skin contact is usually referred to as the practice where a baby is dried and laid directly on their mother’s bare chest after birth, both of them covered in a warm blanket and left for at least an hour or until after the first feed.

Why is skin-to-skin contact important?
There is a growing body of evidence that skin-to-skin contact after the birth helps babies and their mothers in many ways.
• Calms and relaxes both mother and baby
• Regulates the baby’s heart rate and breathing, helping them to better adapt to life outside the womb
• Stimulates digestion and an interest in feeding
• Regulates temperature
• Enables colonisation of the baby’s skin with the mother’s friendly bacteria, thus providing protection against infection
• Stimulates the release of hormones to support breastfeeding and mothering.
Unicef.org.uk. .ca

07/24/2021

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Vernix 🤍

Vernix caseosa is a white, creamy, naturally occurring biofilm covering the skin of the fetus during the last trimester of pregnancy. Vernix coating on the neonatal skin protects the newborn skin and facilitates the adaptation of skin in the first postnatal week... if not washed away after birth.

Your newborn does not need a bath. 🛁
Vernix is easily rubbed in like thick lotion. You may find clumps of it in your baby’s creases (underarms, groin, neck folds). Simply massage the vernix into baby’s skin to reap the benefits of Mother Nature’s gift 🤍

Mesmerizing 📷: