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New WHO publication on C-Section Rates
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Tomorrow at the CDH Center for Midwifery Care
Free class tomorrow evening for those families moving towards birth: It’s Not Just Another Day: Prepare Yourself for Labor & Postpartum with Amy Mager, MS, LicAc This Wednesday, March 25th 6:00-7:30pm Free and Open to All Please RSVP to Amy: 413.222.8616 or The scene is set: You are pregnant and awaiting the birth of […]
10 Meaningful ways to support yourself postpartum
Ten Meaningful Ways to Support Yourself Postpartum www.WellnessHouseNorthampton.com 1. Trust your Mama-ometer! You are THIS precious one’s mama. Others may know their baby best and you will know yours. 2. Connect with experienced moms who share your values. There are many world views around child rearing. Have […]
Acupuncture as a promising intervention in patients with chronic anxiety
This study http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25595195/ Concludes that “Acupuncture is a promising intervention for patients with chronic anxiety that has proven resistant to other forms of treatment”. I’m hoping it will be considered a go to treatment. If it helps when nothing else does, why not try it first or along with other treatments? Randomised controlled trial on the […]
Top Ten Reasons to Refer for Acupuncture during the Post-Partum period
Top 10 Reasons to Refer for Acupuncture during the Post-Partum period: 1. Nursing challenges: lack of milk, let-down difficulties, mastitis Colicky/fussy baby 2. Anemia and or tiredness, lack of energy. 3. Urinary incontinence/stress incontinence/dribbling urine 4. Lingering pain in the perineum, pelvic floor, hip or site of surgery Post-partum hypertension 5. PPD: Post-partum depression/anxiety/mood disorders […]
Induction isn’t all about the contractions.
Induction isn’t all about the contractions? What do you mean? The cervix starts out posterior, back, high and tight. The cervix needs to some forward, soften and ripen to support our contractions to be effective and help the cervix open. Nutshell mantra to support this? Softening, ripening, opening. When we support the cervix to soften, […]
Making a Mama – Fill your Tank
Trust Your Mama-O-Meter (AEM) Making a Mama- Fill your Tank When making a person, or mothering a person, fill your tank. No car runs on empty, and most run best when we haven’t hit the bottom of the tank. What do you do for yourself EVERY day so that when you are GIVING 100% (we […]
Amy’s Top 10 Postpartum Supports
Trust Your Mama-O-Meter (AEM) Amy’s Top 10 Postpartum Supports 1. Trust your Mama-ometer! You are THIS precious one’s mama. Others may know their baby best and you will know yours. 2. Connect with experienced moms who share your values. There are many world views around child rearing. Have women in your circle who hold up […]
Amy’s Top 5 Support Tips For Birth Preparation
Trust Your Mama-O-Meter (AEM) Amy’s Top 5 Support Tips For Birth Preparation: 1. Watch Funny Movies! This relaxes your jaw & your mouth which relaxes your pelvic muscles & the mouth of the cervix. Watch movies so funny they make you pee – relaxing is the goal! 2. Enjoy the prospect of breathing softness down […]
Baby is breech? Consider this along with what you are already doing.
Baby is breech? Consider this along with what you are already doing. Every thought we have, every emotion we experience, has a direct, measurable biochemical reaction in our body. Thank you Dr. Candace Pert. How does this affect breech babies?? Talk to your baby! Your baby is a precious, sentient being that understands everything but […]
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