Thrive Village Birth Services

08/14/2024

✨ Now Accepting New Birth & Postpartum Clients! ✨

Are you ready to embark on your journey to parenthood with confidence and support? At Thrive Village Birth Services, we offer comprehensive birth and postpartum doula services designed to meet your unique needs.

🌼 Birth Doula Support: From crafting your ideal birth plan to providing continuous emotional and physical support during labor, we're here to help you feel empowered, informed, and nurtured every step of the way.

🌿 Postpartum Doula Care: The early days with your newborn are precious and transformative. Our postpartum services include newborn care guidance, breastfeeding support, meal prep, and emotional support to ensure you recover and bond with your baby with peace of mind.

Don't navigate this journey alone—let us be your trusted partner in parenthood. Secure your spot today and experience the difference of personalized, compassionate care.

Visit the website down below to check out our services and schedule your free consultation!

www.thrivevillagebirth.com

*Can accept clients through United Healthcare Insurance

08/12/2024

August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month! Every year, the first week of August is celebrated as World Breastfeeding Week to highlight the vital role of breastfeeding in infant health and well-being, as well as a wider push for maternal health, focusing on good nutrition and support for pregnant and postpartum women. The theme for 2024, "Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All," highlights the importance of providing inclusive support systems to ensure that every mother and child can benefit from breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a natural and beautiful journey that offers nutritional and emotional benefits to both the mother and the baby. However, many mothers face challenges, are provided false information and are not given the support necessary to make the journey easier for them. It is imperative to address these issues, provide the necessary information, and share resources and support to help mothers succeed in their breastfeeding journey. 💜

08/07/2024

Did you know that breastfeeding provides significant health benefits to mothers?

08/06/2024

⭐️August & September Breastfeeding Events⭐️

𝟔 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

💛 Week 1 (August 1-7): World Breastfeeding Week & National WIC Breastfeeding Week
💛 Week 2 (August 8-14): Indigenous Milk Medicine Week
💛 Week 3 (August 15-21): Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week
💛 Week 4 (August 25-31): Black Breastfeeding Week
💛 Week 5 (September 1-7): Workplace Lactation Week
💛 Week 6 (September 3-9): Semana de La Lactancia Latina

𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 & 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔! 🎉

05/12/2024

05/03/2024

05/03/2024

Parents--need a little help with dinner? Join us for our NEW Circle of Parents programs! Each group meets weekly for a family-style meal and then we'll provide childcare while you hang out with other for an hour. Did we mention the meal + childcare are provided at NO COST to you? These support groups are for parents with kids ages 0-8 (older siblings are welcome to come along!). We'll see you next week!

*Wednesday, May 8, 5:30-7 PM at Classical Charter Schools of Wilmington, 507 N 6th St
*Thursday, May 9, 5:30-7 PM at First Christian Church of Wilmington NC, 2035 Oleander Dr

05/03/2024

When did your little one start sleeping through the night?

Reshare of this poll I did about night waking and night feeds.

10/06/2023

Atunci când cordonul ombilical este plasat în jurul gâtului copilului, indiferent de câte ori, în realitate, nu este o urgență deoarece copilul nu respiră încă singur, ci este alimentat cu oxigen din sângele matern prin cordonul ombilical înfășurat şi încă NETĂIAT şi nu poate să se sufoce.

De ce este posibil ca acest cordonul ombilical să funcționeze chiar și atunci când este înfășurat foarte strâns?

El este făcut dintr-un astfel de material, încât, chiar dacă este strâns foarte tare în timpul naşterii, niciodată fluxul sanguin nu se va întrerupe complet.

Poate că fluxul de sânge va fi redus pentru o perioadă scurtă de timp, dar bebeluşul tot mai primeşte sânge și se va recupera rapid de la lipsa scurtă de alimentare în timpul nașterii.

Un cordon ombilical scurt sau înfășurat în jurul gâtului nu va împiedica nașterea copilului.

În timpul contracţiilor, uterul, inclusiv placenta și cordonul ombilical, urmează copilul atunci când acesta avansează în bazin.

Deci, copilul nu este atârnat ca o lampă de tavan și are nevoie de o anumită lungime a cordonului pentru a ieși, ci, ca urmare a faptului că uterul urmează direct fesele copilului, cordonul este întotdeauna suficient pentru a avansa.

Și de îndată ce se naște capul, copilul poate și respira în caz de urgență.

În spital, se desface adesea cordonul ombilical chiar înainte de nașterea corpului.

Acest lucru poate duce, chiar dacă durează doar câteva secunde, la un efect de sufocare la copil (prin declanșarea așa-numitului reflex al sinusului carotidian cu scăderea ulterioară a ritmului cardiac și a tensiunii arteriale) și trebuie evitat.

Manipularea neglijentă a cordonului ombilical poate duce, de asemenea, la o contracție reflectorizantă a vaselor de sânge din acesta.

Este mai bine ca “temutul” cordon ombilical să fie lăsat în pace.

Bebelușii se nasc cu ușurință, chiar dacă acesta este înfăşurat în jurul gâtului de mai multe ori.

După ce copilul se naște, cordonul poate să fie desfăcut pur şi simplu din jurul gâtului.

