I love the show “Good Things Utah.” I don’t get to watch it often, since I am way too busy for TV, but every now and then I turn it on. I’ve seen a lot of great ideas on the show about crafts, cooking, saving money, being a better mom, etc. I was so excited [...]
If you’ve taken my HypnoBirthing class, you’ve heard me talk about how the umbilical cord will continue to pump oxygenated blood and nutrients to baby for several minutes after birth. This is blood that the baby needs! After a few minutes, when the baby has established breathing on his own, the cord will naturally flatten [...]
A great article, with references, talking about why delayed cord clamping/cutting and natural delivery of the placenta are so important. There’s some very interesting and eye-opening stuff in here! Read it here. Two things I found especially interesting: One thing that care providers who are against delayed cord cutting usually say to convince mothers to [...]