"The way you think, the way you behave, and the way you eat can influence your life by 30 to 50 years."
-Deepak Chopra
Monday, October 3, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Flu Season?
If you feel a cold coming on pump your body with all natural herbs and immune boosters:
-Astragalus
-Citrus fruit
-Boiron coldcalm
Things you can do to help keep a cold away:
-Use a Neti Pot once a day
-Gargle with warm salt water
-Do Yoga
-Get enough rest each night!
-Astragalus
-Citrus fruit
-Boiron coldcalm
Things you can do to help keep a cold away:
-Use a Neti Pot once a day
-Gargle with warm salt water
-Do Yoga
-Get enough rest each night!
"Imagine if you sent your kids to the local swimming pool on ten different days in the summer. If your child was given complete CPR, oxygen, and a drug injection on nine out of the ten days he went there because the Lifeguard “thought” he was drowning, and he wasn’t, you’d get pretty upset. The fact that normal, healthy young women walk into the hospital to have a baby, and 90% of them came out looking like they’ve had major trauma, is ridiculous."
- Gloria Lemay
- Gloria Lemay
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Immune Booster
Juice of the day:
Knob of Ginger
1 Green Apple
1 Beet with greens
1/2 lemon
Scrumptious I use my fabulous Jack LaLanne Power Juicer for my juices
Monday, September 26, 2011
Morning Delight
1 frozen banana, 1 tspn cocoa powder, 1 tspn chia seeds, 1 tspn hemp seeds, 1 cup rice milk and a scoop of peanut butter in the blender = yum
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Natural Baby Wipes!
Natural Baby Wipes
2 cups warm purified water
1-1/2 tsp. natural plain castile soap (Dr. Bronner's for example)
1-1/12 tsp. natural baby oil or lotion
60 premium half-sheet paper towels
Mix liquid together, then pour over towels a few at a time. Store in an airtight container.
~ Oklahoma Midwives Association
Excerpted from Midwifery Today’s Tricks of the Trade, Vol. III
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/products/01TT3.htm
2 cups warm purified water
1-1/2 tsp. natural plain castile soap (Dr. Bronner's for example)
1-1/12 tsp. natural baby oil or lotion
60 premium half-sheet paper towels
Mix liquid together, then pour over towels a few at a time. Store in an airtight container.
~ Oklahoma Midwives Association
Excerpted from Midwifery Today’s Tricks of the Trade, Vol. III
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/products/01TT3.htm
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Coping with Loss of Pregnancy or Newborn
A great article about a topic which is often not given enough credit...
Coping with Loss of Pregnancy or Newborn
Coping with Loss of Pregnancy or Newborn
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Waiting for Baby
"Waiting for Baby" Meditation
This a great meditation exercise to remember to go with the flow of things
-Sit in easy pose facing your partner with your knees touching
-Put your hands out with palms touching
-Push your left hand into your partners right, and have your partner push his/her left hand into your right
-Sing: Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream
-Continue to sing together, out loud and have fun with it - laugh and smile
Your baby can hear you!
Do this for 3-5 minutes every day as you prepare for birth
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Exciting news! I have teamed up with Healthy Moms, Happy Babies!
Check out the website: Healthy Moms, Happy Babies
Healthy Moms, Happy Babies offers Doula, Lactation and Counseling Services for expectant and postpartum Mamas!
Check out the website: Healthy Moms, Happy Babies
Healthy Moms, Happy Babies offers Doula, Lactation and Counseling Services for expectant and postpartum Mamas!
Joy
What Gives You Joy?
Life will not, of itself, necessarily grant you joy. Life will give you
opportunities and challenges. It will offer you friends and present
you with experiences. It will ask you to work and require you to
feel, but it will not, necessarily, give you joy.
Joy is a state of the soul, the feeling beyond feeling which allows
us to know that it is right to be alive, that our living has meaning
and that we belong.
Certain people and experiences, certain spiritual disciplines, some
words we utter, certain movements that we make with our bodies,
have the capacity to bring us inexplicably and beautifully into the
state of immeasurable joy. Today, allow yourself to discover, to
seek, and to embrace those things that give you joy.
Life will not, of itself, necessarily grant you joy. Life will give you
opportunities and challenges. It will offer you friends and present
you with experiences. It will ask you to work and require you to
feel, but it will not, necessarily, give you joy.
Joy is a state of the soul, the feeling beyond feeling which allows
us to know that it is right to be alive, that our living has meaning
and that we belong.
