Category: Health Services
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Improve the Health of your Baby with Prenatal Yoga
Prenatal yoga is great for mama, but we often don’t talk about how amazing it is for your baby when you practice. There’s this whole other person or in some cases persons inside of you soaking up exactly what you’re eating, drinking, feeling and doing. So, when you look at your pregnancy journey in that…
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Tis the Season for Inductions
It’s the most wonderful time of year, for inductions that is. Did you know that if your due date falls around a major holiday such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years or 4th of July you are more likely to be encouraged to have an induction? Let’s think about this for a moment, the fewest number…
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What to Read While You’re Expecting
The bible of all pregnancy books is considered to be What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff, and as a first-time mom it is definitely a great place to start, but by no means should it be the only thing you’re reading, no matter what kind of birth choice you’re hoping to make.…
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Reclaiming Your Birth Experience
Let’s have a quick fact lesson about birth in the modern world, particularly in the United States. What if I told you that nearly 75% of hospital births were medicated, (a.k.a. Epidurals and/or Spinal Blocks), and of those epidurals, 20% resulted in a cesarean (C-Section)? Let’s talk about inductions, did you know that over 30%…
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Call the Midwife!
Finding out you’re pregnant is the most exciting feeling especially for first time moms. Your eight week appointment can’t come soon enough, so you can confirm with your doctor, but then you have a big decision to make. Do you stick with your current care provider, or dare I say it, step out on faith…
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