If you find your self past your due date by 1 week and 2 days, your care provider will probably start a conversation about medical inductions. Medical inductions may be necessary but are not with out risk and potential complications….
Cervical Ripening
Acupuncture treatments preformed at week 37, 38, 39 and 40 weeks, have been studied and the research indicates that the baby becomes engaged in an anterior position, the cervix softens and dilates, and women go into labour within 4 days…
Doula 101
The profound mystery and spirituality of birth can never be understood with the mind, they are known through the heart. Thus, it is the Doula and her heart which ‘mother’ the mother when needed, allowing her to step outside of…
Third Trimester
The third trimester is about preparing and nesting for your new addition. Most women are in denial about labour in the first and second trimester, not giving it much thought. Now by the third, you are realizing that you will…
Second Trimester
For most women, at the beginning of this trimester you start feeling and resembling yourself again. Your energy comes back, although it may not quite be 100%, nausea dissipates, and some fears and anxiety may dissolve as you hit this…
Breech Babies
Between the weeks of 28 – 32 of your pregnancy, most babies turn into the head down position. Once they have turned, they usually stay in this position because their head is the heaviest part of their body. However, some…
The Baby Blues
During the course of a pregnancy you are constantly nurturing your baby with your love, energy (Qi) and nutrition. During the postpartum period you give anything you have left while breastfeeding, figuring out how the diapers work, and oogling over…
Nourishing Foods to Support Postpartum Recovery
Your body is amazing. It supported a new life for nine months, and then overcame a physical task unlike any other, to give birth to your beautiful baby. Now, your body is producing milk and adjusting to new hormones, sleep…
Miscarriage and Stress
Although some miscarriages are linked to chromosomal abnormalities, sperm antibodies, blood clotting disorders and anti-nuclear antibodies, 50 % of miscarriages are due to an unknown cause. Our chronic life stresses, ie. traffic, bosses, finances, will limit non-essential bodily functions, one of which…
Acupuncture Offers Relief for Discomforts of Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a joyous and exciting time but the enormous physical and emotional changes your body is undergoing can create uncomfortable symptoms ranging from nausea to back pain. Western medicine has little relief to offer for these common conditions of…
Where there is flow, there is no pain
BabyVibes Newsletter Tuesday, July 7, 2009 – B.C. and AB edition Pain management for labour When most people think of labour and birth they think of pain. The media has portrayed labouring women screaming in agony and fearfully resisting the…
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