Hypnosis for Birthing Center of Cape Cod

02/14/2026

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01/18/2026

Respect!

No, I'm not going to cover up while I feed my children. Maybe you should have listened to your mom when she told you not to stare at people. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Do you eat in a bathroom or under a towel? Babies six months and under are actually at risk of suffocating when covered up while nursing. A woman feeding her child should never make you feel uncomfortable.

01/18/2026

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🧠👶 Holding a sleeping baby provides comforting, predictable, nurturing touch (affective touch) that calms the baby’s nervous system, reducing stress hormones and strengthening the communication between the prefrontal cortex (PFC) (rational thought) and the amygdala (fear/emotion center). This builds a strong PFC-amygdala circuit, teaching the brain that stress is manageable and signals safety, which fosters better emotional regulation and reduces the likelihood of an overactive fear response, thereby lowering risk of future anxiety.

🗂️How Holding Strengthens Connection:

📑Calms the Nervous System: Gentle, consistent touch stimulates the release of oxytocin and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting calmness and reducing cortisol (stress hormone) levels.

📑Build Neural Pathways: This soothing input, especially during sleep when the brain processes emotions, helps form stronger, more efficient neural pathways between the PFC and limbic structures like the amygdala.

📑Provides “Scaffolding”: A caregiver’s presence acts as external regulation, helping the infant’s immature central nervous system manage stress and build its own regulatory capacity.

🗂️How Holding Prevents Future Anxiety:

📑Better Emotional Regulation: A well-connected PFC can effectively “talk down” the amygdala, preventing overreactions to perceived threats.

📑Creates a “Blueprint” for Safety: Consistent positive experiences teach the infant’s brains that the world is safe and supportive, not threatening, creating a resilient foundation against anxiety.

📑Reduced Amygdala Reactivity: This early buffering effect leads to less intense fear responses and fewer “meltdowns”.

PMID: 33584178

What are your thoughts on this research? Does this resonate with your own experiences?

For educational purposes. This content is based on publicly available scientific research.

12/11/2025

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12/02/2025

So many ads and Fox "news" posts. They are not invited here and I apologize for them. I will try to monitor better so that you are just getting support and resources for childbirthing and nursing.
Thank you for your patience.

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07/11/2025

One of the biggest pitfalls we see again and again… If your baby is feeding more than the books or relatives tell you they should, it's probably completely normal. But if it goes against what you’re being told “should” be happening, it can be really distressing.

Do I have enough milk? Why is he so hungry? Is she not getting what she needs from me? What if my milk’s not good enough… It’s really easy to slip into a dark place.

Simply because we haven’t been given the right information.

Professor Amy Brown - Breastfeeding Uncovered and Emma Pickett IBCLC say it best:

"Breastfed babies feed lots, and I mean LOTS. If you listen to great aunty Mable she might tell you babies should be fed every four hours on the dot. Indeed, in the 1950s babies were brought from the nursery to their mother every four hours for a feed.

You’ll still find books telling you this is how babies should feed. However, this advice, quite simply, is nonsense." Prof Amy Brown

"Somehow, somewhere, new mothers got the message that the gap between when a baby stops a breastfeed and the time they start to need another one matters a very very great deal. 24 hours a day.

It seems to matter beyond all logic and reason. They see this magic number – 90 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours – as a measure of something sacred. And it’s crap." Emma Pickett

Your baby’s tummy is tiny, breastmilk is easily digested, and babies feed for comfort, antibodies, pain relief and all sorts of things as well as food. Some days, it might feel like feeding is all you do.

The more milk we remove from the breast, the more we make. Regular and effective stimulation, especially in the early months, helps establish milk supply for the months ahead.

So get water, snacks, the remote, get comfy, and get ready to whip those magic b***s out way more often than you might think is reasonable.

Trust your body, and trust your baby!

Read Amy and Emma’s articles, read what other mothers have to say on the matter, and find the info and reassurance you need here https://human-milk.com/pages/frequent-feeding-is-normal

And if you have still concerns, you’ll find the support you need here https://human-milk.com/pages/find-breastfeeding-help

03/04/2025

I've been teaching this for a long time. When they switched the rules to early introduction "to prevent peanut and other allergies", allergic reactions ROSE. Breastfeeding exclusively for as long as possible until the baby's immune system is ready to handle solid foods, then only in tiny amounts.

Mom's milk changes with the child's growth to provide all the nutrition and immunity support necessary! Here's info from the article:
"Notably, the proportion of cases induced by peanut and egg exposure rose suddenly in prevalence around 2017, when guidelines began to recommend early introduction for higher-risk children in an attempt to prevent IgE-mediated allergy.

The number of new egg-induced cases went from just six in 2016 to 13 in 2018, 16 in 2019, and up to 37 in 2023 across the four institutions participating in the registry in the southwestern U.S., reported Gail Tan, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. The trajectory was similar for peanut-induced FPIES.

"That does coincide with our recommendations for early food introduction," Tan told MedPage Today, although increasing awareness of FPIES could also be at play to some degree. "We can't really assume causality," she said. "Further study needs to be done to see whether there's an association with that or not. And it's interesting because this trend has been seen in other countries too, like Japan."

Large registry suggests an upward trend starting with new guidelines

08/08/2024

21 Sept @ 2:30p
Mel and Di's retirement party!
29 years of love!
You are all invited, we'd love to see you!

38 MA-134 #1, South Dennis, MA 02660

08/06/2024

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NEC very rarely occurs before a baby has been fed. Formula feeding significantly increases the risk of a baby developing NEC, but formula manufacturers do not put a warning on their containers.

08/04/2024

In October, 1995, I opened my psychotherapy practice at Mill Way in Barnstable and practiced there for 19 years. Within a year, I'd added the Hypnosis for Birthing Center of Cape Cod, a four-class education plus hypnosis series, aimed at giving moms an empowering, confident birth experience.

Diana and I opened the Community Acupuncture on Cape Cod space in 2014. I moved my practice to a small office within that space and have been happily continuing my careers there.

I am awed by the strength and courage that each person has in choosing to take their steps to healing.

So many beautiful, moving birth stories were created by so many woman! I've been so blessed to be asked to accompany people on their challenging journeys whether it was birthing their babies, or birthing their own search for peace and understanding in their lives.

I'm honored to have been entrusted with a supporting role. I have no words for the profound experience of the privilege of helping to hold others' pain and joy. I have learned so much from every client in these 29 years! I have cared deeply for each and every one, and have loved them all.

It seems like yesterday that it all began, and yet here we are at the last days. It's been a wonderful journey and I'm looking forward to a very different focus. Retirement will be full, I'm sure, with more relaxed time with Diana, more travel time together, and I welcome my own transition to life's next steps.

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08/04/2024

Join us in celebrating 29 years of birth experiences!
After assisting over 200 babies into the world, I am honored to be retired. Thank you for teaching me so much!

I will continue sharing information with you as a resource for other mothers through this page and answer questions via email: mamasi@comcast.net

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