by Catherine | Apr 9, 2016 | Birth
During pregnancy women voraciously read books and blogs. You’re talking to anyone and everyone in your circle of friends and family who has had a baby. Probably selectively, since Aunt Agnes just tells horror stories. The women in your world help you define what is...
by Catherine | Mar 3, 2016 | Birth
Face it, new dads during pregnancy lag about six months behind new moms when it comes to getting it. That is, getting it about the birth, baby and beyond. Not all dads & partners lag, but, well, most do. In the birth community we are asking whether our...
by Catherine | Mar 3, 2015 | Breastfeeding
We have all seen the blissful babes at breast with the mom. So, what is going on???? Your baby is biting??? Do you have folks saying that this is normal discomfort of start-up breastfeeding, your nipples will toughen up, you will get used to it, baby will grow out of...
by Catherine | Jan 31, 2014 | Mindfulness in motion
When we are in a happy place with the vagus nerve, the world is good. But when the vagus is unhappy, we are in tears and tantrums. So what and where is vagus? Not far away, I assure you. The vagus nerve runs the show on the most basic states of the nervous system. We...
by Catherine | Nov 26, 2013 | Active baby in birth
Your baby is the prime instigator of labor in a physiologic birth. He begins the whole process of birth via dynamic fluid communications through his placenta. In utero your baby tracks all of her own internal development. Researchers seeking the triggers for onset of...
by Catherine | Nov 5, 2013 | Breastfeeding, Child development
eYour baby loves to look at target shapes – but those abstract circles to hang over the crib are not what he needs. Look at your own beautiful self. Here, you will find the appealing target shapes that your baby wants to gaze upon. Nipples, eyes and faces What...
by Catherine | Oct 28, 2013 | Active baby in birth
Baby’s descent during the birth is a big movement project for him. Your best options for easing labor are to move – or to be moved. You know that the muscles of your uterus are well designed to propel your baby down and out. The upper two-thirds of the...
by Catherine | Oct 25, 2013 | Active baby in birth
A woman approaching birth is on an intimate journey with her baby, and soon to share the exquisite experience of birth. You know that you can be active and empowered in your birth with good support. As a woman you have all the resources within you to own your birth....
by Catherine | Jul 1, 2013 | Mindfulness in motion
Ahh, the mulberries are dropping, squishy where we walk. Purple fingered children are feasting while the birds fleet and chatter on high. Each of us were mulberries once upon a time, packed with juicy potential on day four from conception. As little fertilized zygotes...
by Catherine | Jun 26, 2013 | Somatic mamas
While we can read books, search the internet and hear from other parents, we learn most by being with our children. Who is this little one? Who am I, in my parenthood and my personhood? We each change continuously! Children’s fresh eyes on the world wake us up – and...
