Getting Enough Milk?

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1704559

EAT DATES for a SHORTER LABOR! Full Circle Midwifery Service has been recommending DATE consumption to our clients for about 5 years, and we think we see a difference in their labors! Date fruit has an oxytocin-like effect on the body, leading to increased sensitivity of the uterus. It also helps stimulate uterine contractions, and…

“YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE BIRTH–OR, REALLY, ANYTHING IN LIFE. YOU CAN, THOUGH, TAKE CHARGE BY KNOWING WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY… THEN PLANNING HOW BEST TO ACHIEVE IT.”

Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. A serious complication of pregnancy marked by soaring blood pressure and swelling of the hands and feet,…

Research Review: Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States January 30th, 2014 Today’s post on Science & Sensibility coincides with the release of a long awaited study looking at the home birth data collected by the Midwives Alliance of North America MANAStats project, 2004-2009.  Judith Lothian, PhD, RN, LCCE, FACCE reviews…

January 1, 1984  through  December 31,  2024 Plus 73 births attended in Allegan, Clare, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Midland, Missaukee, Shiawassee, Wayne & Wexford.