Krystyna Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 7:39 AM
I was reminded again yesterday how prevalent the stigma still is around the struggle after a baby is born: baby blues, postpartum depression, onset of anxiety in the postpartum period...
The transition into motherhood is hard. The first child is pretty shocking, even if you have a good support system. Nothing can prepare you for the overwhelming emotion and experience of holding a helpless newborn, the blood that is dripping out of you for the next few weeks, and then learning to breastfeed on top of all that. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman: Posted on Friday, May 13, 2016 8:10 AM
I wish someone had told me just how leaky postpartum
was. Now, I know we talk about this in
the Bradley™ classes we teach because it was such a shock to me after the birth of our first Sweet Pea.
Quite frankly, I
don’t remember hearing about all the different ways things drip out of you
after you birth your baby when we were Bradley™ students (and, twice!! Two teachers and no mention of this). I wonder if you, like me, just think that
postpartum is going to be sparkly and magical because the pregnancy is over and you are
holding your baby. |
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Posted on Thursday, October 17, 2013 9:18 AM
I hope you enjoyed our Mommy Con recapin lieu of a "Birth News" installment last week. Here are the articles I have collected that I thought would be of interest to those of you TTC, currently pregnant, or getting close to welcoming your babies. This week was also Remembrance Day for families that have experienced the grief of loss. I open this post with an event to honor their brief passage through our lives.
Remembrance Service for Miscarriage, Pregnancy Loss and Infant Loss
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:33 AM
Cassandra and I were part of the "media" contingent at MommyCon LA Babywearing World Record Event on Sunday, October 6, 2013. We had such a wonderful time walking the floor, meeting vendors and being inspired by the wonderful speakers as we looked and listened to bring all the happenings back to you. See the bottom of this posts for links to more of the activity!
At 2:00 pm, the third person to take the stage on Sunday was January Harshe, founder of Birth Without Fear, sponsored by Nüroo. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:59 PM
 Did you know that there is a national organization advocating
evidence-based care and humanity in childbirth? I first became aware of ImprovingBirth.org when they held their first rally
last year. In order to bring awareness
to the maternity health care crisis in our country, the organizers chose the
date of Labor Day for the national event.
This year, they are truly nation-wide – there is at least one rally planned in all
50 states, and as of today, it looks like they are up to eight international locations. |
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Shara Cohen-Sandhu: Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 12:02 PM
This post
was written as part of Sweet Pea Birth’s "In Their Own Words" series.
For more info on the ITOW or if you want to participate, contact Krystyna
Bowman: krystyna{at} sweetpeabirths {dot} com. Today's
post is about breastfeeding after a cesarean. The
breastfeeding ITOW series runs through the month of August.
Shara Cohen-Sandhu is fun-loving, red-headed
mama to two lovely girls and wife to one busy Coach. She is an advocate of breastfeeding,
co-sleeping and attachment parenting, and she is active in the Phoenix-area ICAN
chapter. |
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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Friday, August 03, 2012 5:16 AM
 This post was written as part of Sweet Pea Birth’s "In Their Own Words" series. For more info on the ITOW or if you want to participate,
contact Krystyna Bowman: krystyna{at} sweetpeabirths {dot} com. Today's
post is about persevering through breastfeeding challenges. The breastfeeding ITOW series runs through the month of
August.
Katie Newton is an alumni mom from our Fall 2011 Class. She and her husband have three children. See more of Katie's "random thoughts and mutterings" by visiting her blog, |
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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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Krystyna Robles-Bowman, AAHCC: Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:37 AM
 I made the mistake of serving sweet gooey treats for snack
in class tonight. It got really quiet
after we did our labor rehearsal – oops.
So what are ways of increasing your energy during pregnancy,
or additionally, your labor, if you are feeling low energy?
Abdominal
Breathing We talk about it often in class – deep abdominal breathing
is one of the best ways to increase oxygen in your body while still maintaining
a deep level of relaxation.
Chest breathing wastes a tremendous amount of energy. |
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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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