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Congratulations on your pregnancy! As you prepare for your pregnancy, birth and postpartum, it’s important to build a supportive birth team to support you throughout this transformational experience. Choosing care providers that align with your birth goals and values is essential to having the experience you’re hoping for, so research your options and meet a … Read more…
Hi! Kristie here. 39.3 weeks pregnant and searching all the ways to naturally encourage labor and give this babe a boost to exit utero. The days are long and uncomfortable and bending to pick up after my toddlers seems like the most impossible task. So on the blog today, I have some insight about encouraging … Read more…
Writing your birth plan can feel like a daunting task. You want to make it concise and straightforward while still including all the necessary pieces. Before you even get to that though, be sure you have a care provider who is supportive and open to birth plans. If you have mentioned a birth plan to … Read more…
Pregnancy does a number on the body! From pushing organs up and out of the way to affecting one’s posture to restricting full-range-of-motion. There’s no question that pregnancy can be the root of discomfort. Thankfully, there is hope! Chiropractic care during pregnancy can help keep the spine, pelvis, and hips healthfully aligned in order to … Read more…
With so much emphasis placed on prenatal planning and nutrition, so little attention is focused on the mother’s postpartum period. A healthy postpartum is just as important as a healthy pregnancy for mother’s optimum rejuvenation and healing as she begins to care for her new baby. Just how can give your body the extra support … Read more…
There are a number of things that can be implemented or avoided to increase breastfeeding rates for new babies. These things range from baby being held skin-to-skin for at least the first hour immediately following birth, to opting not to send your newborn to the hospital nursery, to having a birthing team that is supportive … Read more…
How do I Achieve Safe Bed-Sharing? There’s a helpful La Leche League-designed infographic, here, highlighting the seven key recommendations for keeping bed-sharing safe for baby. The most important of these, in light of what was mentioned above, would be that mother is not under the influence of any substances, including tobacco-use. Due to the physiological … Read more…
As mentioned in the first part of this series, our society tends to work against us in parenting. New mothers are not well-supported by governmental and employment policies. Because of this, the early return-to-work often often leads to total exhaustion and desperation. This, in turn, leads to desperate measures such as allowing baby to cry-it-out … Read more…
If you’re a parent, you know sleep-training is a hot topic. Fueled with passion from both sides, some swear by it and claim that it’s the only thing that can be done to teach a child to sleep, while others say it’s not necessary and that baby will learn over time, without it. There’s so … Read more…
We polled a couple three-peat clients to ask why they chose to encapsulate their placenta three times with The Nurturing Root. Below you’ll learn why placenta encapsulation was worth doing over and over. Jillian, mom of 5 notes, “There are many benefits that I personally experienced with placenta encapsulation. My milk supply has been consistently … Read more…