If you are pregnant and looking to hire a midwife, you probably are wondering if you can ask questions before making a decision. The answer is: Yes! You can! Any midwife worth their salt will be happy to answer your questions to make sure they are a good fit. So, …
When it comes to giving birth, it isn’t always easy to understand what you should and should not do and sometimes, your care provider can make you feel as if you don’t have a choice in your treatment or care. But you actually do have a choice and you are …
While pregnancy can be a joyful and exciting time, it is also a time of change – and with change can come stress. Sometimes, the stress is due to a difficult pregnancy or even a relationship issue. And sometimes, it is due to other factors, like your job or finances. …
Most parents are probably feeling some level of burnout after the past year and a half, but summer is here and it’s a great time to take stock of your parenting and try a different approach if you’ve been at odds with your children. Enter: Playful parenting. Playful parenting is …
If you are pregnant and have been researching natural birth options, you might have thought about having a water birth. But what does that actually mean? Is it laboring in a tub but birthing on dry land? Actually giving birth in a tub? Who will help you? What do you …
Most people have the perception that a midwife only helps a pregnant person during pregnancy – and at the birth. But that’s simply not true. Many midwives also can be seen for regular medical visits – from adolescence through menopause — and some even offer postpartum care. And if you …
If you have given birth, you might have been curious about your amazing placenta – the organ that nurtured and protected your little one for nine months. Maybe you wanted to see it; maybe you saved it and encapsulated it for postpartum support. Or maybe, you planted it beneath a …
If you are expecting your first child, you’ve probably heard the heart-warming stories about falling in love instantly with your baby. Your eyes meet, you kiss them and that’s it. Gone. Forever in love and blissful. Maybe you are pregnant with your second (or third!) baby and you already had …
If you are planning to breastfeed, chances are you have been given some advice or information from someone that seems, maybe, not quite right. The fact is, there is a lot of information out there about breastfeeding that simply isn’t true. And it is often passed along as fact from …
If you ask most people ready to give birth, one of their greatest fears is that there will be tearing. It’s a valid concern, but it is actually something you can do something about – which can help reduce anxiety and fear. Tearing during childbirth doesn’t have to be a …
