Your Connected Birth

10/16/2024

What are YOU eating in the middle of the night when you’re up feeding the new baby?! These are the plates I have made for a recent client. They have a mix of things she likes and things she needs. I try to aim for something crunchy, something soft, something salty, something sweet, something high in protein, something with a little carbs, and a good fat too! I also like to add one little treat usually a chocolate in this case it’s one little package of fruit snacks that mom loves! I add something with good hydration on the side that isn’t water! What about you?! Are you staying fed and hydrated too!?

09/19/2024

Come join us for a meet and greet with the Fredericksburg Region's newest seasoned midwife, Rebecka Ockay! She brings 11 years of experience and a passion for honoring God's design for birth. With a background as a CPM, she attends about three births per month with her assistant. She’s also a skilled massage therapist with 17 years of experience, specializing in orthopedic and gynovisceral techniques. She is a certified yoga teacher who integrates yoga into her care as well. Come discover her love for teaching childbirth classes and learn about what she loves outside of her passionate work like her 3 greyhounds and making matcha oat milk lattes every morning. She's a cow and horse enthusiast who loves being outdoors hiking with her husband! We can't wait to see you there! Contact me personally if you have any questions about this meet and greet!

09/16/2024

Have YOU heard the news!?! This is wonderful for Dr. Emily DeRocco and the whole community!

Have you heard the news?!?! Dr. Emily is now the owner of BOTH Innate Beginnings Chiropractic AND Premier Birth Center Chantilly!

“I am incredibly excited - NAY - giddy with excitement at the opportunity to work with this team of amazingly dedicated midwives, nurses, and staff at Premier Birth Center Chantilly! I am fulfilling a lifelong dream of owning a birth center and helping to improve birth outcomes for my community. My chiropractic office and the birth center will continue to work side-by-side (literally!) to provide the highest level of personalized care ensuring everyone feels supported, empowered, and cherished during your family’s unique journey.”

08/23/2024

I met Sidnee on the train ride home from my 1/2 work, 1/2 play trip to Sunny Fl for over two weeks! She was a whole entire ball of all the emotions! ALL. OF. THEM!! 😂🙏🥰 I love how divine intervention works though she is just being a good friend headed to somebody who just had a new baby. She was telling me I don’t know what to do. I don’t even know why I’m going, but I want to be a good friend and try to help my friend. Do you have any ideas on how to help a new mom who just had a baby? I simply answered her and didn’t tell her my job at all. I’m so glad I sat next to her! At the very end of her trip, she was packing up for her stop and said by the way, what do you do for a job? You’re so peaceful and calm. You have great energy! I hesitated a bit, but I told her I was a student Midwife and Burth and Postpartum Doula now specializing in newborn and immediate postpartum care for moms too and I’ve been in the Birth world for 25 years helping new moms have babies and with their immediate postpartum. She was like “that makes sense so much sense for your life!! That’s your job of course it is!!” Everyone was looking at us at that point and she literally walked off the train right after that. 😂😂🥰- loved my time with her and so thankful we were both there at the same time!

07/26/2024

Have I mentioned how much I love my work!? I love supporting families! I don’t need acknowledgement and I don’t need praise. I was CALLED to support all families as they grow by one (or two, or more!) sweet blessing at a time!

07/16/2024

This is wonderful news for our local area! If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me!

We are thrilled to announce our brand new midwifery program, the largest of its kind in the area. Our dedicated team of midwives will offer patient and family centered care covering every aspect of your pregnancy journey. Our midwifery care also extends throughout all parts of your life, offering comprehensive services to meet your unique health needs. Read more about the program, and meet our here: https://www.marywashingtonhealthcare.com/our-services/medical-group/obstetrics-gynecology/midwifery-program/

07/15/2024

What was your most nourishing postpartum food? A lot of “my Mama’s” love bone broth soups and herbal teas. Comment below what you liked!

Midwife Rachel has some excellent suggestions about how to get more beef organs in your diet postpartum. They are so amazing for recovery after having a baby. ♥️🐄

07/04/2024

To follow up on my last post…here are some ideas for Postpartum Proteins.

Did you know… about 3 months before conceiving, through pregnancy and the first year postpartum mamas should be eating at least 80-100 grams of protein a day?

Just a sample of all of the great tips you’ll receive from Midwife Rachel throughout your pregnancy and postpartum year. 🌸

07/04/2024

A great Mom Hack for your Nesting Party! Haven’t heard of a Nesting Party!?! Let me tell you in the comments!

07/02/2024

It’s ALWAYS a woman’s choice to have an epidural for HER labor pain…it’s never a man’s choice.