by Kelley Burke | Dec 1, 2011 | Birthing Education, Breastfeeding
By Meg Stanaker, IBCLC One of the great privileges that I have as a lactation consultant is to spend time meeting and getting to know lots of babies. As I say to parents all the time, babies reveal who they are at the breast when they are feeding. They show us their...
by Kelley Burke | Aug 1, 2011 | Birthing Education
By Wendy Gordon, Licensed Midwife & Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist For decades in the United States, the placenta has been discarded after the birth and burned in hospital incinerators as “biohazardous waste.” No one wants to see it, smell it,...
by Kelley Burke | Jul 1, 2011 | Birthing Education
by Wendy Foster Congratulations on your pregnancy! Hopefully, the morning sickness has passed and you are ready to take care of your body and baby through daily exercise so that you can prepare for your marathon of labor + recover more quickly! ACOG (www.acog.org)...
by Kelley Burke | Jul 1, 2011 | Birthing Education, Breastfeeding
by Kathryn Davis, BS, LMT, RYT During pregnancy it’s important to eat well, get lots of sleep, and overall care well for yourself– even more so than during other times in your life. The immediate postpartum is an extension of that time and is as equally...
by Kelley Burke | Apr 1, 2011 | Birthing Education, Breastfeeding
by Joanne Edwards When you have just worked really hard to birth your baby, you are warm and they are a little surprised at their new world, placing them skin to skin will work wonders. Early skin to skin contact begins immediately after birth by placing your naked...
by Kelley Burke | Mar 1, 2011 | Birthing Education
by Camille Mulchi, BS, RYT, CCE, Doula A question I am often asked by prenatal yoga-mamas centers around which poses tend to be some of the most effective for labor and birth. While my answer is usually something along the lines of “whichever ones are intuitively...
