Bliss Baby Birth Services

~ My Bliss Baby ~

I am Cassandra Newman and my aim as a conscious birth advocate is assisting birthing individuals in pregnancy, during childbirth and the weeks that follow by providing consistent, continuous reassurance, comfort, encouragement and respect through individualized care based on circumstances and preferences. I am prepared to provide childbirth education, relaxation techniques, physical (non-medical), emotional and informational support to women and their partners during pregnancy, labor and birth, as well as to families in the weeks following childbirth. I offer a loving touch, help with non-medical positioning, comfort measures, utilizing self-hypnosis, yoga training, and my experience to aid childbearing women and families to help them feel cared for and nurtured. Numerous clinical studies have found that a doula’s presence at birth can be a crucial element of having a highly satisfying experience: *Tends to result in shorter labors with fewer complications; *Reduces negative feelings about one’s childbirth experience; *Reduces the need for Pitocin (synthetic oxytocin, a labor-inducing drug), forceps or vacuum extraction and cesarean sections; and *Reduces the mother’s request for pain medication and/or epidurals. Research shows parents who receive support can: *Feel more secure and cared for *Are more successful in adapting to new family dynamics *Have greater success with breastfeeding *Have greater self-confidence *Have less postpartum depression About Cassandra Newman: Cassandra Newman is a certified HypnoBirthing® and HypnoMothering® practitioner, a birth and postpartum doula certified by Doula Trainings International, and a registered yoga teacher with specialized training in prenatal and children’s yoga. Cassandra earned her BS in Geography from Texas A&M University in 1996 and is currently enrolled as an associate degree nursing student at Holmes in Ridgeland, MS. She plans to continue her nursing education to into advance practice as a Certified Nurse Midwife. Cassandra is the owner of Bliss Baby – Yoga & Doula Services, LLC, teaching classes at multiple venues and serving families throughout Central Mississippi. She is the current President of Mississippi Birth Coalition a nonprofit outreach and informational support organization serving the needs of families during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum. Cassandra volunteers as an administrator and lending librarian for Central Mississippi Babywearing, as a peer moderator for Metro Jackson La Leche League online forum, and a facilitator for community blessingways, baby showers, and birth circle gatherings. Cassandra has been an Evidence Based Birth® Professional Member since 2015 and became an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor in 2018 after completing a rigorous training by Evidence Based Birth®. "Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." ~ Elizabeth Stone