Fear of childbirth may impact breastfeeding duration - new research.
#gentlebirthapp #mindfulbreastfeeding #breastfeeding #lactation
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Thrilled to announce that we have had our 100th waterbirth @OLOLMat_Unit 🎉 Baby Esme born to delighted parents Amy & Chris. Congratulations 🥳 A special thank you to all the staff for supporting this project & to the families who have trusted us to provide the service #together
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Hoping 🤞our research moves the needle for people who want a #VBAC and face barriers, often due to structural racism and anti-obesity bias.
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Can we have a conversation about light biology and the development of Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes?
Too much blue light in the day in offices that block red and NIR wavelengths leading to suppression of melatonin and mitochondrial function.
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What is the Winner Flow and how is it helping moms have more positive births and shorter labors?
#pregnant #winnerflow #midwifery #doula
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Increased risk of cesareans, preterm labor, gestational diabetes, longer more painful labors…
Just go get some sun (and if there’s no sun keep blue light to a minimum) after dark.
#pregnancy #bluelight #metabolism #sunlight #midwifery #gentlebirthapp
A fantastic resource for anyone with an interest in how a woman’s brain changes throughout pregnancy.
5 years ago, on the heels of 28andMe, our team designed a new precision imaging experiment: scanning an individual’s brain throughout her entire pregnancy. We are excited to share that these findings are out today in @NatureNeuro! nature.com/articles/s41593-0…
The GentleBirth app and 8+ hrs of online evidence based childbirth ed is now FREE to any mom eligible for medicaid.
#pregnant #gentlebirthapp #medicaid #positivebirth
New RCT demonstrates superior pain management and healing of the perineum using red light therapy compared to ice therapy.
#pregnant #midwifery #perineum #episiotomy #postpartum
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🚨New Paper Alert!
Over 8 years in the making (including 2 in peer review 😬) - I could not be happier to share our genome-wide association study of #HumanMilk Oligosaccharides in the @CHILDSTUDY - published today in @NatureComms. 🧬🤱🏻🫁
#Tweetorial 🧵
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My first co-authored academic paper. ♥️
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#mindfulness #positivebirth #midwifery
My first co-authored paper has been published 🙌. We now have empirical evidence on the impact of GentleBirth ‘brain training’ on birth outcomes.
#midwifery @MidwiferyD #positivebirth #gentlebirthapp
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Takes me back to my midwifery training days at @MidwiferyD ♥️
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MIDWIVES! We thought you’d be interested in this
Sharing • @MollytheMidwife via Instagram & @MidwiferyNetwrk
How to you support physiology? Do you share information that can help women understand and connect with their bodies during birth? Do you enable freedom to move?
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When we give up the struggle against our internal experience, we free up energy to act in ways that move us closer in alignment with the things that matter most.
Poop Smoothies and your Baby’s Microbiome 💩
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#microbiome #poopsmoothie #cesarean #midwifery #gentlebirthapp
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UK GPs we need your help with this research on postpartum hypertension. Do you have 10 mins to complete this short survey? Please complete and reshare #research #womenshealth
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Why are more women birthing outside of the system? In this episode Midwife Maria Velo Higueras shares her new research and recommendations. How can we earn back the trust of mothers traumatised in the past?
#freebirth #unassistedbirth
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