Embodying birth means shedding the layers of trauma, fear, and doubt, and rediscovering the profound wisdom within our bodies and our babies.
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Aside from feeding our baby with a “superfood”, breastfeeding is primarily a love relationship between mother and child. In order to love and care for our baby, we need to know them. Breastfeeding gently transitions us to our new role as mothers in this dance of love.
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Here's what we learned after being married for three decades. Though every person and every marriage is unique, still we’d like to share with you some practical wisdom we gained, which we hope can help support other couples throughout their newlywed years and beyond.
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A lot of new parents say that they're not sure how they will care for their baby or if they have enough love for their baby. We'd like to remind new parents that your babies don't expect you to be perfect. Basically they already love you as much as you love them.
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Lougee and Ali are like family to me. Four years ago, I was their doula for the birth of their eldest son at the hospital. The labor was more than 24 hours, but Lougee was a courageous and strong Momma, with Ali as her birth partner.
Today in Musings From The Womb, we are sharing a podcast called “Mommaland: Notes on Nurturing Life”, hosted by Adjeng Sarmiento-Buenaventura, featuring Lougee and Ali.
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Tata was my client for during her first birth, a natural gentle birth in the hospital setting, with her husband, Oli, gifting his love and presence. In this feature, we’ll be sharing Tata’s story of her second birth, and it is incredibly intimate and personal. As she relates and connects to her baby in her womb, you could feel the strong bond of the mother and child, her feminine instincts and power. She took charge of her birth, embodying and owning it in every step of the way.
This is the birth story as told by Tata through a love letter dedicated to her baby, Sophia.
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Preparation is key as one enters motherhood but it’s normal to be clueless on where to start so here are five tips that will hopefully help you jumpstart this adventure towards this new and exciting phase in your life.
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