How to Write a Birth Plan: Be Prepared for Labor & Delivery

How to Write a Birth Plan

 

Does writing a birth plan seem overwhelming to you?

Do you feel like there are just too many options to consider?

Do you not even know where to start?

In this easy to follow guide, I give new moms great tips and tricks on how to write a birth plan that will be followed by caregivers, nurses, the birth team and other health professionals.  Put together a birth plan that is easy to read and follow so that your choices get carried out as you wish.  Have an empowered, satisfied childbirth experience where you and your partner are fully educated on the childbirth process and calling the shots.  You never want to feel helpless, or like routine hospital procedures are being done to you.  Instead, you will be prepared for a gentle and satisfying birth experience.  [Read more…]

9 Ways to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder

Do you winter months leave you feeling down and depressed?

Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD as it is appropriately called is known to plague 25% of Americans every fall/winter season.   Due to the natural decrease in sunlight in fall and winter this natural “winter sadness” is due to a decrease of Serotonin uptake in the brain. [Read more…]

How to End Your PMS – For Good

QUIT PMS

Do you severe cramping or get mood swings during your monthly cycle?

I have to be honest, I haven’t had a monthly period in 26 months.  I’ve been either nursing or pregnant for that long.  But, my monthly cycle came along this time and I was C-R-A-B-B-Y.  I was crabby, disgusted, and basically mad at the world.  Since that is not my typical demeanor I had nothing else to relate it to besides “that time” of the month.  [Read more…]

5 Tools to Raise Healthy, Happy Children

5 Tools to Raise Healthy, Happy Children

Unless some of us moms struggled with being really sick before having children sometimes being crazy, crunchy, and wild health conscious seems too difficult or seeming ridiculous to figure out.  I have found that after having children, moms become very in tune that their children may need some other things in their diets to stay healthy.  An increasing number of children have been diagnosed with ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies.  No one can deny it, the Standard American Diet is depleting the health of the each one of us and for sure the mother’s of many babies being born each day.  More and more babies are being born colicky and so sick that they get irritated by their own mother’s milk. [Read more…]

10 Essential Oils That You Can Use Everyday

Everyday Oils

As a childbirth Doula and a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, I frequently use essential oils for my clients and my own family.  Quality is very important to me.  That is why I only recommend one brand of essential oils.  Throughout my research, I have found that the quality of Young Living Oils is unique.  When I spend time around pregnant or nursing mothers or others with allergic tendencies or sensitivities, purity is even more important when choosing an essential oil.  I do not want any adulterated oils to be anywhere near my mamas or those who I am helping to recover their health.  I also do not want to spend money on oils that have already been diluted in a base oil. [Read more…]

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Are You Getting Enough Water During Your Pregnancy?

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2 Essential Oils that May Maintain Healthy Milk Production in Nursing Mothers

Essential Oils for Nursing Moms

 

Having a baby is such a blessing!  It is such an exciting moment to welcome a new little one into your home.   As mothers we want what is best for our children to grow and thrive.  Nursing can be a wonderful way to give our children our very best, our milk.  All nursing mother’s want to provide a healthy milk supply for their nursing babes.   [Read more…]

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DIY All-Purpose Natural Cleaning Spray

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I ditched conventional cleaning products a long time ago. [Read more…]

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