Bliss Baby Birth Services

07/31/2024

If breastfeeding were scaled up to near-universal levels, about 820,000 child lives would be saved every year. La Leche League supports mothers/parents to breastfeed.

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04/13/2023

04/12/2023

On Monday, April 10th, The White House released an official proclamation for Black Maternal Health Week 2023! As the founders of Black Maternal Health Week, the Black Mamas Matter Alliance is thrilled to have the support of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the White House for a third year in a row. We appreciate the administration’s commitment to eliminating disparities and creating an equitable health system inclusive of Black mamas and birthing people!

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02/24/2023

The Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap provides guidance to state leaders on the most effective investments states can make to ensure all children have the opportunity to thrive from the start.

01/25/2023

I love being “there” for new parents!

Doula support is more than “doing” something at every turn … it can be as simple as setting a mood or intention, or making an energetic shift happen (and of course, that is a skill) — and this will happen with the presence of a trained person who has built a relationship with the parents with the sole purpose of making them more comfortable and educated … and who is ABSOLUTELY determined to advocate if there is a need, to usher in the physiologic and emotional process of this particular birth, which looks nothing like any other birth before it…

Walk into a room while I am supporting a birth and you might think that I am just sitting there doing nothing. I won’t be talking. I won’t be touching the client. I won’t be using anything in my bag.

So what am I doing exactly?

🪑 Watching mom’s breathing and sometimes breathing loudly alongside her to remind her to slow down her breath

🪑 Scanning mom’s body during the contraction to make sure that she isn’t holding any tension

🪑 Monitoring the temperature and lighting to create the peaceful environment that she desires

🪑 Calculating how long it has been since she emptied her bladder

🪑 Thinking about how long she has been in her current position and thinking about the next position that she might try

🪑 Timing contractions to see if they are longer, stronger and closer together

🪑 Thinking about when mom and her partner last had a snack

🪑 Reviewing her preferences to make sure that everything is going according to her plan

🪑 Giving the couple space to connect on an intimate level (allowing for oxytocin) and/or guiding the partner to be the lead support

🪑 Updating notes and capturing labor flow

Sometimes just being fully present is enough. Sometimes just knowing I am there in close proximity is all mom needs to be able to relax and focus on what she needs to do. Sometimes just holding space for them in an unbiased manner allows for a noticeable shift in the energy of the room.

And the list goes on….

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04/27/2022

May 2022 HypnoBirthing Series
5 week / In-Person
Ridgeland, MS
Two slots available!

RVSP today:
Cassandra DeLarios Newman
601-278-9954

03/30/2022

Hospital stops telling women to lie on their backs and “push” during childbirth, reduces instances of severe va**nal tearing from 7% to 1%

By simply not pressuring women to lie on their backs and “push,” the hospital reduced the number of third and fourth-degree perineal tears from 7 percent to 1 percent, an 85 percent reduction.

Dot Smith, the hospital’s head of midwifery, blames the high number of tears on the misconception that women in labor need to “push, push and then push harder.”

Women in the program were encouraged to birth standing up, squatting or on their knees, which was the norm until the 1950s.

Midwives also encouraged them to breathe naturally through contractions instead of urging them to push.

Instead of pulling the babies out as soon as their heads emerged, the midwives let them come out at their own pace, while supporting their weight to reduce pressure on the perineum.

In an article called To Push or Not to Push, founder of HypnoBirthing Mickey Mongan says trying to “push” a baby into the world is counterproductive:

“Forced pushing creates stress for the birthing mother, which is self defeating in that it closes the sphincters of the va**na ahead of the descending baby.”

Mongan introduced the concept of mother-led breathing, in contrast to staff-directed breathing and pushing over 25 years ago:

She says there is overwhelming evidence today that directed or forced pushing results in:
* Mother fatigue
* Increased morbidity for both mother and baby
* Inefficient uterine surges or contractions
* Increased risk of hypoxia
* Fetal heart rate abnormalities
* Damage to the pelvic floor muscles
* Ruptures eye and facial blood vessels
* Tearing of the perenium
* Increase need for episiotomy

https://returntonow.net/2017/10/22/no-push-labor/?fbclid=IwAR0zO4BhJPQBNHybCrIP0vJwG9jYu2AbZNro6xljIyasfqGMNV_skPkcxv4

Hospital stops telling women to lie on their backs and “push” during childbirth, reduces instances of severe va**nal tearing from 7% to 1% Nine in ten women suffer some form of va**nal tearing during childbirth. In severe cases, they are left to suffer from incontinence and lifelong nerve proble...