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Pregnancy & Preparing For Baby
Pregnancy & postpartum essentials
If you’re looking to support a friend or family member with a little one on the way, we’ve gathered the perfect gift ideas for pregnancy and postpartum.
How to Choose Safe Baby Products: What Every Parent Should Know
As a parent, keeping your baby safe is always a top priority, and choosing the right products plays a huge role in that. From cribs to car seats, toys to electronics, every item your baby uses should meet safety standards. With so many options on the market, it can feel overwhelming. Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered! Here are essential tips to help you choose safe baby products with confidence.
Minimizing Waste, Maximizing Nutrition: The Importance of Right-Sized Breastmilk Storage!
As we embark on the journey of nurturing your little ones, we understand that every drop of breastmilk is liquid gold, holding immeasurable benefits for your precious baby. Today, let's delve into a crucial aspect of breastfeeding – the importance of storing breastmilk in amounts that your baby consumes or less. This means, if your baby typically drinks 2-3 oz, store in 2-3oz bags, don't just put all the milk from 1 pumping session into 1 bag.
Empowering Motherhood: A Tribute to Moms on International Women's Day
As the world comes together to celebrate International Women's Day, we take this moment to shine a spotlight on the unsung heroes of every household – mothers. In the intricate tapestry of womanhood, your role as a mother is both profound and transformative. Today, we want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the incredible moms navigating the intricate journey of postpartum and caring for newborns.
Postpartum Tip: Don't forget to pee!
On this edition of "Things they don't tell you about birth and postpartum".... let's talk about postpartum pee...
After giving birth, more than likely you will quickly start to get a lot of questions and encouragement from nurses to use the toilet. Along with wearing diapers, it can start to feel like you are are being potty trained all over again! In some sense.. there can be some bladder re-training that needs to happen, but mostly, we just want to make sure everything is working properly and that it continues to work properly.
Turning Newborn Snuggles Into Mindfulness
The benefits of mindful meditation has been all the rage in the past several years. There are endless studies and personal testimony of mental and physical improvements with the implementation of a mindfulness practice. As a parent of an infant, it can be difficult to feel like you have any time to yourself, let alone even entertain the idea of beginning or continuing a mindfulness practice.
Baby's Second Night (dun, dun, dunnnn)
As a Mother/Baby (postpartum) Nurse working overnight in the hospital, I have had countless calls from parents of newborns during their second night of life thinking there is something wrong with their baby. Their baby who was content and slept all day yesterday is now awake all night, fussy, can't be put down and has been acting hungry all night. The reaction I get from first-time breastfeeding parents is usually concern that their baby is obviously hungry and they must not have any milk!
Postpartum Abdominal Changes
The postpartum belly undergoes arguably the most drastic and abrupt physical change the human body endures. The pregnant uterus spends 9 months stretching skin, ligaments, muscles and squishing organs. By 36 weeks of pregnancy your uterus is at it’s highest point at the sternum, tucked up close under the ribcage.
Perinatal Mood Disorders -It's Not Just Postpartum Depression
There are many misconceptions about perinatal mood disorders and these illnesses very often go undiagnosed. What birthing people need to know most is that YOU ARE NOT ALONE! This is so much more common than you realize.
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- Prenatal Health
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- postpartum
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- Siblings
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- Pregnancy
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