Coconut Oil Increases Beneficial Properties in Human Breast Milk
I found this article in my inbox and I wanted to share with my readers. Lately, I’ve been using my coconut oil as a moisturizer and have loved it. It smells good and there aren’t any chemicals in it! Come to find out, it’s good for breast milk too. I typically buy my organic extra [...]
Tallahassee Placenta Encapsulation Workshop
I am really looking forward to March 31st and April 1st because Stephanie, of Mama and Baby Love, and I are hosting a placenta encapsulation workshop that will be taught by Amanda of Full Circle Placenta Encapsulation. I am really interested in learning more about the placenta in general, and in particular how it can [...]
Tallahassee: Baby’s Friend or Foe?
I listened in on a very interesting conference call today. The call was about Best Fed Beginnings, which is an effort to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support mothers and babies to be able to breastfeed. This project will address the need to improve hospital practices to support [...]
On Perfection and Love
Am I the only one that gets overwhelmed when seeing and reading the 8 million blog posts, facebook updates and links? I start asking myself, “What is it that we are really looking for?” It seems to me that most of these blurbs are about how to do this or that thing better, more efficiently, [...]
My Hero’s Journey: The Call
When I was 33 weeks pregnant or so, I had a prenatal appointment with my lovely midwife at our local birth center. I don’t remember anything about our visit except that I started crying while talking about the upcoming labor and birth. I was scared. And when she asked me exactly what I was afraid [...]
Mama’s Comfort Tea (and an embarrassing VLOG)
Here is a dorky vlog I made for you touting a delicious tea. It’s modeled after Aveda’s Comfort Tea and it also reminds me of Yogi’s Calming Tea. If you make it, let me know how you like it! Tea Mix Recipe 1/2 c + 2 Tbs licorice root cut 1/2 c peppermint leaf cut 1 Tbs [...]
3rd Trimester Swelling
Facebook was helping me reminisce today of the past six years of my life. 2009 nine was a year of epic proportions (in my life anyways) because my son, Gabriel, was born. Of the photos in 2009, I found two to make me laugh aloud. Please join in the giggles… The toes on the left are [...]
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