What made you want to become someone who encapsulates placentas? After the traumatic birth of my first child in 2012, I struggled with Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Anxiety. I was young and was not aware of placenta encapsulation at the …
How to Handle Toxic Family, Baby Visitors & Unsolicited Advice in Your Postpartum
When you come home from the hospital after having a baby, you can feel a lot of things. Feeling uncertain about parenting, worrying about milk supply, and experiencing emotional ups and downs due to hormones can be exhausting. Now enter …
Will Postpartum Depression Happen To Me?
No one wants to hear the words “postpartum depression.” But it does exist, it is real and the more we talk about it, the better things go for everyone. “The Baby Blues” is the normal period of sadness that impacts …
5 Ways a Postpartum Doula Can Improve Your Health
Did you know that hiring a postpartum doula could actually be good for your health? Doulas aren’t just there to attend to baby—they make sure that you’re getting the care the mom and dad need too. Along with education, simple self …
52 Ways a Postpartum Doula Brings Sanity and Support
Having a baby is the most life altering experience! Families find themselves having so many emotions and needs and the support of this transition is so poorly recognized. Enter the Postpartum Doula! So what exactly is it then that we do? …
To the Breastfeeding Mom who is Tired, Anxious and Weary
Dear Tired, Anxious or Weary Breastfeeding Mom, Recently, I was asked what was hardest about breastfeeding. I thought and thought about it. I had half a dozen different answers at least! Initially I thought it was for sure the tongue …
4 Reasons Every Mother Needs Acupuncture After Birth
Licensed Acupuncturist Megan Burns with Healing From Within Acupuncture, located in Vancouver, shares with us why every mama needs acupuncture after birth (no matter how old your baby is really!) Why Get Acupuncture After Birth? Pregnancy and birth are powerful …
The Fog of the Newborn Season
I was pregnant and I was terrified. We were pregnant again straight on the heels of a miscarriage. Hardly anyone knew. I had a very minor bleed one October night and panicked. I’ve never gone from fine to bawling so …
7 Things You Really Need to Bring a Newborn Home
Ready to bring a newborn home? Let’s talk about the only things you really need: You see them all the time, advertisements for newborn items that are a *must have* or are *essential.* Do a quick internet search and you’ll see slideshows …
The Number One Thing to Prepare for Baby’s Best Sleep
Kaylan Adams with Big Dreams Sleep Coaching, tells us how to prepare for baby’s best sleep! Sleep when baby comes?! How do we do that? Sleep can be hard to come by when you’re pregnant. You can’t find a comfortable position, …
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