By Marika Chandler As an acupuncturist who has spent the last decade supporting people through pregnancy, I often hear the question: What exactly is birth…
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Nurturing Your Body: Postpartum Care Through Massage and More
By Lena DeGloma As I’m approaching the tail end of my second pregnancy right now, I’m starting to think a lot about the upcoming postpartum…
Part 3: Seeking a Caregiver for Your Birth? Critical Questions to Ask…
Part 3: Labor and Birth If you are newly pregnant you may be overwhelmed trying to make sense of your options for prenatal care and…
Part 2: Seeking a Caregiver for Your Birth? Critical Questions to Ask…
Part Two: Labor Interventions In this three-part blog series, Lena DeGloma (Certified Birth Doula, Licensed Massage Therapist, Clinical Herbalist, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Certified Childbirth…
Part 1: Seeking a Caregiver for your Birth? Critical Questions to Ask…
Part One: Approach to Care If you’re newly pregnant it can be overwhelming to figure out where you want to give birth and who would…
Prenatal Nutrition: What your Doc Didn’t Tell You
How can fish oil supplements impact when you will go into labor? A deficiency in which nutrient can lead to stretch marks? How can your prenatal…
The Oral Microbiome, Pregnancy, & Childhood Cavities (+ kids herbal toothpaste recipe)
UPDATED May 2020 During pregnancy, poor dental health and gum disease has been associated with preterm labor and low birth weight babies. Early childhood cavities…
The Science Behind Massage during Childbirth
UPDATED May 2020 Studies show that birthing parents who receive massage while they are in labor have shorter, less painful labors, less anxiety during labor,…
The Science Behind Prenatal Massage
UPDATED May 2020 If we had a wonder drug that could do all of this with no inherent risks or side effects, it would be…