You’ve been working diligently to be healthy during pregnancy, you’ve been reading books about breastfeeding and you’ve attended your childbirth education class. Now you’re learning all there is to know about postpartum recovery. It’s great you’re getting a head start on what to expect during postpartum life! In this post, I outline some of the…
Cultures around the world utilize belly binding as an essential part of postpartum care. Techniques vary, but most involve starting with an application of a warming paste on the abdomen. Then, winding a strip of muslin cotton around the abdomen we form a frontal ‘spine’ with a series of knots. We always start from the…
When the time comes, your labor mindset matters. We often spend a lot of time researching pregnancy, but less time is spent on preparing our minds for labor and giving birth. Women were remarkably designed to birth their babies, and for most mamas, our bodies go right ahead and do that without us really needing…
