Birthing Since Forever Maternal Care

09/26/2025

😂😍

09/22/2025

Seriously.

09/21/2025

I got this mouth model 6 months ago and it’s a great tool for teaching my Mamas how to latch!!🤱

I have had so many dogs and kids try to sneak my breast model from my bag over the years but so far no one has taken my crochet mouth! 😂

09/16/2025

It is so.

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09/07/2025

Wow! Big baby! 🤩

My biggest doula baby was 11 lbs 11 oz. This little man is over 2 pounds bigger than that!! Amazing!

Big miracle, big love! This is baby boy Annan born in our hospital on September 3. Annan is believed to be among the biggest babies, if not the biggest baby, ever born at St. Joseph's Hospital-South. This not so little man weighed in at 13 pounds, 15 ounces!

09/06/2025

In a remarkable display of life-saving biology, scientists have discovered that during a heart attack, a fetus can send stem cells to help repair its mother’s heart from inside the womb. These stem cells travel through the bloodstream and integrate into damaged heart tissue, promoting healing and reducing injury.

This extraordinary connection between mother and baby highlights the incredible ways the body protects life. Fetal stem cells are highly adaptable, capable of developing into the exact cell types needed for repair, including cardiac cells that replace damaged tissue. Early studies in animal models show significant improvement in heart function when these cells reach the injured area.

The findings could revolutionize regenerative medicine, inspiring new therapies that mimic the fetal healing process. Researchers are now exploring how this natural repair mechanism can be harnessed to treat heart disease in non-pregnant patients as well.

This discovery underscores the powerful biological bond between mother and child, revealing that even before birth, a baby is actively supporting and protecting its mother’s health in ways we are only beginning to understand.

07/16/2025

I currently have no top for my blender….😕

07/14/2025

Yup! My first baby had it twice around her neck and once around her chest!

Raise your hand if this is among the top ten questions you get from people considering a non-hospital birth.

Reposted from .labornurse

A nuchal cord is a medical way of saying that baby’s cord is wrapped around their neck. ⁣⁠
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This is something you’ve probably heard about and you may even know someone who had this happen during their birth. ⁣⁠
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❗This isn’t at all surprising because nuchal cords are actually quite common – occurring in a little more than 1 in 3 births!⁣⁠
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And even though the idea of the cord being wrapped around the neck seems very scary, in reality, the chance of any complications is rare. ⁣⁠
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Sometimes we know about nuchal cords ahead of time because they are seen on ultrasound, but in many cases, we don’t know until baby is born.⁣⁠
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👉🏻 The most common complication occurs during labor. ⁣⁠
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Basically, when the cord is wrapped around baby’s neck, it can be compressed during contractions, which in turn reduces the amount of blood (and therefore oxygen) that is getting to baby. ⁣⁠
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Often time, we see a decrease in baby’s heart rate on the fetal monitor, which tells us the cord is being compressed in some way - and many times we can intervene!⁣⁠
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🤔 Did you know that this usually isn’t a cause for complications during birth?⁠