Are you pregnant? Have you thought about having a doula with you? Do you know what they do?
Check out Hamilton Doula Group to discover how a doula can help you have a fantastic birth - no matter what kind of birth you want to ha...
Picking Prenatal Care - Midwives
Join us for the first in our series on how to pick prenatal care in Hamilton. Find out the pros and cons of midwives and how you can get a midwife to care for you during your pregnancy.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tips for New Parents: Poop
Meconium is the name of the stuff your baby will poop out shortly after birth. Rarely, some babies have their first poop during birth and when this happens your baby will be closely monitored to make sure it doesn’t present any problems. Most of the time, though, your baby will begin pooping out meconium within a few hours of birth.
It is a colour green so deep it appears...
Affirmations: Things Turn Out Best
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
John Woo...
Birth Registration and Birth Certificates
Back when I had my babies, you had to remember, in the weeks after your baby was born, to go to City Hall and pay for a birth registration application. If your baby needed special care after birth or you had breastfeeding or mothering challenges that required lots of focus, remembering to submit the appropriate paperwork at City Hall may very well have completely slipped your mind.
In this era of online and telephone payments and digital applications, when you don’t even need to buy a physical ticket to get on a plane, walking into City...
Treating Pregnancy Pain
During pregnancy, it’s common to experience pain in your back, in your hips and in your pubic bone. Usually not all at once!
The back pain is usually in the lower back. Pregnant women experience more sacral pain, sciatica and general muscle tenderness than usual. If chiropractics and massage therapy aren’t working for you, you can consider working with an Osteopath.
Recently a client told me that her excruciating sacral pain was eliminated after visiting an osteopath. I always love hearing an enthusiastic recommendation for different services...
Affirmations: Most Beautiful Creatures
"Aside from new babies, new mothers must be the most beautiful creatures on earth."
Terry Guillem...
