https://cupofjo.com/2017/10/erica-chidi-cohen-pregnancy-advice/ A conversation with Erica Chidi Cohen feels like one big pep talk. A doula, author and co-founder of LOOM (a education hub for pregnancy and parenting in L.A.), Erica has attended more than 300 births. “You’d think after so many years I’ve had my fill of babies,” she says. “But I’m always overwhelmed by the pure joy that fillsContinue reading “‘Ten Things I Always Tell Pregnant Women’”
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Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital
https://www.consumerreports.org/c-section/your-biggest-c-section-risk-may-be-your-hospital/ Consumer Reports finds that your risk of a cesarean section can be more than nine times higher depending on the hospital you choose. The most common major surgery performed in the U.S isn’t to remove an appendix or replace a knee. It’s to deliver babies by cesarean section, or C-section. Roughly one out ofContinue reading “Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital”
4 HUGE BENEFITS OF AN UNDISTURBED FIRST HOUR AFTER BIRTH
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/05/02/4-huge-benefits-of-an-undisturbed-first-hour-after-birth/ The first hours after a baby is welcomed into the world may have short- and long-term consequences. Evidence has shown that newborns who are placed skin to skin with their mothers immediately after birth have better respiratory, temperature, and glucose stability, and significantly less crying that stipulates less stress. “Because the first hour after birth is soContinue reading “4 HUGE BENEFITS OF AN UNDISTURBED FIRST HOUR AFTER BIRTH”
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