Earthstrong Ancestral Birthing

09/26/2023

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Some baby's are born covered in vernix, and others have none at all. Check out some of our favorite photos of vernix-coated babies.

09/25/2023

The birth of a new season…Happy Autumn 🍂
If you’re expecting a lil pumpkin soon, I am available for immediate booking for hospital and home births of all kinds 🧡🤎🧡

09/24/2023

Hampton Roads expectant mommas, I am accepting new clients again 🤰🏽🤰🤰🏻🤰🏾

Let’s talk. How can I help you to have an empowering birth experience?

10/18/2021

Doulas support birthing at home, in birth centers, AND at hospitals. A doula worth her salt is going to be well versed in recent evidence-based practice and practices trauma-informed care. Birth doulas support C-sections, labor with epidurals, and "natural" births. If you live in Beaverton

10/18/2021

Get yourself a Doula 💪🏽🤰🏽
For hospital or home birth. All of Earthstrong Ancestral Birthing Doula services are currently Pro Bono 😌

10/16/2021

Here is your reminder that, in hospital births, the need for medical intervention goes up because doctors are not trained in natural techniques for repositioning or birthing. Birth is not a medical event.

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🤡 bReAcH BirTh iS DaNgeRouS! 🤡

Here’s the facts: OB’s are no longer trained on how to deliver breech in medical school.🤯

Not only are they untrained, most have never seen a vaginal breech birth, (let alone a physiological birth)! 👀

What we don’t understand, we fear.

This fear is passed down to mothers, who tell their friends and family, and within a generation or two, the cultural consensus on breech birth is that it is DANGEROUS. ⚠️

In the words of in Man On Fire, there are two kinds of people: Trained and Untrained.🥇

It’s so important to make sure your provider is TRAINED and COMFORTABLE with the wide range of “normal” that birth brings.

🚩If your doc risks out everyone to induction or cesarean at the first sign of a variation, your chances of a vaginal, unmedicated birth are slim to none.

Know Your Risks:
Are there risks to breech birth? Yes!
There are risks to ALL birth.
There are also risks to Cesarean. 🔪(particularly if you plan on having more children).

If your doctor says breech is dangerous, ask them what the actual risks are. Ask for numbers... Chances are, they won’t know. 🤷🏼‍♀️

It is not a question of which option is “safe” and which option is “dangerous”

It’s a question of which risks are right for YOU. ⚖️

For example, doctors say head entanglement is a big risk to breech birth because the head is bigger than the pelvis. 👶 But the head is NOT bigger than the butt, pelvis and legs combined, which come out together (the pelvis does’t come out without the legs!)

📌Get Educated.
📌Get Informed.
📌Find the right provider for you.

10/16/2021

❕❕WHEN AND HOW TO INDUCE LABOR NATURALLY❕❕
Past your due date and completely out of patience?? If momma and baby are healthy, it is safe to try any of these techniques to induce labor naturally after 39 weeks.

Here are some things you can try to get that stubborn baby Earth side!
• ni**le stimulation
• walking
• acupressure/acupuncture
• sexual stimulation*
• bowel stimulation with castor oil
• raspberry leaf tea

*sexual in*******se is the most effective because when the pregnant person or**sm their brain releases oxytocin and the uterus will contract. Semen also contains prostaglandins which are in pills used to induce labor in hospital settings and will cause the uterus to contract.

10/16/2021

Hormones in Childbirth ⬇️

•Oxytocin: aka the “Love Hormone”, causes feelings of euphoria, aids in uterine contractions and bonding with baby, responsible for milk ejection

•Prolactin: peaks at start of labor, aids in milk production

•Endorphins: cause feelings of euphoria, natural pain relief

•Adrenaline: fight or flight response, gives sudden rush of energy for labor

10/16/2021

Oshun, Nigerian river goddess of fertility, femininity, divinity, beauty and love 🤍

10/16/2021

“In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves” 🌞