Sunrise Birthing Center

Sunrise Birthing Center Safe, Sensitive Care for Pregnancy and Birth.Hello! I'm Karni Seymour-Brown, licensed midwife and fo
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06/07/2024

Thank you dearest Whitney L. Your description of our care and time together is received with gratitude and you are held in a special place in our hearts. Sunrise Birthing Center

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"My experience with Karni for the birth of our daughter was nothing short of wonderful. From my first meeting with her I knew I wanted her support & guidance through my pregnancy and when it came time for labor & birth. I looked forward to every one of our prenatal appointments and felt so safe, seen, and heard in every interaction with her. She helped us prepare for labor & birth not only with information and quality care but also with how she spoke to us, the questions she asked, and how deeply she listened to any and all of our concerns. I am someone who experiences anxiety when it comes to medical care and Karni always took extra time to make sure I was feeling relaxed before taking my blood pressure or discussing my options with testing and ultrasounds.

Our birth was incredible, hard, fast, and happened a bit early. I felt as prepared as I could have been even when labor started at 38 weeks. Karni & her assistant arrived at the perfect time and she came in and gently checked in on me without pulling me out of my focus. She was the calm and experienced guide I needed and I felt like she trusted me and trusted the birth process the whole time. Even when I started bleeding a bit more than ideal in the immediate postpartum (which was one of my fears), Karni expertly managed the situation, making sure my bleeding was under control, without me experiencing any anxiety in the moment as I held my new little babe. I look back on my pregnancy and birth with such awe and gratitude not only for such a wonderful experience but also for the incredible care my husband, daughter & I received from Karni. I will never forget some of the things she said to me in preparation for labor & birth that helped give me the courage I needed. I cried at our last visit together because I knew I was going to miss her. I will absolutely be working with Karni for the birth of my next baby."

03/15/2024

“Did you know that babies are born without established circadian rhythms?

What is a circadian rhythm? The term circadian comes from the Latin circa, meaning “around” (or “approximately”), and diēm, meaning “day”.

So, a circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle that helps regulate the time we are awake to be during daylight hours and the time we are asleep to be during nighttime hours.

Our circadian rhythms are under the control of a number of different hormones. Perhaps the most well-known sleep hormone is melatonin.

When the sun goes down, melatonin levels rise and make us feel sleepy. But, the pineal gland, the area of the brain responsible for producing melatonin, is immature at birth.

Research on the development of circadian rhythms has concluded that sleep-related circadian rhythms do not begin to emerge until the eighth week after birth.

Further research indicates that circadian rhythms are not well established until babies are around four months of age and not mature until one year of age.

This means that young babies can’t tell night from day and no matter what we do, the development of circadian rhythms is a developmental milestone that cannot be rushed.

However, mother nature is wise and she designed us to be synchronous with our babies, so while babies cannot produce their own melatonin, nighttime breastmilk is a rich source of melatonin.

Nighttime breastmilk contains substantial amounts of melatonin, whereas daytime levels are undetectable. This is one of the miraculous reasons that nighttime breastmilk helps babies fall asleep.

Babies fall asleep easily at the breast because it is the way mother nature designed them to fall asleep.

So, stop googling, “is it ok to breastfeed my baby to sleep?”, ignore the silly “feed, play, sleep” mantras and go ahead and nurse your baby to sleep. To all the mums reading this right now as you’ve just nursed your baby to sleep - you’re amazing! 💗”

P.S Tag a mama who needs this reminder today too 🤱

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10/01/2022

For months, your baby grew inside of your body. After birth, your body is still your baby’s home. Your smell, your skin, your warmth, your milk - all feel like home. Your body provides a safety net for all the new sensations your baby is feeling in the outside world: cold, hot, noise, hunger, pain. In fact, your baby has no idea for several months that the two of you are separate people! To your newborn, you are one being. When you think of it this way, it makes it so much easier to understand why a baby would want to be on your breast all the time. Many of you have heard the term ❤️. Keep those babies close. Offer your breast without reserve. This is the way nature intended it to be.




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A large study in more than 1 million mothers shows breastfeeding was associated with a lower risk of heart disease or stroke, or death from these diseases in later life.

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