Sister Ingrid- Gentle Touch Midwifery

09/10/2025

This might be of interest.
There is help ❤️

Our Eating Disorder Support for Moms and Birthing People (Pregnancy-4 Years Postpartum) is a virtual peer-led support group is designed for moms and birthing people in the perinatal period (from pregnancy up to 4 years after birth) who are currently experiencing or have experienced eating disorders. No formal diagnosis is required to join.

We welcome individuals navigating all forms of disordered eating, including restrictive patterns, compensatory behaviors, overexercising, obsessive over food and body thoughts, rigid thoughts and beliefs around food and body, excessive concerns about health, compulsive body checking and weighing, constant food noise and distressing thoughts about body. The postpartum period—and life with young children—can bring unique challenges that make recovery and self-care even more complex. This group offers a brave, judgment-free space to connect with others who truly understand.

Whether you’re considering recovery or have been in recovery for some time, you are welcome here. Together, we share stories, resources, and encouragement—with the goal of reducing isolation and building hope.

View the schedule and register at https://loom.ly/hlAXLC4 💙

22/08/2025

All babies lose some weight in the first 24 hours. If you received IV fluids during labour, your baby may lose even more, not because of feeding, but because the fluids make the birth weight look higher than it really is.

That’s why the 24-hour weight is the most accurate starting point for tracking growth.

Researchers in Canada found that using the 24-hour weight instead of the birth weight helped more babies stay exclusively breastfed in their first few days of life.

Growing well = getting enough milk. ❤️

05/08/2025

It takes a village to support a breastfeeding mom.
🌼 Family: Help with cooking and chores so Mama can rest and feed
💬 Community: Share tips and encouragement on how you support breastfeeding moms — we all learn from each other
🏢 Employers: Follow the law! Give breastfeeding employees two 30-minute breaks to breastfeed or express while at work
Together, we make breastfeeding possible.

04/08/2025

04/08/2025

Such an honour and privilege ❤️
Join us on Saturday. Book your tickets today

01/08/2025

❤️1-7 August World Breastfeeding week ❤️
Supported by WHO, UNICEF and many Ministries of Health and civil society partners, World Breastfeeding Week is held in the first week of August every year.

Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival and yet currently, fewer than half of infants under 6 months old are exclusively breastfed.

In 2018, a World Health Assembly resolution endorsed World Breastfeeding Week as an important health promotion strategy. With a different theme each year, it aims to promote the enabling environments that help women to breastfeed – including support in the community and the workplace, with adequate protections in government policies and laws - as well as sharing information on breastfeeding benefits and strategies.