A Beautiful Bump 2 Baby

A Beautiful Bump 2 Baby As well as a home care program to support you once your baby is born.

Holistic pregnancy, birthing & parenting classes for women & their support people - get both the natural & medical aspects on all pregnancy/birth-related issues with hands-on practice.

26/09/2022

"Rear facing legs - let’s break it on down ⤵️ ⠀

Our adult perception leads us to believe the following:⠀
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'🤯 Their legs must be so uncomfortable⠀
🦴 Their legs will break rear facing in a road accident⠀
🙈 They have no room'
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What if I told you rear facing legs are way more comfortable and safer rear facing than forward facing? You’d laugh at me right….but it’s true!⠀
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➡️ When your legs hang off a barstool - do you leave them hanging or do you put the on the bar? You know it - you put them on the bar. WHY? Because if we leave them hanging the blood flow get’s cut off = sore legs! Rear facing kids always have somewhere to rest their legs and take the pressure off. Forward facing kids legs get sore from hanging and they often kick the back of your vehicle seat to try and wedge their feet on the pocket on the back of the vehicle seat to take the pressure off. ⠀
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🦴 Rear facing legs don’t break - why? Because their legs always follow where the head goes in a road accident. Rear facing child are thrown back into their car seat, as is their head and their legs glide back towards their head. Forward facing, limbs can break being thrust forward into the front vehicle seat under crash impact.⠀
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🚨 Newsflash guys - you’re not 4 anymore. Nor do you have the flexibility of a small child. Little people are like contortionists and get themselves into the most awkward positions all day and have not a care in the world. Their rear facing space does not affect them.⠀
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So….please don’t let YOUR adult perception of their legs affect keeping them in the safest position in the vehicle for as long as their seat allows. ⠀
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Rear facing is 92% safer."



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16/07/2022

The wonderful and are long term advisors of this technique. If you don't already follow them, go..now!
Basically, wind in the tummy is much more easily brought up if the baby is tilted to their left and slightly forward (which is usually the opposite of how we hold to wind!)

The use of water immersion during labour and birth. Read Sara Wickham’s post below. She has some very good points.Did yo...
10/07/2022

The use of water immersion during labour and birth.
Read Sara Wickham’s post below. She has some very good points.

Did you use or birth in water?

22/06/2022

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Please note that all appointments and classes can be made online and I will confirm the appointment/class.

I do not run set times for when appointments/classes commence or certain days for each as this does vary depending on my own children's activities and also what each client is after.

If you would like to have a meet and greet first please message me - this is a free 30-60 minute session.

To see what services are on offer please head to the drop-down tab at the top of the page and click on services. All classes can be tailored to what each client is after and can run longer or be shorter in duration if required. Please send me a message or call if you'd like to discuss further or have any questions.
Thank you.

03/06/2022

New research has added to our knowledge that it is better to wait for a while after a baby is born before clamping and cutting the umbilical cord.

We now know that it is safe to wait six minutes after birth, even when an oxytocic drug is given.

Waiting, which is sometimes called optimal or delayed cord clamping, means that the baby has the chance to get all the blood that they need from the placenta before the supply is cut.

We have known for many years that it is better to wait than to interfere, but it is taking a while for things to change in some areas.

This is because, in recent decades, there has been a tendency to interfere with birth.

But a new research study further confirms that there are advantages to waiting.

Winkler et al (2022) carried out a study in Sweden in which they compared the outcomes of 904 mother/baby pairs whose cords were clamped and cut at different times after birth.

These were the key findings:

Research shows that it is safe to wait six minutes before clamping the cord.

(It may be safe to wait longer, and many women choose to do so. But a study can only report what it researched, and six minutes was the average time in this study.)

Waiting longer doesn't increase the chance of phototherapy being needed (for jaundice).

It doesn't matter whether oxytocin is given before or after cord clamping.

I have blogged about this study at https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/delaying-cord-clamping/

Winkler A, Isacson M, Gustafsson A et al (2022). Cord clamping beyond 3 minutes: Neonatal short-term outcomes and maternal postpartum hemorrhage. Birth https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12645

I’ll pop a link in my stories today.

Yes, you can share/repost, with the pic, text and credit intact. Please do not put Sara’s work/words into your own branding.

28/05/2022

Ultrasounds are right about half the time and wrong about half the time when predicting a big baby. Ultrasound results are usually anywhere between 15% above or below your baby's actual weight.
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Some care providers site the risk of shoulder dystocia (baby's shoulders getting stuck) as a reason to induce early for a "big baby". While it is true that 7-15% of big babies have difficulty with the birth of their shoulders, the majority of these cases are handled by the care provider with no harmful consequences to the baby. Permanent nerve injuries happen in 1 out of every 555 babies weighing between 3.99-4.5kg and in 1 out of every 175 babies who weigh 4.5kg or more. Induction may lower the chance of shoulder dystocia from 7-4%, but researchers have not shown induction to have any impact on nerve injuries or NICU admissions. Induction may increase the risk of having a severe tear, that your baby will need treatment for jaundice, and increase your risk of having an emergency cesarean. Many studies have shown that the "suspicion" of a big baby typically increases the risk of Cesarean without improving mother or baby's health. If doctors think you have a big baby, they are more likely to diagnose your labour as stalled or pressure you into a Cesarean than a woman who has a big baby but wasn't suspected.
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It would take nearly 3,700 unnecessary Cesareans to prevent one case of permanent injury due to shoulder dystocia in a baby suspected of weighing 4.5kg or more. There are both benefits and risks to elective Cesareans, including higher rates of complication for mothers and babies and elevated risks in future pregnancies.
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The main problem with big babies is that it's hard to predict if you'll have one or not! We don't know which babies will be big and which big babies will have problems ahead of time. You may want to consider whether having a growth scan is a good idea for you or not.

Parenting class…… we work through the basics of a newborn care so that things are easier and get confident before baby a...
23/05/2022

Parenting class…… we work through the basics of a newborn care so that things are easier and get confident before baby arrives. It’s harder to get other things down pat so I am available to support you in every step of the way for as many weeks you feel you require after baby is born.

Enquire about our parenting class now.

A bit of fun for a Monday night…What is your baby?
16/05/2022

A bit of fun for a Monday night…
What is your baby?

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