Megan Shinkle, Doula

08/27/2020

Join Bay Area Breastfeeding Support and our 4th annual Black Breastfeeding Week Meet Up! We’ll circle up and share our breastfeeding goals and experiences taking a little time to honor the tradition and history of Black folks feeding babies normally.

S. Abby Ejigu is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Black Breastfeeding Week
Time: Aug 29, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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06/04/2020

I rarely post on my business page, but my personal page has been, and always will be, in full support of Black Lives Matter. I am outspoken in my day-to-day life, as I should be in all aspects of my life.

Black Lives Matter. To be silent is to be complicit.

03/10/2019

I'm honored to be able to offer families this experience.

🙌

02/28/2019

"By 4 months of age, the brains of infants in the study who underwent delayed clamping had more myelin, a brain-insulating material, compared to those whose cords were clamped within 20 seconds. Myelin, which accelerates communication in the brain, is produced by iron-dependent brain cells."
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/022719-delayed-cord-clamping?fbclid=IwAR2t0rwbW1v6zn2gn0vHqV8tso3taYM474NtSRaLZVBN9V-OGE0ZAyQ0mF4

At my EMT recertification training, I got to talk to a lot of fellow EMTs about the benefits of making sure that the cord stopped pulsing before clamping.

A 5-minute delay in clamping the umbilical cord after birth may benefit an infant’s developing brain, suggests a small study funded by the National Institutes of Health. By 4 months of age, the brains of infants in the study who underwent delayed clamping had more myelin, a brain-insulating materi...

01/22/2019

How wonderful is this pediatric practice? Thanks PPMG!

12/01/2018

Did you know that I'm a Mommywise certified sleep coach?

When I first started working with families, I had a much different idea about sleep training. I thought that it was cruel and that babies needed to be rocked and fed and helped to sleep until they would just start sleeping long stretches on their own.

And then I met sleep deprived parents who were running red lights, whose health was suffering, who had horrible postpartum depression, whose marriages were suffering, who just couldn't cope with such small amounts of sleep.

And I felt SO guilty. Because I had formed an opinion without really seeing the effects of sleep deprivation firsthand.

Which is why I have spent a lot of time over the past few years really learning about sleep, how it can work within the breastfeeding relationship, and why it's so incredibly important for every individual's health.

If you are concerned about your baby's sleep (or lack thereof), please reach out to me. You need sleep, your baby needs sleep. I can help.

www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/parents-are-hiring-coaches-to-get-their-babies-to-sleep-better/

A recent study in the journal Pediatrics found at six months old, only 43% of babies were sleeping 8-hour

08/30/2018

It's so important to recognize Black Breastfeeding Week. The disparities are very real, recognizing them, and talking about them openly, is the key to finding ways to solve this issue.

Archives August 2018 July 2018 August 2016 August 2015 August 2014 Top Five Reasons We Need A Black Breastfeeding Week Black Breastfeeding Week was created because for over 40 years there has been a gaping racial disparity in breastfeeding rates. The most recent CDC data show that 75% of white women...

07/19/2018

I love seeing new big siblings who are in love with their littles!

07/16/2018

And I'm happy to help with this!

😬 😬 😬

04/17/2018

May those in our community affected by the tragic loss find peace. If you are struggling with depression, please know that you are loved, and you are not alone.

04/03/2018

Great information for United Health families!