Full Circle Midwifery Care

10/22/2023

https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-sunday-essay/22-10-2023/the-sunday-essay-the-opening

My births were not stories of strength. They were ultimately about surrender.

09/17/2022

Conversations on Natural Parenting - A virtual conference bringing together the premier experts in positive parenting and guiding you into deeper connection with your child, and yourself.

09/16/2022

Putting current, evidence-based information into the hands of communities, so they can make empowered choices.

09/16/2022

This one isn’t in the graphic I’ve been going through, but I think it’s important to note.

When someone is pregnant, we are drawn to the question, “when are you due?”

It’s kind of fun to envision the season that baby will be born in or to guess who’s birthday they might be born on. I get it.. But, too often, we put way too much emphasis on this date, forgetting that it is an estimate. An average at best.

Did you know that the average gestation for a first time mom to have her baby is 40 weeks and 5 days? That is the AVERAGE. That means that, as a first time mom, you are MORE likely to go past 40/41 weeks than you are to go early or to even have your babe on their ‘due date’.

Check out this article from Evidence Based Birth on due dates for more info:

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-inducing-labor-for-going-past-your-due-date/

09/16/2022

Want to help your breech baby turn head down? Learn how to turn a breech baby with techniques that work for most pregnancies. Reduce the chance of cesarean.

09/16/2022

Waiting to bathe your baby can provide MANY benefits! 💞

09/16/2022

External cephalic version can safely be performed with most breech presentations.

09/16/2022

"There is a trend in the United States to perform cesarean delivery for term singleton fetuses in a breech presentation.” Notice that ACOG uses the word "trend" to define automatically preforming a C-section for breech babies? Before the year of 2000, breech delivery was not viewed as it is today....