Category: Birth
How To Detox After Birth Control
The decision to take birth control is a very private and serious one. Regardless of when or why we started, often times we may be uninformed about the wide range of effects birth control can have on our body. Usually, it’s not until we… Continue Reading “How To Detox After Birth Control”
The Natural Mom’s Postpartum Healing and Recovery Essentials
Postpartum is a time of transition when your body is unfamiliar and the little human you’ve been growing is learning the outside world and how to communicate. Everyone is tired. Everyone is messy. There’s beautiful, blissful moments and heart wrenching, dreadful moments. With so… Continue Reading “The Natural Mom’s Postpartum Healing and Recovery Essentials”
Prevent Miscarriage: Avoid These Daily Use Items
Miscarriages are heartbreaking. Planned or not planned pregnancy, you still experience a loss. Expecting a baby changes how you look at everything, so when you lose a baby, your whole world seems to fall apart. I personally experienced two early miscarriages often referred to… Continue Reading “Prevent Miscarriage: Avoid These Daily Use Items”
The Best Books To Read for Postpartum Wellness and Recovery
Postpartum seems to be one of the most neglected subjects when preparing a new mom for the transition to motherhood. It seems everyone wants to focus on pregnancy, birth, and mostly, the baby. However, one of the biggest impacts on mom and baby is… Continue Reading “The Best Books To Read for Postpartum Wellness and Recovery”
The Beautiful, Natural, & Unassisted Birth Story Of Our Second Child
It is so strange and beautiful how every pregnancy and birth has its own story. I always hear how different each pregnancy can be even for the same woman, but I had no idea how true that could be until I became pregnant with… Continue Reading “The Beautiful, Natural, & Unassisted Birth Story Of Our Second Child”
Natural Ways to Prepare Your Body for an Easy and Intervention-Free Birth
Pregnancy can be a beautiful experience. There’s the amazing experience of first kicks, your growing bump, shopping and preparing all the cute baby items (checkout my non-toxic baby registry), and, of course, meeting baby! However, some women experience anxiety when nearing labor. It’s no… Continue Reading “Natural Ways to Prepare Your Body for an Easy and Intervention-Free Birth”
C-Sections: What You Need To Know and Why To Refuse Unnecessary C-Sections
What Research Says About C-Sections and How To Mitigate Negative Effects C-Sections are a revolutionary medical procedure that have saved many women’s and babies’ lives. C-Sections are an important emergency tool, however, C-Sections should only be used as a life saving tool and not… Continue Reading “C-Sections: What You Need To Know and Why To Refuse Unnecessary C-Sections”
A Natural Mamas Guide to Postpartum Healing & Recovery
Being a new mom and experiencing postpartum was, and is, one of the strangest and most difficult transitions I have ever experienced. As someone already familiar with the world of parenting and childbirth due to my education (masters degree in infant and toddler mental… Continue Reading “A Natural Mamas Guide to Postpartum Healing & Recovery”
A Quick Guide On What To Read For An Empowered and Informed Birth
Modern birth has become scary, medical, and often, an experience mamas fear. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. There are many resources available to get educated and take power of your birth. After planning my last homebirth, and beginning to plan my… Continue Reading “A Quick Guide On What To Read For An Empowered and Informed Birth”
The REAL Reasons Moms Skip The Epidural
As a mama who wanted an unmedicated birth herself, I was curious why other moms took a similar path, whether a home birth or hospital birth. I surveyed the moms of Green Mama Life and here are the REAL answers! Not Enough Time Fast… Continue Reading “The REAL Reasons Moms Skip The Epidural”