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by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff- Executive Director/CEO Healthy Child Healthy World www.healthychild.org
The irony of pregnancy is that the actual 40 weeks is referred to as nine months. This is an especially bitter pill to swallow in the last few weeks, when you may be inclined to remind friends, family and even strangers that, technically, you have been pregnant for 10 months.
But the reality is that the first few weeks, which doctors count as part of the 40, actually take place before you’re even pregnant. This is the time between the first …
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To wake a sleeping baby, yes, you would have to be nuts. Waking your baby while he/ she is sleeping to change a diaper is the last thing you want to do. Plus, waking your baby during their slumber can interrupt their sleep patterns- which is so vital to mom and dads’ sanity- and their long-term ability to develop a semi-normal one.
If you using disposable diapers nighttime changes will be seldom. Though, if baby does wake by themselves, I highly recommend a change as you don’t want baby sitting in …
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Second in a 3 Part Blog Series on the Pregnant Pause
by Stephanie Dawn, ASLP
Trust birth. I hear this a lot in birth circles on Facebook. It is the credo of a certain school of midwifery and the entire basis of the upcoming Trust Birth Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. As someone who has given birth twice, I get it. And as someone who supports expectant Mamas, Papas and birth professionals, what I see is that a lot of people don’t get it. They don’t trust birth. They don’t trust women, and …
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Sacred Pregnancy
By Anni Daulter- Author of Sacred Pregnancy
www.sacredpregnancy.com
What is a Sacred Pregnancy and why should I want one?
When I was pregnant with my second child, Lotus, I became obsessed with trying to find women I could connect with that knew about the sacredness of birth and the rite of passage process that every mother goes through, but few mark. My pregnancy craving was for that sisterhood that used to exist back in the day when women lived in tribes and pregnancy wisdom was passed down from mother to mother. …
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If you’re pregnant or just had your baby, the natural instinct to nest may be tugging at you. You want your home and nursery to be just right for your new baby. Unfortunately, those well-intentioned changes to the home, from painting a room to a full remodel are usually anything but natural. I’d like to suggest you don’t start your house and nursery projects while you’re pregnant or with a newborn.
The reason is simple: the fetus and newborn are sensitive at levels well below what an adult might tolerate. They …
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Welcoming a new baby can be a little bittersweet for your family if you already have a child or two. If your child has been a singleton up to this point, she’s been the center of your universe. And even if your child is the second or third (or more), being the baby of the family is a special and cherished role. Seeing a new baby usurp that position can be upsetting for a young toddler or even an older child.
Citrus Lane’s community of moms offers great tips for helping …
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With all the snazzy baby products out there, it’s easy for a first time parent to be overwhelmed and spend a lot of money and time on things that just complicate life—just when more simplicity is what you really need. Here’s a list I wish I’d had before our small apartment became cluttered with a ZILLION baby doodads. Truly, these few items are all one needs to be ready to roll.
1. His and Hers pre-packed diaper bags.
When on parent-at-large duty, one needs a diaper bag. Why a His and Hers? …
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We were 2 relatively new mom’s who were also teaching prenatal and mommy & me yoga at a very popular studio in Los Angeles. I’d had a spontaneous and completely unplanned homebirth (more on that some other day) and after the doula and midwife team left, and we waited for my cousin (aka the Calvary) to fly in from Phoenix, it became clear, that I just didn’t know enough about how to care for this newborn. In all my preparation, I was embarrassingly unprepared and feeling dreadfully incompetent. I, was also …
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In the first post in this three-part series, I explore the Circumstances for Moms Rising (working and returning to work after bearing a child or children).
In this post, I’ll explore how moms create value in the workplace and marketplace.
Moms Creating Value
The workplace does not typically care about where we are coming from, it cares about what we produce in the workplace. At its core, the workplace or marketplace is about creating and exchanging value.
Here’s where working moms, especially those who are returning to the workplace soon after childbirth, have much …
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Andrea is about the happiest, most upbeat people I’ve ever met. Two months post-baby found her confiding to me about her “leaky faucet” days – those days when the tears just wouldn’t seem to stop.
No question about it, pregnancy and the first year post-partum are doozies on a lady’s mood. Even for those lucky folks who are generally happy, it’s pretty unlikely that anyone can make it through two years of sleep deprivation, hormone shifts, crazy body transformations, and, oh yeah, having and caring for a baby without a few leaky …
