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Are Childbirth Classes Necessary?
Are childbirth classes REALLY necessary? The answer is a little complicated. No, you don’t have to take a childbirth class in order to have a successful birth or a healthy baby. You will have this baby with or without a childbirth class. And yes, it’s still helpful to take one. Yes, all of these things can…
Read MoreIs My Baby Getting Enough Milk?
I’ve seen all the recommendations for how much milk a baby should eat at each stage, but I’m exclusively breastfeeding and don’t measure out how much my baby gets. How do I know if my baby is getting enough milk? How do I know if I’m producing enough milk or if I need to supplement?…
Read MoreSpoon Feeding Your Baby
It’s not uncommon for new parents to encounter feeding hurdles like sore nipples, difficulty latching or keeping the baby latched in the early days of parenthood. Some of the challenges may require that a family look into an alternative means of milk transfer to provide their infant with nourishment. Spoon-feeding is a feeding method that…
Read MoreWhy Am I PEEing So Much?
“I’m not sure if my water broke or if I just peed myself AGAIN.” “I swear I got up to pee 10 freaking times last night!” Who knew that urine played such a big part during pregnancy? And it’s not just the baby dancing on your bladder that causes this to happen. •The blood flow…
Read MoreGet Naked
Hospital gown? Your own clothes? One of those nursing gowns on Amazon? Or just simply naked. Curious what other people wear when they have a baby? That varies widely. You definitely don’t have to wear a hospital gown if that sounds restrictive or too much like a ‘sick patient’ for a very healthy event. No…
Read MoreGolden Hour
For photographers, the golden hour is a time of day in which the sunlight softens and everything it touches warms underneath its glow. But in the first hour of a newborn’s life, there’s a different kind of golden hour that occurs where biology works a kind of magic that might surprise you all the same.…
Read MorePush It Real Good
“What if I fart while I’m pushing?” “Oh, but my darling, what if you poop?” We get it. Pooping in front of people sounds like the kind of nightmare most of us would like to avoid. But what if we told you that pooping and farting in labor and delivery is something your nurses and doulas…
Read MoreBreastfeeding While Entertaining a Toddler
Feeding an infant can feel all consuming and completing exhausting. Add a busy toddler in the mix, and it might seem like things have reached a whole new level of chaos. With the newly appointed big sister or brother, you might quickly find that they are frustrated or jealous of the extra time that baby…
Read MoreWhat’s the Formula for Feeding a Baby?
Infant formula is often called an alternative to breastmilk, which implies new parents always choose breastmilk as their first choice for their baby’s food. The times they are a changing! When the topic of infant feeding comes up during our time with parents, we find that they are nervous to broach the subject. There are…
Read MoreQuestions to Ask Someone Who Just Had a Baby
As with any big life event, new parents have so much to process. In the middle of the exhaustion of figuring out this new baby in their home, they get questions like, “So, you’re breastfeeding, right?” or “Did you avoid the epidural?” Maybe those sound innocent, but the bias included can lead to added feelings…
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