November 2012 | Katharine Deeb // Jacksonville BIRTH DOULA

Pregnant Women, Have No Fear!

http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2012/08/08/pregnant-women-have-no-fear/ The time has come for you to trust your strength, endurance, and intuition. Empower your body to ride the journey of both pregnancy and labor with a dynamic yoga practice! (click to read a great article by Tiffany Chambers-Goldberg, one of my favorite yoga teachers, on yogatuneup.com)

Omega-3s may reduce postpartum depression

http://www.examiner.com/article/omega-3s-may-reduce-postpartum-depression According to the National Alliance for Mental Illness approximately 80 percent of women experience a mood disturbance or postpartum blues following pregnancy, and up to 15 percent of women suffer from postpartum depression. A recent review published November 15, 2012 in theCanadian Journal of Psychiatry suggests that increasing their intake of omega-3 fatty acids during and after pregnancyContinueContinue reading “Omega-3s may reduce postpartum depression”