Sweet Peas, Pods & Papas
Postpartum
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, May 10, 2013 8:29 AM
It’s hard to believe…and I know, I say this every three months – Time Flies! We are almost finished with another class series. As we get ready to send another set of Papas and Pods off into the world to prepare for the arrival of their Sweet Peas, I wanted to write our “Wish List” for their Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby outcome.
What we hope you will remember: 1. You are a team. As a couple, you lovingly conceived your child. You have attended a trimester of Bradley Method® classes together to learn about the normal, low-risk process of pregnancy, labor and birth. |
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Posted on Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:28 AM
We see the beautiful newborn pictures taken by professional photographers of sweet sleeping babies. We ooh and ahh and maybe wish we had found someone to capture these days with our children.
 Here is what you do not see: the tired
mama, and probably papa, standing behind the photographer. They are not getting sleep between adjusting
to life with baby, learning how to breastfeed, and trying to figure out just
how often they are supposed to feed the baby.
How do you sleep when the baby sleeps? |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, April 19, 2013 11:42 AM
 Uterine Rupture.
If
you have had a previous cesarean, this is THE “drop” word for many care
providers when they have their “informed consent” talk with patients for
consequent pregnancies.
Today I want to take a look at several other complications related to labor and
delivery. If you are going to be
influenced by risk factors for uterine rupture, I think it is fair to look at
all the other risk factors in order to create a bigger picture and put things
into perspective.
Pregnancy is generally considered a healthy time in a woman’s life. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 8:33 AM
I am so excited to announce a monitrice service for couples that want
to have a natural birth outcome in a hospital setting. Jennifer Hoeprich, LM, is now extending her
skill set to families who want to stay home as long as possible before heading
to a hospital for their birth.
What is a monitrice? A monitrice is a professional, medically trained, labor support person, who
provides clinical monitoring within the home environment, including cervical
dilation exams, auscultation of fetal heart tones, and monitoring of general
well-being of mother and baby, during labor. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:16 PM
 The baby you have always dreamed of is here!
They are precious, tiny, and completely dependent on you! You cherish the opportunity to nourish them,
teach them, and wait for the day when they begin to interact with you by
smiling at you, making and keeping eye contact, your first shared laugh
together…all of these moments are priceless. Then something occurs to us - "when" is a matter of time. They are here
with you forever. You will never go back
to your life before baby. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, May 25, 2012 8:30 AM
On Tuesday I shared the things we have in our “ Postpartum Kit”. Last night’s birth circle topic was about the postpartum period…specifically the six weeks after baby was born. Here are some gems from last night to share with you:
Breastfeeding: Some moms set up a “nursing station” in the nursery. They stock it with water, snacks, books or magazines to read while nursing, nursing pads and nipple cream. One of the mom/Bradley™ teacher/doula suggested to set up more than one station because in her experience mom’s get tired of nursing in the same spot. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:33 AM
We said best wishes to another class last night...it's always hard to believe our group has been together for 12 weeks, and that the gatherings are over until reunion time.
I have never shared what is in our postpartum kit before, so here is a visual of what I put together to show our couples for them to consider keeping handy in the first few days after baby arrives:
Water: We suggest that coaches bring mom a tall glass of water or a full water bottle every time she settles down to nurse. |
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Krystyna Bowman, AAHCC & Wendy Diaz, AAHCC: Posted on Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:43 AM
 In the grand scheme of planning our homebirth, there was one
thing that Bruss was unsure about: placenta encapsulation. The idea of consuming a placenta after childbirth was absolutely an eyebrow raiser for me, too, the first time I heard
about it. After going to birth circle and researching some more, I came around to
the idea. Lots of moms testified that there was a positive effect on their postpartum period, going so far as to call them
their “happy pills”. I had postpartum
blues with both Ysabella and Bryan (incidentally, both of their labors were
augmented with Pitocin) and if there was a way to avoid that emotional roller
coaster, I was willing to try it. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:22 AM
 It breaks my heart to hear desperation in a new mama’s
voice, or to read that they are struggling with breastfeeding, or to know that
they are not getting enough sleep. It’s
a harsh reality check after the first few hours of euphoria after the baby is
born.
After a baby is born and the female body is flooded with
endorphins, a mama who has had minimal interference with the natural process
will be completely alert, awake and responsive to the needs of her newborn
child. Hopefully she gets some sleep
after the endorphins wear off. |
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Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 1:09 PM
 On TuesdayI posted some ideas to avoid birth trauma, mental
anguish and physical distress during pregnancy, childbirth and
breastfeeding. It is by no means a
complete list, however it’s a good starting point for thought and action.
As a general rule, the fewer interventions you have during
your birth, the easier your breastfeeding relationship will be to
establish. This leads to a mom who
recovers from her birth experience feeling competent in her abilities to
nourish her child. |
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