Articles tagged with: Pregnancy Awareness Month
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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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Four years ago, when my wife, Jama, was pregnant with our first daughter, Adeline, we wanted to play music to her belly. Why? Well we weren’t really sure to be honest with you. We had a vague understanding that it was a beneficial prenatal practice – something to do with transforming our developing offspring into an off-the-charts genius (and our little Addy is a pretty quick witted 4yr old who is apt to harmonize – used loosely – to Rolling in the Deep, but whether or not that can be …
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As I write this a Fall wind is wrapping itself around my house. My six-year-old is back in school and I can hear my son, just two running around the yard. I smile briefly because I am in gratitude, thankful for a bit of silence and a moment of reflection. This past summer was crazy with traveling and lots of guests coming to stay with us and now I sit here alone and am reminded that it is important to go inward, reflect, meditate. I remember before I had children …
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Join us Tuesday September 20th at 7pm PST / 10pm EST
for a great #MayPAM Twitter Party with
Birth Day with Val and many special guests.
Twitter Party Theme “Recovering from Childbirth”
Questions to expect during the party:
What does recovering from childbirth involve?
Tell us your postpartum doula experiences – or give us your questions about that role
What are helpful tips to make the 1st weeks as a mother a successful one?
Why are essential oils and herbs helpful in the physical recovery postpartum?
PRIZE LIST
Prize 1
BBTS Gift Card
Prize 2
Birth Day Spray
Prize 3
Changing Mat
Prize …
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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 …
Headline, Nurture »
New moms can be your best resource in transferring crucial parenting and bonding techniques. After my daughter was born a friend came to visit with a gift, a bottle of Weleda Calendula Oil. She explained how it was the first oil that she used on her son and that massaging a baby daily had amazing data supporting its roll in brain development among other things. I recall her opening the bottle and smelling it and letting me too as she told me how the scent brought back beautiful infant massaging, …
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We’re happy to announce our Zevia Twitter party!
WHEN: July 26th at 7pm PST / 10pm EST
HASHTAG: #MayPAM
WHO TO FOLLOW: @PregAwareness and @Zevia
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Jerra Spence
Jerra is a blogger for MySugarFreeLife.ning.com and married to the CEO of ZEVIA. Follow her on Twitter at @sheworld
Katy Clark, also known as FitChefKaty.com
Katy is a Food & Fitness Lifestyle Coach and was a finalist on The Next Food Network Star. Follow her on Twitter at @fitchefkaty
Jules Blaine Davis
Read her blog at RenaissanceMamas.com and follow her on Twitter at @RMKitchenLove
WIN one of …
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When we think about healthy products for ourselves and our growing families, soda isn’t usually one that comes to mind. So what did a group of passionate, health conscious, soda-loving people do about it? Create an alternative!
ZEVIA is the original, zero calorie, all natural soda safe for expectant mothers, children, diabetics and everyone in between. This guilt-free beverage was created because, “it’s time to feel good about what you drink.” New studies have been posting on FB and Twitter citing the questionable link between weight gain and drinking diet sodas …
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When I go back 7 years ago to when I was pregnant with my first child, Jasper, it was very difficult for me to even entertain what life would be like postpartum. It was all I could do to focus on the birth. The postpartum period was difficult for me, but I never experienced what I would call depression. I did, however feel very alone, very cut off from my single friends and my extended family. I didn’t have any new mom friends and often thought, “My goodness, somewhere, in …
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By Alisa Donner, MSW, LCSW, Co-Founder P.A.M.
Anna and I used this title in one of our Expert Panels at this past May’s Kick-off Event for Pregnancy Awareness Month® on May 1st in Santa Monica, CA. It is a hot topic for me as I can clearly recall being at home with my newborn and thinking, “where is my call button?” Obviously, I was home, not the hospital, there was no switch for me to call anyone to come and be my human Google on “how to be a mom”. The …