Din cartea "Nașterea singură" scrisă de doctorul Sarah Schmid

O găsești aici:
https://www.librariascriitorilor.ro/books/details/557/nasterea-singura-sarcina-si-nasterea-pe-cont-propriu/1

Sursa foto Natürlich Mama

09/13/2023

Join me for the next installment of my Grandma's Hands® Quarterly Learning series:
September Topic: Cleansing in the Postpartum Period

Do you feel like you overindulged during pregnancy? Are you feeling the unrealistic urge to “snap back”? Learn how to support your postpartum body’s NORMAL metabolism, especially during breastfeeding, with herbs and foods that holistically aid in your healing and long-term nutritional goals. Thursday September 28, 2023 8PM EST

Reserve your spot TODAY Only $15 click the link in my bio: bit.ly/dbwQlearning

09/13/2023

09/13/2023

Event is cancelled due to inclement weather. Stay safe!

09/13/2023

09/01/2023

08/03/2023

is only days away! Make sure you're following the organizers of weekly observances and celebrations:
Latina/x Breastfeeding Week
Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective
WABA World Breastfeeding Week
Black Breastfeeding Week
Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week

08/03/2023

07/27/2023

Join the Facebook group to get more information on the upcoming Black Breastfeeding Week event!

Join the “closed” Facebook group for more specifics!

Hosted by Chocolate Milk of Wilmington & Port City Breastfeeding Project

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1947843585538764/?ref=sharehttps://m.facebook.com/groups/1947843585538764/?ref%3Dshare&exp=8ce3&mibextid=S66gvF

05/22/2023

is a 💜! Baby Noah gets 🧸

05/08/2023

05/05/2023

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That right there? That is months and months of hard and exhausting work - physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. Blood, sweat, tears, prayers. It's labor enough to grow and birth one baby and placenta, now just imagine THREE of each!

Last week I had the absolute privilege of being a part of this triplet birth and witness the strength, wisdom, dedication, fortitude, grace, and determination of their beautiful mother. I was sent home with the placentas and got to marvel at the design and strength of God and this woman He created.

Each baby had their own amniotic sac and placenta, the ideal scenario with multiples. The whole pregnancy was saturated in prayer and grace and God was so so good. I can't explain it but I felt sweet assurance that she had it in her to reach her goals and that He would answer our prayers.

And He did. Not only did she make it full term but she gave birth vaginally to all three babies. And not only THAT but all three baby girls were healthy, strong, with mom the entire hospital stay, and they all went home together within a few days of birth.

This mother is incredible. It was a steep and uphill climb but she worked, researched, sacrificed, fought, and prayed for this and for the support to reach those goals. What an honor to witness.

Please continue to pray for her as she heals and recovers and for the whole family as they navigate postpartum with three(!) newborns. Thank you to those that prayed for them!

(Shared with permission. Share to stories but please do NOT repost to your feed.)

🤍🤍🤍

04/16/2023

Mythbusting!

"If your baby is breech, you have to have a Caesarean"

SOME breech babies need to be born that way, sure.

Some head down babies beed to be born that way, as well.

Breech does pose some additional risk. How much exactly is going to depend on the type of breech (are we talking bum first, or feet first, for example) and how skilled and experienced the attendant it's.

Here is something else that carries additional risk: abdominal surgery. I say this all the time: nothing is risk-free.

For information on breech birth, please do look up anything by the wise and wonderful Mary Cronk.


Image credit: unknown, please DM me if you know who to credit

03/08/2023

🌠Doula/Midwife in the making 🌠

May we raise women who are confident, informed and unashamed of the reality of their abilities!

Photo Cred:
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Happy International Women's Month!

02/26/2023

“The skill of being with women in pain in labour often rests in believing in women when they do not believe in themselves.”
– Nicky Leaf

This is one of the most significant skills anyone supporting a Mother in labor can hold. The very "skill" of riding the waves with a laboring woman while leaving her undisturbed is the best way to help her through. A well versed doula or midwife can simply observe a laboring woman, the way she moves her body, the sounds she makes, and fully understand her progress in labor without ever touching her or speaking to her.

© Spot of Serendipity | Birth

02/18/2023

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02/18/2023

What was your birth experience like? What would you change or keep the same?

02/01/2023

Healthy babies come in all shapes and sizes (just as adults!) and a baby who is in the 10th percentile can be just as healthy as a baby who is in the 99th percentile.

Being in a high or a low percentile doesn't necessarily mean that a baby is healthier or has a growth or weight problem.

Growth charts show the average when accounting for ALL infants your baby’s age.
Growth charts do not represent YOUR baby’s growth.

On AVERAGE, Breastfed infants generally are leaner than formula-fed babies after 4 months of age and gain less than formula-fed infants during the first year of life. They are also less likely to be obese children or adults than infants who were formula-fed.

📖: A 2012 study found that the more infants were breastfed, the less weight they had gained at 3, 5, 7, and 12 months. Conversely, the more bottle feedings the babies received, the higher their weight. (Ruowei Li 2012)

Some questions to ask yourself… ⁉️

➖Was your baby premature? “Small” at birth?
➖What size are you and your partner?
➖What were YOUR growth patterns when you were babies?
➖What about your baby’s siblings or other family members? (Genetics plays a large part in your baby’s size!!!)
➖Is your baby growing on a curve?
➖Is your baby meeting developmental milestones?
➖Is your baby alert, happy, active?
➖Is your baby showing other signs of adequate milk intake? (Wet/dirty diaper, content after feedings…)

Some adults are naturally petite and so are some babies. If your baby appears to be happy and healthy, is meeting developmental milestones, and has a good wet/pooy diaper count, then your baby's low weight gains may be due to family genetics.

There’s sooooo much more to growth than the number. It’s literally just *one* piece of a very large puzzle!

If your pediatrician is giving you a hard time about your baby’s weight and is pushing formula (PSSST… you could just supplement with a bottle of liquid gold!) — don’t hesitate to go and get a second opinion!

Advocate for your baby & their health!💖

01/31/2023

Why did you choose a midwife? 🌸