Certain people and experiences, certain spiritual disciplines, some
words we utter, certain movements that we make with our bodies,
have the capacity to bring us inexplicably and beautifully into the
state of immeasurable joy. Today, allow yourself to discover, to
seek, and to embrace those things that give you joy.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk with an OB/GYN who has been in practice for over 50 years. We chatted about everything birth, including the fact that he is stunned about the current C-Section rate. I was blown away when he told me that when he was practicing, they would be "written up" if your personal C-Section rate was more than 4%. WOW! Have times changed...
Sunday, July 17, 2011
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Jackie and Matt are one of the warmest couples I have ever met. I imagine they are just one of those couples that everyone just loves because they're love for each other and for their children is so apparent and contagious! So when I was invited to the birth of their second child, I was thrilled.
The story of their birth of daughter Claudia was positive and they seemed very happy with how it all unfolded. Jackie's plans were pretty simple for this delivery. She wanted a natural, unmedicated, supported birth. We met a few times to discuss the "logistics" and practiced some imagery exercises for the pregnancy and upcoming birth. It was quite nice to see how confident Jackie was feeling about her body and her inner strength to get through another birth completely naturally.
March 22nd was the day I got the call from Jackie. She had been contracting quite a bit but wasn't feeling the intensity yet. She happened to have an appointment with the midwives that day and they determined she was 4-5 cms dilated. So they midwife sent her to the hospital being that this was her 2nd baby - it could be quick! So I met Jackie and Matt a few hours later at the hospital. We did some visualizations, some hula-dancing, some of this, some of that. But, contractions seemed to peter out and not much was happening - baby wasn't ready! Jackie and Matt were disappointed but decided it would be good to go home and rest while they had the chance. We all went home and got some sleep (I slept, I'm not so sure about the excited parents!)
The next morning, I heard from Jackie around 6am. Sure enough the contractions had intensified and she knew "this was it." so I met the soon-to-be parents of 2 at the hospital. Jackie was visibly in real active labor at this point. She was managing the contractions incredibly -- breathing through each one with her eyes closed, very focused. Matt and I applied a lot of counter pressure and hip-press action along with some massage. Jackie was so strong. Any nurse who walked in couldn't believe she was in active labor because she was so calm and collected. By 10am, she was ready to have her baby. We all "geared up" and helped Jackie into a comfortable pushing position. She pushed only a couple of times before she and Matt met their beautiful, healthy 9 pound baby boy -- Matthew Jr. How perfect it was. Jackie and Matt were overjoyed as they stared into the eyes of their boy and one another. It was a truly blissful experience.
The story of their birth of daughter Claudia was positive and they seemed very happy with how it all unfolded. Jackie's plans were pretty simple for this delivery. She wanted a natural, unmedicated, supported birth. We met a few times to discuss the "logistics" and practiced some imagery exercises for the pregnancy and upcoming birth. It was quite nice to see how confident Jackie was feeling about her body and her inner strength to get through another birth completely naturally.
March 22nd was the day I got the call from Jackie. She had been contracting quite a bit but wasn't feeling the intensity yet. She happened to have an appointment with the midwives that day and they determined she was 4-5 cms dilated. So they midwife sent her to the hospital being that this was her 2nd baby - it could be quick! So I met Jackie and Matt a few hours later at the hospital. We did some visualizations, some hula-dancing, some of this, some of that. But, contractions seemed to peter out and not much was happening - baby wasn't ready! Jackie and Matt were disappointed but decided it would be good to go home and rest while they had the chance. We all went home and got some sleep (I slept, I'm not so sure about the excited parents!)
The next morning, I heard from Jackie around 6am. Sure enough the contractions had intensified and she knew "this was it." so I met the soon-to-be parents of 2 at the hospital. Jackie was visibly in real active labor at this point. She was managing the contractions incredibly -- breathing through each one with her eyes closed, very focused. Matt and I applied a lot of counter pressure and hip-press action along with some massage. Jackie was so strong. Any nurse who walked in couldn't believe she was in active labor because she was so calm and collected. By 10am, she was ready to have her baby. We all "geared up" and helped Jackie into a comfortable pushing position. She pushed only a couple of times before she and Matt met their beautiful, healthy 9 pound baby boy -- Matthew Jr. How perfect it was. Jackie and Matt were overjoyed as they stared into the eyes of their boy and one another. It was a truly blissful experience.
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