Hypochlorous Acid: From First Aid to Eczema to Acne and Everything In Between
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Imagine this all-too-common scenario: You’re at the playground meeting up with friends and your 3 year old trips while running on the pavement and scrapes up their knees and palms. At the same time, your 8 year old steps on a honeybee and gets a sting. Shortly after you get home, you realize all three […]
THE FOUR PRINCIPALS OF POSTPARTUM HEALING
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Preparing for postpartum is one of the most underrated yet impactful things you can do to influence your experience of new motherhood in a positive way. That’s a big claim, and I stand behind it through and through. Perhaps you’re already well-versed in postpartum healing and have a good sense of what’s to come, but […]
NIGHT WEANING: CONSIDERATIONS & IDEAS
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MAMAHOOD PERSPECTIVE What a topic, right? You are exhausted. You all need more sleep. And, your nipples are screaming that they cannot stay all night in your child’s mouth, any longer. Infant/baby/toddler sleep & how it relates to nursing has to be one of the most variable & individualized topics there is when we’re talking […]
PRENATAL SUPPLEMENTS: Nourish Your Body And Baby, Rock Your Pregnancy
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SUPPLEMENTING IN PREGNANCY I’ll cut out the introductory fluff and get straight to the meat: prenatal vitamins and supplements are incredibly important to supporting and SUPPLEMENTing pregnancy nutrition. I emphasize supplement, because these recommendations are not meant to be the end all be all of your pregnancy nutrition – they are meant to be IN […]
MORNING SICKNESS: THE TOP NATURAL REMEDIES
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…that may or may not work, at all. I am being facetious here because I know many women who felt little to no relief from “the nausea and vomiting of pregnancy,” as morning sickness is called in medicine, no matter what they did. If you are one of these women, I am so very sorry. […]
THE BIG LETDOWN: UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING YOUR MILK EJECTION REFLEX
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Do you feel your letdown? What does it feel like to you? I feel my let down in my breast as well as my head. In my breast it feels like a pins + needles tingly tightening, and in my head in feels like a wave of G-forces / the bottom of a rollercoaster heaviness, […]
LABOR AID: FUEL YOUR BIRTH
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LABOR AID: A DELICIOUS, MINERAL-RICH ELIXIR TO RECHARGE YOU THROUGHOUT BIRTH Labor and birth are energy-taxing events that require tremendous amounts of physical, mental, and emotional stamina. The notion that women “should not” or worse, “aren’t allowed” to eat or drink freely during labor is illogical and dangerous. Illogical because bodies doing the hardest work […]
THE TOP 3 SUPPLEMENTS FOR YOUR NEWBORN’S FIRST YEAR
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The instinctual drive to keep your baby safe and healthy is one of the strongest we have. We love these little humans and want to give them the best possible environment for them to thrive. Whether your baby is a delicious, fuzzy newborn, or a fiery, teething nine-month-old, here are three supplements you can consider […]