Hedger Holistic Healing-Ann Louise Hedger

08/14/2022

Doula care can lower your risk of PPA (postpartum anxiety) and PPD (postpartum depression)!

Just released this July, the study “Doula care across the maternity care continuum and impact on maternal health: Evaluation of doula programs across three states using propensity score matching” found that “The use of doulas appears an effective strategy for improving maternal health, especially among socioeconomically vulnerable and marginalized minority populations.”

Parents that received doula care had 52.9% lower odds of cesarean delivery and 57.%5 lower odds of PPA/PPD. Doulas that worked with a clinical team that included a midwife consistently showed a reduction in odds of cesarean delivery, regardless of the trimester then the doula care was received. And women who received doula care during labor and delivery, even if they didn’t receive it during pregnancy, had a 64.7% reduction in odds of PPA/PPD!

07/26/2022

Research in 2018 found that up to 45 percent of women experience birth trauma.

07/18/2022

Midwives are experts in low risk birth.
Obstetricians are experts in high risk and surgery.
Use your provider/support appropriately for the outcome and type of birth you desire.

07/16/2022

This is so important!!

Whether you are experiencing pelvic floor symptoms or not, or don’t know what these symptoms would feel like, it's never too late to learn about YOUR body.

07/16/2022

As a teenager, I absorbed the message that birth control revolved around the female body. By Billy Kilgore