Blog & Updates on Vancouver Prenatal Classes
COLOSTRUM HARVESTING: Eight Things to Consider
But while helpful for some people, colostrum harvesting during pregnancy is not necessarily a good idea for everyone.
Why shouldn’t everyone harvest their colostrum?
Read our latest blog for 8 things to consider when you are thinking about whether or not to try antenatal colostrum extraction.
Editorial: The High Caesarean Rate
The World Health Organization states that the Caesarean rate should ideally hover around 10%. Anything lower means parents and babies who might benefit from Caesarean births are not getting enough access, and anything higher means too many surgeries are being performed without any improvement in maternal or newborn outcomes.
Q: How do I know if I really need a medical procedure?
Q: How do I know if I really need a medical procedure? I’m worried about being subjected to unnecessary procedures, but also worried about refusing something I might actually need. How do we make these decisions?
Ecstatic Belly Birth!
In keeping with the Ecstatic Birth approach, Caesarean birth has the potential to be positive, empowering and ecstatic! How is this possible, you may ask? Having an Ecstatic Birth isn’t based on a particular set of circumstances, a specific outcome, or about birthing in a certain way. Ecstatic Birth is an invitation to turn our relationship to birth upside down and inside out to provide a pathway to feeling empowered, joyful and connected.
Childbirth-Related Trauma and PTSD
Being traumatized during childbirth is much more common than most people think. Unfortunately, trauma is one of the hidden costs of childbirth, a cost that women often bear in silence and without recognition or support.
Unexpected but Wonderful: My Caesarean Birth Story
I gave birth to a baby girl named Ellie on November 2nd, 2020. My birth story turned out a bit different then I had originally planned, and planned I did.
