Happy Friday!
“Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver
5 Fun Breastfeeding Tips
Before I get to that, can I just say, to all those parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc whose kids just completed their first week back to school – we did it. It may not feel like you survived, but you did. The schedules, forgotten backpacks and homework folders, meeting new teachers, “no you cannot go… Continue reading 5 Fun Breastfeeding Tips
Happy Friday!
See Enice’s whole poem here. May we all be able to not only dream our dream, but one day live it too.
More Classes!
I’m super excited to announce more classes for the coming months! I’m teaming up with Beth at Leela Yoga for a birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding workshop series at her beautiful yoga studio. Beth is also teaching her regular Prenatal Partners class for pregnant women and birth partners in September. Sign up for all of these workshops… Continue reading More Classes!
World Breastfeeding Week
When you start seeing a lot of breasts on your facebook feed, you know something is up. Luckily, it’s World Breastfeeding Week, not summer break photos. The theme of this year’s week is to make a “concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work.” As you may imagine, I’m excited by this… Continue reading World Breastfeeding Week
Links and Updates
I just took a little break from Island Midwife and did something I rarely do, I watched TV. Not only did I watch TV but I watched a whole season of a show. I won’t say which because it’s a little embarrassing, but Satisfying, like eating a big thing of chocolate, except now I feel… Continue reading Links and Updates
Happy Friday!
“It’s interesting how we often can’t see the ways in which we are being strong.” – Lena Dunham
Coming up: Labor and Birth Class on Saturday!
This past weekend we celebrated my girls’ 7th birthday. 7!! The evening before their birthday, around 11pm, I have always smiled at the thought of when my labor started with the POP of my water breaking. This was surprising because there is such a wide window of time when labor starts for twin babies (mine… Continue reading Coming up: Labor and Birth Class on Saturday!
Coming Up: Postpartum Class this Thursday!
I finally finished up my postpartum care series posts and I really know one thing, it’s difficult to decide which aspects of postpartum to focus on because there’s so much that needs to be said! We didn’t even talk about the specifics of caring for a newborn! Many people spend a lot of time preparing… Continue reading Coming Up: Postpartum Class this Thursday!
Postpartum Care Series: Postpartum Mood Disorders
I’d like to start a series of posts about postpartum care. Because I’m pretty sure people will not stop having babies anytime soon, these topics are important to everyone since we are all affected even if you aren’t a parent. We continue the march toward being kind humans to one another and the postpartum time is… Continue reading Postpartum Care Series: Postpartum Mood Disorders