Sweet Little Bundles Birth Services

01/09/2026

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Just reminding you how damn fabulous you are 👌🏻💁🏼‍♀️💙

Show this wild world what it really takes to be a breastfeeding mama, share this post with someone who needs to hear it !

01/04/2026

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12/17/2025

This is fantastic! Great info! Thank you, Badassmotherbirther & Flor Cruz 🩷💜🩵

12/16/2025

What if we told women the truth about birth?

We’d have to tell them that contractions will probably be more than “surges” or “sensations.”

That they’ll probably rock your world and leave you begging for salvation as you clutch the edge of the tub or the hospital linens.

That your gentle breathing exercises and your Spotify soundtrack will be left in the dust as you sweat and pant and sway and swear your way through it

That you’ll trip harder than any mushroom you ever did in college and vomit with the same ferocity and travel to places deep within yourself that you didn’t know existed.

That you’ll float above your body and simultaneously be trapped in it with an intensity you’ve never tasted.

And in that intensity,
in the sweating and the swearing
and the swaying and the vomiting
and the endless hours of contractions crashing down upon you ...

You’ll find your strength.
You’ll find a resilience you’ve never known.
You’ll find the power you need for the journey of Motherhood ahead.

In the messy humanity of it all,
you’ll find that you are holy.
A portal to the divine.
Capable of indescribable miracles.
A vessel of sacred life.

What if we told women the truth about birth?
We’d have to tell them they are capable of anything.

Worthy of being treated like goddesses.
Made to walk through the flames,
surf the tidal waves,
dive into the underworld
And come out alive.

Not unscathed.
Not unchanged.
But whole
and healed
and ready to take on the world.

If we told women the truth about birth,
we’d have to admit that we’ve lied about everything else,
and that they are more powerful,
more fierce,
more capable,
more beautiful,
than we’ve ever let on.

If we told the truth about birth?
We’d shatter the world.

- Words and Art by Catie Atkinson

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11/29/2025

11/15/2025

There is absolutely nothing OK with what happened to this woman. I’d love to hear your stories if this has happened to you or someone that you know or Love or someone that you’ve worked with. This needs to stop. It is nothing. Nothing OK with treating another human being like this.

09/29/2025

Wow! 🤯 Fantastic information.

An incredible new study found that pregnant women who consume just 6 dates a day in the 4 weeks leading up to their due date were 74% more dilated upon their arrival to the hospital, had a 77% shorter first stage of labor and a 42% lower rate of caesarean sections.

Eating dates in the late stages of pregnancy lead to higher cervical dilation upon hospital admission because the fruit contains nutrients that influence oxytocin receptors, preparing the cervix and uterus for labor by increasing muscle response to oxytocin and other labor-supporting hormones. Dates are a rich source of energy from natural sugars and fats and also contain prostaglandins, which contribute to cervical ripening. Additionally, they provide serotonin, calcium, and tannins, which contribute to powerful uterine contractions.

Eating dates in the late stages of pregnancy shortens the first stage of labor due to their ability to stimulate the production of prostaglandins, which promote cervical ripening (softening and thinning of the cervix) and increase uterine contractions. Dates also contain tannins, which have a similar effect, and provide a natural sugar source for energy during labor. Some studies even suggest that dates can increase uterine sensitivity to oxytocin, leading to more effective contractions and a quicker and smoother labor process.

These actions are also the exact reason why women who eat dates in the late stages of pregnancy and far less likely to need a c-section!

The most common recommendation is for women to begin eating 6 dates a day starting in their 37th week of pregnancy.
PMID: 40322306, 21280989

SEE ALSO: https://www.pelvicphysio.co.nz/the-sweet-secret-to-a-smoother-labour-dates

07/24/2025

Amazing 💜💜

Fun facts

The “Balia” was the "other mother" who breast-fed a newborn, on hire. In past centuries in Sicily, these wet nurses were sought by families who had suffered the death of young mothers during childbirth, the mother was unable to breastfeed because she suffered from a certain illness, or because her breasts simply had not produced milk. Breastfeeding a baby was of enormous importance for a healthy and caring upbringing of a child.
Generally the woman who was chosen as a wet nurse had the right to three complete meals a day (because it was important for her to stay healthy), clean linen and a daily wage of one lira.

07/01/2025

Very helpful! Thank you Babies in Common

06/17/2025

My second epidural really screwed up my back further than it already was. I regret it. But I know that some people need it and that’s OK too. But this is still important information to know.

Getting the epidural ruined my back.

And nobody warned me about that part.

They talked about the needle.
They talked about the relief.
They talked about the risks.
But no one mentioned the pain that lingers long after the baby’s here.

Some days it aches out of nowhere.
Some nights I can’t sleep from the pressure.
And don’t even ask me to bend a certain way,
I’ll feel that deep, sharp reminder of what I went through.

It’s wild how we walk around with these invisible battle wounds from birth.
Smiling. Rocking babies.
While our bodies are still screaming for rest, healing, and acknowledgment.

Motherhood doesn’t just change your life,
It changes your spine, your muscles, your nerves…
And sometimes, it never goes back.

So if you’ve been feeling that pain too,
You’re not imagining it.
You’re not being dramatic.
You’re not alone.

This is the side of childbirth they don’t put in the pamphlet.

©️Caty Sanders

06/11/2025

Fascinating

During pregnancy, fetal cells migrate out of the womb and into a mother’s heart, liver, lung, kidney, brain, and more. They could shape moms’ health for a lifetime, Katherine J. Wu reported in 2024:⁠ https://theatln.tc/qozjIdje
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The presence of these cells, known as microchimerism, is thought to affect every person who has carried an embryo, even if briefly, and anyone who has ever inhabited a womb. The cross-generational transfers are bidirectional—as fetal cells cross the placenta into maternal tissues, a small number of maternal cells migrate into fetal tissues, where they can persist into adulthood. ⁠
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Genetic swaps, then, might occur several times throughout a life. Some researchers believe that people may be miniature mosaics of many of their relatives, via chains of pregnancy: their older siblings, perhaps, or their maternal grandmother, or any aunts and uncles their grandmother might have conceived before their mother was born. “It’s like you carry your entire family inside of you,” Francisco Úbeda de Torres, an evolutionary biologist at the Royal Holloway University of London, told Wu.⁠
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Some scientists have argued that cells so sparse and inconsistent couldn’t possibly have meaningful effects. Even among microchimerism researchers, hypotheses about what these cells do—if anything at all—remain “highly controversial,” Sing Sing Way, an immunologist and a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, told Wu. But many experts contend that microchimeric cells aren’t just passive passengers. They are genetically distinct entities. And they might hold sway over many aspects of health: our susceptibility to infectious or autoimmune disease, the success of pregnancies, maybe even behavior. ⁠
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If these cells turn out to be as important as some scientists believe they are, they might be one of the most underappreciated architects of human life, Wu writes.

06/08/2025

This is so beautiful!!! I've been at births where siblings were present, it's such a blessing!! ❤💜💙