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Informed consent.
Its everything.
It matters so much that we support women’s questions, that we inform families of their right to informed consent. that we tell our friends and family about it in every day conversations, and that we insist our

🩵A birth plan reflects an approach to labor, rather than a term for a specific kind of outcome. Obviously we can’t control birth, so being rigid doesn’t serve us and maintaining the flexibility to respond is key. The birth plan sets

🩵This matters in every corner of our lives, while we’re having babies, laboring and birthing, and raising them too.

🩵Our healthy lives are supported by our healthy inner narratives. Mamas, I know you work hard to be a good cheerleader for th

🍃Herbal baths, when properly prepared, are fantastic tools for mother and babies in the postpartum window. My clients have also found lots of other uses too! They-

🍃Soothe bruised and swollen tissues
🍃Reduce stinging/swelling of hemorrhoids, 🍃

Time and rest are two of the most powerful tools in your ‘natural medicine chest’. Our modern ways often value ‘Back to business (or school, or daycare”)” more, though, than taking time to slow down and protect our time

🍃 A whole new world opens up once you start to become friends with the plants in your yard, parks, fields, and community. Many are safe to eat, and lots have medicinal properties. Any one of these books would be a solid beginning to understand how t

🌹 When moms are encouraged to move around as they desire in labor, they are more comfortable, their labors are more efficient, their babies are able to navigate into better positions, there is less pain, and they report more satisfaction, empowermen

🍁Each family has their seasons that bring in the family gatherings, social events, or holidays, and most of them will ramp up sugar for the kids. (Yay?😳🤪)

🍂It’s no coincidence that illness often follows, and we all know that once it starts

Understanding this helps even first time moms imagine the circumstances and people that might most help them to birth well. And guides wise birth attendants in every aspect of their work. 💗

#doula #birth #childbirth #vbac #hypnobirth

It’s true that “birth is made to work if no one‘s there”, and women’s bodies work magnificently in birth, especially when we don’t mess it up with too much “help”.

Also true, most women in the US today

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