Your Birth Room and Tips to Improve It
Ideally, during your birth, nothing is inhibiting your oxytocin production and the fewer stress…
103: Pregnancy Sleep, Tips for Better Sleep
Listen Now Episode 103 Content and Overview Sleep isn’t just the key to waking up feeling well…
Skin to Skin Contact
No matter what type of birth you have, the most important thing after your…
The Evidence on Eating and Drinking During Labor
For a long time, it has been a common rule in hospitals that you…
Electronic Fetal Monitoring
During your labor and birth, your doctor or midwife will be monitoring your baby’s…
Prioritizing What is Important
Prioritizing what is important is focusing your attention on the bigger things and spending…
Autonomy
Autonomy may not be the first thing you think about when you think of…
Precipitous Labor and Birth
You have a vision of what you imagine your labor going like. There is…
Prodromal Labor
You spend nine months preparing for your labor and birth, and suddenly it is…
Birth Changes for the Foreseeable Future
COVID-19 has caused a lot of changes to birth plans over the past few…
Sugar
Sugar is a broad term for a lot of different molecules that make foods…
Drinks to be Cautious About During Pregnancy
You know that your drink of choice during pregnancy should be water. Learn the…
Coronavirus Update – Limiting Your Risks
Listen Now The current Coronavirus pandemic is ever-evolving and we are learning more every day about SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19…
Coronavirus and Pregnancy
Listen Now The current Coronavirus pandemic is ever-evolving and we are learning more every day about SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19…
How Blue Light Affects Your Pregnancy
Today, we are constantly exposed to artificial light that contains blue light that impacts…
Choosing (or Changing) Your Doctor or Midwife
Your care provider is the cornerstone of your prenatal care and birth experience. This…
Self-Care
Self-care may seem like a random topic to be tackling but if there is…
Traveling During Pregnancy
Traveling can be a big part of our lives from taking a trip for…
Will Eating Dates Help Your Labor?
Dates are the fruit of the date palm tree. They are a small oval…
When You and Your Partner Disagree
There is an infinite number of decisions you and your partner have to make….
Health Insurance
In the United States, the average cost of a vaginal birth is over $9,000…
Unsolicited Advice
People give advice because they want to help. They think they have some information…
Colds & Flu During Pregnancy
Being sick is never fun, but especially not when you are pregnant. There are…
Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy
Flu is short for influenza, an infectious disease caused by the influenza virus. In…
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