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The first time my daughter had a seriously stuffy nose she was 7 months old. I tearfully panicked as she attempted to feed in the middle of the night, as was usual, and violently de-latched from my breast because she couldn’t breathe and suck at the same time. I did what any 1st time mother would do, “turn on the hot shower” I yelled, and off we went to open her nasal passages up long enough for feeding intervals.
That got us through that night, but the longer term solution involved …
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There are times when my comfort in stating that I am a full-time working mom is just not that great. I love what I do, I have a passion for it, but there can be pangs of guilt associated with it too. Usually when I travel or when I have to miss special events at school. I remember the first birthday of hers where I had to go into the office and couldn’t take the day off, she was two. It was a tough commute that morning for me. She …
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Becoming a doula really started when I was working as an EMT for an ambulance company on the Central Coast of California. I had the opportunity to go into the OR with a respiratory therapist to watch a caesarian birth. I will never forget the power of watching that baby come out into the world!
That was in 2002, and I eventually moved back to San Diego where I was able to shadow a homebirth midwife, as well as become a volunteer through UCSD’s Hearts and Hands Program.
I then moved into …
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I am thrilled to be involved with Pregnancy Awareness Month. As you probably know – especially if you have seen my movie “The Business of Being Born” – pregnancy and childbirth are to things I am very passionate about and I continue to work to empower women to have healthy pregnancies and births that are best for them and their babies.
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Parents will now be buckling their babies in their rear-facing car seats until they’re two years old if they take the advice coming from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP made the recommendation in the journal Pediatrics this morning. It’s based on study findings that showed children under two are 75% less likely to die or become severely injured in a crash if they’re rear-facing.
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New Services Packaged up for New and Expectant Parents
Any new parent will tell you it’s tough to navigate the maze of parenthood. As soon as you find out you’re expecting you’re hit with a ton of decisions. And your entire vocabulary will change. What’s a “onesie” or a “five-point harness” and why do you need either item? Now, you can hire a Baby Planner to help answer those questions, along with a myriad of others that may leave you feeling overwhelmed. You hire help for other areas of your life, …
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All of us at Pregnancy Awareness Month® have been honored and have enormous gratitude for the ongoing support and commitment that Dr. Alan Greene, MD, FAAP has so consistently lent to us and our campaign since the 1st year of PAM. We are constantly inspired by him and think you will be too, read on.
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The role of the birthing doula gained popularity from the studies of Dr. Marshall Klaus and John Kennel, illustrating the benefits of the presence of a doula during the labor process (Klaus, Kennel, and Klaus 1993). The doula phenomenon took force from groups of mothers searching for a better experience during childbirth. One of the most sacred roles of the birth doula is to preserve the memory that the mother and her partner will have of their birthing experience.
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When I began my first Internet company, an online magazine, in 2001, my goal was simply to entertain others while achieving my dream of becoming a successful entrepreneur. As I transitioned from web publisher to social media business owner, I realized the power of the Internet to not only provide entertaining content but share important, life changing information.
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Even though there’s been a lot written lately about artificial trees, I feel it can’t be talked about enough. Here’s a few I don’t hear others addressing, and it’s something that results from any vinyl (PVC) item, not just Xmas trees: Chemicals called phthalates, which literally unbind from the source, stick to house dust, and become ingested and inhaled with the airborne household dust. Anyone with vinyl flooring, vinyl blinds and black out curtains/drapes faces the same problem. Many people know that PVC is not good, but the contaminated dust …
