Navigating fertility, whether you are just beginning, or have struggled for longer than you would like, is something that can carry a heavy emotional burden. Fertility massage is meant to be a relaxing and therapeutic addition on your fertility journey.
The Positive Health Outcomes of Doula Support have been studied. It improves maternal and child health outcomes, and family engagement. LaToshia Rouse, CD/PCD(DONA), owner of Birth Sisters Doula Services, serves as the Patient and Family Engagement Co-Chair of the National Network for Perinatal Quality Collaboratives Executive Committee and joined NICHQ’s Board of Directors in March 2022, explains this in more detail.
Parenting is a lesson in letting go of control, which can be challenging for many new parents. Here are some tips to begin exploring what can help you prepare for the emotional transition you go through during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
Misconceptions around prenatal massage are common. It is vital to spread factual information to both potential massage clients as well as massage therapists. One of the best ways to do this is to address myths related to prenatal massages head on. Here are three of the most common misconceptions around prenatal massage.
In part 4 of our series, we’re breaking down the aspects of your social safety net that can help you navigate the life changes of becoming a parent and raising a child.
Our parenting journey contains a lot of timelines that begin in pregnancy and continue throughout motherhood. There are timelines for baby development in utero, healing after birth, our children’s development, the six weeks check timeline and the timelines we give ourselves for healing. Postpartum even has different timelines. Jenna Somich offers a way of reframing our expectations on timelines to keep us present.
After giving birth, who can provide you with the mental and emotional support you need and deserve? In part 3 of our series, we’re breaking down the potential members of your care team who can help you feel mentally and emotionally supported.
They say it takes a village, but how do you go about gathering one? Consider this your checklist. In part 2 of our series, we’re breaking down the potential members of your care team who can help you feel physically healthy, strong, and supported.
Diastasis recti is the separation of the two sides of the rectus abdominis muscle, or the six pack muscle. While common for women to develop during pregnancy, it is something that can be treated.
When it comes to pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood, it’s necessary to take a whole-person approach to health and wellbeing. However, until we see large-scale institutional change, mothers must be armed with the knowledge they need to seek the care they deserve for their whole selves.
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