postpartum
Five Steps to Prepare for Breastfeeding Before Having Your Baby
Breastfeeding is natural; however, it does not always come naturally for you or your baby. Doing the following five things before your baby arrives will help you start your breastfeeding journey on the right foot. Prenatal Insights offers a FREE Breastfeed with Confidence email course that goes in-depth into these steps. Be sure to sign…
Read MoreWhen Can I Have Sex?
By Dr. Betty DeLass, PT, DPT Jun 10, 2022 This is a great question that many important deciding factors go into answering. Let’s dive in! We get this question all the time. No shame, guilt or TMI here! WE LOVE HELPING people put intimacy back into their relationships! First off, we highly recommend seeing a…
Read MoreBenefits of Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga
By: Destiny S. Olsen BD(DONA), PCD(DONA), RYT, TPYT The sanskrit word yoga translates to yolk or union. The path of yoga is a path of union, union of breathe to the body, union of the mind to the muscles, union of the body, mind, spirit and ultimately, union of creation. For those of you starting…
Read MoreWhen Baby Dies—A Guide for Doulas
By Lindsay Dougal, CD(BAI), RYT A sometimes hard truth to swallow is the fact that death is a part of life. Even harder to acknowledge is the truth that babies are among those who die. In the United States, 1 in every100 pregnancies end in stillbirth (fetal death after 20 weeks gestation)—roughly 24,000 babies every…
Read MoreHow Sleep Impacts Your Recovery
Marietta Paxson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist as well as Baby and Toddler Sleep Consultant, and Founder of Little Dreamers. She has three children, a 4-year-old and 2.5-year-old twins. When she is able to sneak away you will likely find her curled up with a good book, soaking in the tub. By Marietta…
Read MorePlanning for Darkness: My Journey Through Postpartum Mental Illness
If you’ve ever had a baby or are in any way involved in the parenting community, it’s more than likely you’ve heard about postpartum mood disorders. Whether it be your own personal battle or one that you’ve seen in others, it has come to light recently as a growing issue in our communities. It is…
Read MorePostpartum Preparation
Postpartum Preparation By Destiny S. Olsen CD(DONA), PCD(DONA), RYT, TPYT Once your baby arrives you recognize the birthing experience has a big effect on how you transition into parenthood or how you integrate your little one amongst the family at home. Depending on your birth outcome you may be facing more recovery time than…
Read MoreIs My Baby Ready for Solids?
Is My Baby Ready For Solids? The golden rule used be introduce baby to enriched white rice cereal and/or Karo syrup (yes Karo syrup) sometimes as early as 2-3 months. Perhaps you have even been told by your pediatrician or mom friend to put a little rice cereal in your baby’s bottle to help them…
Read MoreWhen Love Makes Three
When Love Makes Three by Michelle Holmes As I leaned toward my husband to get a hug my enormous belly made it a completely difficult reach. I joked to my husband, “I’m sorry, I know I promised I wouldn’t let this baby come between us.” That baby, who turned out to be a 10+…
Read MoreOn Birth, Diversity, and “The Last Man on Earth”
It was just after 8 o’clock. We finally got the kids down to sleep after a long, chaotic day, and I decided it was time to unwind with a mindless episode of The Last Man on Earth. Do you know it? In a nutshell, it’s a comedic tale of a rag-tag group of people who…
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