by Catherine | Oct 14, 2025 | Babies, Birth, Newborn, Parenting
Birth is a major event in your baby’s life. Did you experience giving birth as difficult, whether it was prolonged or very sudden? Your baby has their own experience. Even a birth that feels easy for mom can have big impacts on your baby, resulting in colic or...
by Catherine | Aug 24, 2025 | Babies, Birth, Breastfeeding, Prenatal, Services
It may seem like a stretch that your pregnancy affects breastfeeding for your baby. But the position of your baby in utero can restrict cranial nerves that are essential for their easy feeding. Are you feeling lower back pain on one side? These tight muscles will tilt...
by Catherine | Aug 9, 2025 | Babies, Breastfeeding, Newborn, Prenatal
While breastfeeding is a natural activity for mothers and babies, we can never know how it will actually go for a nursing pair. How your birth goes can greatly impact breastfeeding. Your best shot at easier, pain-free breastfeeding is a vaginal birth and learning...
by Catherine | Aug 3, 2025 | Birth, Prenatal, Services, Somatic bodywork
Baby’s starting position at birth Each baby lands in their position before birth, usually by 36 weeks gestation. What difference does their position make? Birth is easiest when your baby is head down on your left side. Most babies land here, as their heads are...
by Catherine | Jul 19, 2025 | Active baby in birth, Birth, Parenting, Prenatal, Services
Tight & collapsing Now your darling baby is in your arms, breastfeeding and cuddling. But now your upper back and neck are so tight. Your lower back may be aching, along with abdominal muscles still stretched out. You feel yourself collapsing. Birth is intense, so...
