Blooming Lotus Births

04/12/2024

02/01/2024

Exciting News, North Carolina! 🌟 Join us in shaping the future of our communities by participating in the Family Insight Survey by the Institute for Family at CHS. This 10-minute survey is for all families in North Carolina. Share your perspective on life for NC families today! www.surveymonkey.com/r/familyinsightsurvey

02/01/2024

Imagine: your newborn has made it earth-side. You are lovingly adoring their beautiful face and features. The little newborn squeaks and sounds are making your heart flutter. Skin to skin, heartbeat to heartbeat, bliss... And then... 💩 life with an infant begins!

They don't call it the "4th trimester" for nothing! Now, imagine you're ALSO fully prepared to tackle all of your newborn's needs because you took our Newborn Care with Courage class 💅

You'll learn all there is to know about:
🤍changing your baby's first diaper & beyond
🩷infant needs, cues, and soothing techniques
💛postpartum planning & managing visitors/organizing help
🩵emotional and mental wellness in the fourth trimester
💜safe sleep scenarios, what is normal regarding infant sleep, and how to get more of it!

You can join us from ⏰5pm to 8pm on
🗓 February 20th
🗓 March 13th
🗓 April 23rd
🗓 May 22nd

⛓Class cost is $150. Community pricing and equity seating are available by reaching out to info@ashevillehomegrownbabies.com. Register with the link in our bio!

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01/12/2024

01/12/2024

La Leche League now meets at our location on the last Tuesday of each month from 1:00-2:30pm! Get in on this info!

12/28/2023

🙏 Amazing wombanly wisdom

12/28/2023

🗣️🗣️🗣️Charlotte NC February 2024🗣️🗣️🗣️

Want to begin your journey as a Certified Lactation professional? Looking for continued education or Interested in the Pathway 3 IBCLC track?

This is a 52-hour lactation counselor training and certification course, taught by the expert and highly regarded Lactation Consultant, Simone Toomer, IBCLC, CD, which meets the clinical competencies for doulas, nurses, health care providers, birth workers, and WIC nutritionists. Unlike other certifications in lactation education, this course is taught through a combination of case study, research a**lysis, and protocol development.

For those interested in becoming a IBCLC, upon completion you'll have the opportunity to join the Wise Wombman IBCLC mentorship.

Limited seating. Click the link in our bio to find out more!

12/04/2023

TIPS ON HOW TO 💫
🌻 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕫𝕖 𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘

🍁 Prepare Your Body: During your last trimester of pregnancy you can practice with either yourself or a partner to help prepare your perineum for birth!

🌊 Birth In Water: The various positions that birthing people can take while pushing in water may uphold a less (physically) traumatic delivery. Water births may be protective to the pelvic floor since mothers birthing this way have more control over the second stage of labor.

🌛Birth Position Matters: Pushing positions were not created equally. Laying on your back with your legs raised causes you to work against gravity and push excessively, sometimes causing unnecessary trauma to the perineum.

🌬 Breathing Rather Than Pushing Out Baby: You do not need to push. At all. Your body has got it covered with a nifty thing called . Essentially your contractions alone are enough to get baby through the birth ca**l. (pushing for counts of ten) can cause birthing people to push too forcefully and tear more often.

🌞 Use Warm Compresses: A warm washcloth on perineum can help maximize stretching and support the tissue as baby comes through! Ask your provider if they are comfortable doing this for you.

🏘 Choice of Birth Place and Carer: You’re more likely to experience Purple Face Pushing and an in a hospital. At a birth center or home, your more likely to have a provider who makes an effort to keep your perineum intact.
Talk to your provider and consider changing if they don’t support the birthing preferences you have.

✂️ Avoid An Episiotomy: In most situations, if any tearing is going to occur, natural tearing has less risk and often heals better. Episiotomy increases the risk of severe tears, and long term perineal, vaginal, pelvic floor, and a**l sphincter damage. An episiotomy rarely has benefits over a tear.

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12/04/2023

A sign of progress...

When the heels go up, the baby is coming down. Never fails...upright birth. 😍



Via

Here’s to all the mamas who stood on their own two feet - literally - claiming and channeling the energy of birth as it soared through them ✨.
Here’s to all the dads that caught that first glimpse of their baby. Then reached out to receive them with both curiosity and certainty ✨
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📷 ⭐️

11/30/2023

Starting next week, 12/4, our Mommy & Me Fitness Classes will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 am.

For those of you who haven’t participated in our Mommy & Me classes yet, these group fitness sessions are designed for moms with babies and toddlers ages 0-3 years old. This unique class combines functional fitness exercises with the involvement of your little ones, making it a fun and interactive experience for both of you! Whether you're using your child as resistance for squats and lunges or encouraging them to participate alongside you, this class provides a fantastic opportunity to bond, stay active, and promote a healthy lifestyle for the whole family. Moms are also welcome to attend solo. 😊

Classes are $12 each, or $100 for a 10 pack.

Space is limited in our fitness studio; please register online at www.femwellwomenshealth.com. We hope to see you there!