Using essential oils during your labour can be a wonderful way to support what your body is doing in a gentle and holistic way. If you are new to the […]
Birth
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Just found an absolutely COOL website – especially for any of your birth/symbol/art junkies! This is just perfect. The site is called Visualizing Birth. It’s a collection of art and […]
Pre-term labour is defined as labour that begins earlier than 37 weeks of gestation. If you are reading this, then I’m guessing that you’re already experiencing some contractions earlier than […]
One of the most important things to remember when choosing the health provider who will deliver your baby is that you want to find a person who has a similar […]
First I have got to say that I’m delighted to be writing this post. For the longest time, homebirth really wasn’t an option on my area so I didn’t do […]
As sometimes requested, here is the recipe for Groaning Cake from Ami McKay, author of The Birth House. Her moving novel is set in Nova Scotia, in eastern Canada, and […]
In my prenatal yoga class, I am often asked if there are specific yoga postures that would be good to do use during labour. The answer is a resounding yes. […]
Marie here – today’s article is a guest’s post is by my friend Yael Quittner of A Mother’s Instinct in New York city. She is an experienced hypnobirthing instructor, hypnotherpist […]
I am reading “The Brain That Changes Itself” and thought this bit is very relevant to the work we do. I know it is long, but very interesting I thought. […]
Most of you have heard me going on and on about the power of oxytocin in healing, bonding and labour. As you might recall, oxytocin is the “love hormone,” but […]
“Add as much cayenne as you can handle, put on your coat and boots and get ready to meet that baby of yours!” The amount of cayenne in this recipe […]
Here are some options so that in the event of medical intervention and surgical birth you can promote a calmer and more positive experience. We know natural birth is healthy […]
Can something you eat actually cause labor to begin? For more than twenty years, women have gone to Scalini’s Italian restaurant in Cobb County, Georgia, with one thing on their […]
Here are several abstracts on the antibacterial properties of vernix. There’s a good reason why babies should not be bathed right away after birth. The power of vernix is truly […]
The other night one of my hypnobirthing couples asked me about the breast crawl. They thought that when their daughter is born, they would simply put baby to breast immediately, […]