Post Zombie Apocalypse Pregnancy: Here's What you Need to Know
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Having a healthy pregnancy post-zombie apocalypse can be a challenge. We’ve summarized a list of tips from some experts…
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What my midwife mentor taught me
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Janet Dirmeyer had been practicing for over 30 years when I started my clinical placement with her. She served on the Texas Board of Midwives and required her students to attend meetings.
Read MoreWhy does my side cramp? What your round ligament may be telling you
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A woman’s nervous system is more in tune and connected down the spine. When we feel stress or anxiety, it travels down to our bottom, pelvic floor area, and lower abdomen and tells those muscles to tense up. It’s a protective mechanism for our most vulnerable parts. Often, just an awareness of these muscles can bring us back to the present and help to release the tension. But it’s also nice to have a little help. Here are a few suggestions…
Read MoreHow to know if you can trust your midwife or OB
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Trust. It’s a big one. How should you know if your provider is trustworthy? According to researcher and author Brene Brown, it can be broken down into 7 key points.
Read MoreGuide to Essential Oils for Birth
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Aromatherapy has been used by healers and priests for hundreds of years to promote relaxation and create a sacred space. In birth, aromatherapy can promote physiologic birth by creating a calm, peaceful environment.
Read MoreWhat are postpartum visits like with the Cincinnati Birth Center?
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We believe quality postpartum care is crucial and America’s maternity care system is sorely lacking in this area.
Instead of offering just one or two postpartum visits, we offer five postpartum visits for home birth and birth center families.
Read MoreThe Only 3 Essential Oils you Need
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You open up a bottle of lavender, smell it, and go “Ahhhh” It’s perfect to calm anxiety and soothe nerves.
Read MoreDo midwives carry medications that would prevent me from bleeding too much?
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The definition of a hemorrhage during a normal vaginal birth, is blood loss of more than 2 cups in the first few hours after birth, or more than 4 cups within the first 24 hours afterwards.
Read MoreWhat to do and what NOT to do if you're exploring home birth as a first time mom!
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Women who come from families where natural birth is the norm tend to have straightforward natural births. Why? Because they’ve been thinking about birth as normal their entire lives. Some of us have to work hard during pregnancy to undo all the subtle messages we’ve been told-that our bodies don’t work well or we just aren’t strong enough.
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