Newborn Essentials
Hey Mama, let’s chat about new baby essentials.These are my go-to’s for whenever you’re about to welcome a new baby. First of all we have Frankincense, put Frankincense on the crown of baby’s head with some fractionated coconut oil to help with cellular support and bonding. Then we have OnGuard, it’s a great oil to…
Read MorePostpartum Hair Loss
Hey Mama, let’s talk about that postpartum hair loss. Losing all of that beautiful and luxurious pregnancy hair, freaking out about the handfuls coming out in the shower or every time you brush your hair. Believe me, I get it. This can actually happen when there’s an imbalance of hormones. Don’t worry though, it is…
Read MoreSquatting in Pregnancy and Labor
Hey Mama, let’s talk about squatting. Someone asked me the other day if it was safe to squat in pregnancy and honestly I kind of chuckled. I’d never been asked that before, but she was pretty serious because her doctor told her it wasn’t safe. As silly as that sounds, let’s set the record straight…
Read MoreCollagen to Support Stretching Baby Bump
Hey Mama, let’s talk about stretch marks. Have you been told to use cocoa butter or certain creams to help prevent stretch marks in pregnancy? Did you know that stretch marks are really small tears in the supporting layer of the tissue under your skin as it stretches really tight in pregnancy. There’s no strong…
Read MoreBirth Ball
Hey Mama, let’s talk about a birth ball, yoga ball, or exercise ball, or whatever else you call it. Have you heard of using it as a birth ball? As a midwife I highly encourage all my moms to get one of these, they have so many benefits, such as relieving lower back pain, it…
Read MoreMysterious Dark Line on Baby Bump
Hey Mama, let’s talk about that mysterious dark line that goes from your sternum down to your pubic bone. Did you know that you had a dark line down your bump when you were pregnant? I got a message about this a few days ago and I thought I’d see if anyone else had this…
Read MoreNICU Moms Part 2
NICU Moms Part 2 After what seems like forever, the moment you’ve been waiting for, you finally get to hold your baby. It takes 4 or 5 nurses to maneuver all the wire, all of the tubing to place them in your arms skin to skin. You are in a place of pure joy and…
Read MoreNICU Moms Part 1
Hey Mama, this little chat is for all you moms that started out with plan A and now you’re on plan N for NICU. Whether you had a premie, your baby is sick, you have genetic or chromosome things going on with your baby, It doesn’t matter, the feelings are still the same. 3 of…
Read MorePart 2 Oxytocin vs Pitocin
Hey Mama, in part one we talked about oxytocin and exactly what that is, today we are going to talk about oxytocin and pitocin and the difference. Pitocin is a synthetic version of oxytocin, it’s a drug that mimics hormonal activity similar to oxytocin. Today it is mostly used in labor for labor induction and…
Read MorePart 1 Oxytocin vs Pitocin
Hey Mama, let’s have a conversation about Oxytocin. Oxytocin is your body’s way of giving you love, it even has a nickname as the love hormone. It plays a ginormous part in labor and birth. Oxytocin helps our bodies go into labor and stay in labor until we birth and even into your postpartum time.…
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