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Certified Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
Conveniently capsuled dried placenta used as medicine for the postpartum period:
Increases milk production
Reduces the Blues & depression
Aids in recuperation & healing
Casting services (more description)
pregnant bellies
baby hands
mother/infant hands
Lactation counseling
Help with your specific needs ensuring success
Birth tub rentals
Benefits of water birth:
Warm water promotes deep relaxation
Warm water reduces physical discomforts
Buoyancy of water lessens the effects of gravity
Water increases mobility
Water relaxes the pelvic floor muscles
Pushing is usually easier & shorter
Blessingway
Information on how to host a Blessingway, a symbolic alternative to the traditional baby shower. Usually hosted before a woman goes into labor, but can be done afterwards for the transition into motherhood. Its roots are from the Navaho and help prepare women for the journey ahead. I do mine with a Christian approach. It is a beautiful way to honor womanhood, motherhood and femininity. The mother is nurtured and blessed.
Birth Beads
A tradtition from Africa, birth beads were hung from the rafters of the birthing hut and as each woman went in to give birth she could hang onto the rafters and/or beads. Doing so gave her strenghth and confidence to do the work of birthing.
Today it is a strand of "beads" (or trinket or bauble or some other such item) that is passed from one pregnant mother to another so she can gather her strength before going into labor. Each mother adds her own item with the understanding that whatever she places on the strand must be something she is willing to let go of just as we let go of our children later in life. It is ideally something that "speaks" to the mother that she is willing to share.
Temporarily having the "beads" encourages a woman as she has tangible evidence of others who have preceeded her. She knows she can get through birth.
After the birth of the baby the mother writes her story in a journal that is also shared along with the "beads." Women love to read about birth and this is also encouraging.
As the keeper of the beads (and journal) I keep track of who has them and keep them safe in between births.
Conveniently capsuled dried placenta used as medicine for the postpartum period:
Increases milk production
Reduces the Blues & depression
Aids in recuperation & healing
Casting services (more description)
pregnant bellies
baby hands
mother/infant hands
Lactation counseling
Help with your specific needs ensuring success
Birth tub rentals
Benefits of water birth:
Warm water promotes deep relaxation
Warm water reduces physical discomforts
Buoyancy of water lessens the effects of gravity
Water increases mobility
Water relaxes the pelvic floor muscles
Pushing is usually easier & shorter
Blessingway
Information on how to host a Blessingway, a symbolic alternative to the traditional baby shower. Usually hosted before a woman goes into labor, but can be done afterwards for the transition into motherhood. Its roots are from the Navaho and help prepare women for the journey ahead. I do mine with a Christian approach. It is a beautiful way to honor womanhood, motherhood and femininity. The mother is nurtured and blessed.
Birth Beads
A tradtition from Africa, birth beads were hung from the rafters of the birthing hut and as each woman went in to give birth she could hang onto the rafters and/or beads. Doing so gave her strenghth and confidence to do the work of birthing.
Today it is a strand of "beads" (or trinket or bauble or some other such item) that is passed from one pregnant mother to another so she can gather her strength before going into labor. Each mother adds her own item with the understanding that whatever she places on the strand must be something she is willing to let go of just as we let go of our children later in life. It is ideally something that "speaks" to the mother that she is willing to share.
Temporarily having the "beads" encourages a woman as she has tangible evidence of others who have preceeded her. She knows she can get through birth.
After the birth of the baby the mother writes her story in a journal that is also shared along with the "beads." Women love to read about birth and this is also encouraging.
As the keeper of the beads (and journal) I keep track of who has them and keep them safe in between births.