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Natural Birth V.s. The Epidural (Part 3): How Hormones affect bonding and parenting

In my last post, I talked about the Hormonal Blueprint of labor. This “blueprint”, if you will, guides the body into it’s natural, normal labor and birthing process. And then in turn, sets us up with a nice “cocktail” of hormones that get us to bond with our baby, to feed and care for it. [...]

Posted 27 June 2009 † beth § Breastfeeding § Labor ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Yogic breathing can help During Labor and Postpartum

I recently received a wonderful email from one of my prenatal students after the birth of her beautiful baby girl.   She raved about her daughter and relayed to me a story of her birth along with her experiences at the hospital. She used such positive energetic phrases to describe her birth experience, and I [...]

Posted 30 May 2009 † beth § Birth Stories ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Year After Childbirth

I am reading a great book called The Year After Childbirth: Enjoying Your Body, Your Relationships, and Yourself in Your Baby’s First Year, by Sheila Kitzinger. I recently ordered several of her books online through Amazon, and this one, as many of the others, is published awhile ago, in 1994. The fact that it was [...]

Posted 14 March 2009 † beth § Postnatal ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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