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...
Picking Prenatal Care - FPs
There are a number of prenatal care options available to women in Hamilton.
Midwives
Obstetricians (aka: OBs)
Family Practitioners
General Practitioners & Obstetricians in tandem
Each of these options is slightly different but knowing which one you want to use is a very important decision to make and one you may need to make almost as soon as the lines show up on the...
Early Labour Project - Groaning Cake
When you think of birthing, what comes to mind? Is the a sweating, flushed woman with a look of mild terror on her face screaming out in pain? Is it a swollen woman in a hospital gown with wires coming out of her?
It's OK, most people think the same thing.
What if when you thought about birth you imagined a woman in a kitchen quietly stirring a bowl of batter? Every 5 minutes or so she stops stirring, puts her hands on the edge of the counter and leans over, groaning and swaying her hips back and forth.
For many women, especially those who choose...
Little Bird
Are you looking for deliciously cute baby and children's clothes? Do you have a some very special baby and children's clothes that are still in amazing shape? Little Bird is your solution!
Little Bird is a consignment boutique in Hamilton that specializes in high quality, nearly new clothes. When they sell your items, you get 40% of the final price.
Check out their website for instructions on making an appointment to take a look at your clothing.
They also accept and sell maternity clothes.
You can find Little Bird at 164 Ottawa St. N in H...
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Picking Prenatal Care - OBs
There are a number of prenatal care options available to women in Hamilton.
Midwives
Obstetricians (aka: OBs)
Family Practitioners
General Practioners & Obstetricians in tandem
Each of these options is slightly different but knowing which one you want to use is a very important decision to make and one you may need to make almost as soon as the lines show up on the...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Picking Prenatal Care: Midwives
There are a number of prenatal care options available to women in Hamilton.
Midwives
Obstetricians
Family Practitioners
General Practioners & Obstetricians in tandem
Each of these options is slightly different but knowing which one you want to use is a very important decision to make and one you may need to make almost as soon as the lines show up on the stick.
Midwives
I’ll...
Affirmations: There is a power...
"There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don’t ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it"
Sheryl Feld...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Welcome To Birth In The Hammer
When I was pregnant with my first son, I had no idea what my options were. How do you get a midwife? Did I need an OB? What’s a doula? Where the heck can I buy maternity clothes? And that was just the tip of the iceberg. Many years later I’m much wiser, but I’m still learning.
I’m hoping that Birth In The Hammer will help you figure out what you need to know while you...
