https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482 Interesting bits and links en-us 2018-02-10 22:06:19 UTC 2025-08-24 21:12:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230311799 PANDAS Antenatal & Postnatal Depression ]]> 2018-02-10 22:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230311799 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230312477 ALL ABOUT HORMONES! ]]> 2018-02-10 22:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230312477 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230312705 INDUCTION: an article by Sarah Wickam]]> 2018-02-10 22:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230312705 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230413935 BELLY MAPPING to work out the position of your baby ]]> 2018-02-11 21:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230413935 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230414598 ACUPRESSURE FOR LABOUR (BOOK)]]> 2018-02-11 21:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230414598 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230415853 FIND A BIRTH & POSTNATAL DOULA ]]> 2018-02-11 21:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230415853 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230416314 PARENTS IN MIND, Local groups for mums experiencing mental health problems, pre and post natally
GROUPS IN LEAMINGTON, COVENTRY & WARWICK]]> 2018-02-11 21:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230416314 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230417011 BABY CARRIERS AND SLINGS ]]> 2018-02-11 21:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230417011 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230417510 COLIC: symptoms and coping ]]> 2018-02-11 21:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230417510 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230417955 PLACENTA REMEDIES NETWORK: find a  local specialist and further information about remedies available]]> 2018-02-11 21:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230417955 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230418491 NHS Car seats]]> 2018-02-11 21:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230418491 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230419172 UNICEF: baby sleeping at night ]]> 2018-02-11 21:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230419172 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230419622 NCT Caring for your baby at night ]]> 2018-02-11 21:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230419622 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230420079 BABY MASSAGE FOR COLIC ]]> 2018-02-11 21:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230420079 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230420425 PUTTING ON A WRAP SLING ]]> 2018-02-11 21:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230420425 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230420933 NATURAL CAESAREAN BIRTH (VIDEO)]]> 2018-02-11 21:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230420933 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230429891 WARWICK Hospital, email them to arrange a tour. Running weekly]]> 2018-02-11 23:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230429891 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230430386 LUCINA BIRTH CENTRE, coventry]]> 2018-02-11 23:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230430386 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230431398 GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL, Nuneaton ]]> 2018-02-11 23:29:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230431398 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230432624 LEICESTER ROYAL ]]> 2018-02-11 23:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230432624 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230433301 THE MEADOWS BIRTH CENTRE,  Leicester General]]> 2018-02-11 23:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230433301 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230433967 ST MARYS BIRTH CENTRE, Leicester ]]> 2018-02-11 23:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230433967 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230434108 HOMEBIRTH UK great site with lots of shared stories and links ]]> 2018-02-11 23:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230434108 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230435042 BIRTH PLACE STUDY, 2011 ]]> 2018-02-12 00:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230435042 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230437950 NCT LOCAL GROUP Facebook page]]> 2018-02-12 00:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230437950 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230438137 RUGBY SLING LIBRARY Facebook group link 

]]> 2018-02-12 00:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230438137 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230438718 COVENTRY SLINGS ]]> 2018-02-12 00:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230438718 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230439216 COMFORT IN LABOUR ]]> 2018-02-12 00:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230439216 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230439757 PERINEAL MASSAGE]]> 2018-02-12 00:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230439757 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230440329 Positions for labour and birth, guidelines for midwives ]]> 2018-02-12 00:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230440329 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230506088 NCT RUGBY BRANCH find out what's going on, and get involved 🙂]]> 2018-02-12 09:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230506088 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230506859 BABY FIRST AID courses in Rugby]]> 2018-02-12 09:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230506859 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230508122 BABY YOGA & BABY MASSAGE courses ]]> 2018-02-12 09:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230508122 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230508636 AQUATUMS classes in Rugby]]> 2018-02-12 09:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230508636 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230510596 NCT: POSITIONS FOR LABOUR & BIRTH ]]> 2018-02-12 09:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230510596 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230512795 DELAYED CORD CLAMPING research paper ]]> 2018-02-12 09:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230512795 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230514537 LOTUS BIRTH (VIDEO)]]> 2018-02-12 09:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230514537 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230522680 TODDLE ABOUT, with lists of baby and toddler groups and classes in Rugby]]> 2018-02-12 10:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230522680 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230524741 BLISS Support for parents with premature or poorly babies ]]> 2018-02-12 10:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230524741 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230525530 NCT HOMEBIRTH PAGE - what would you need?]]> 2018-02-12 10:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230525530 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230526372 FIND AN INDEPENDENT MIDWIFE HERE ]]> 2018-02-12 10:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230526372 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230526629 HOMEBIRTH DIARIES TV series episodes, NOT ALL HOMEBIRTHS!  (VIDEOS)]]> 2018-02-12 10:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230526629 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230533586 BBC PODCAST ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WATERBIRTH (AUDIO)]]> 2018-02-12 11:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230533586 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230536569 LA LECHE LEAGUE: BIRTH & BREASTFEEDING How birth can affect breastfeeding ]]> 2018-02-12 11:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230536569 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230541206 STRESS IN BABIES guide to keeping babies calm ]]> 2018-02-12 12:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230541206 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230541422 LETTING BABIES CRY: facts behind the studies ]]> 2018-02-12 12:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230541422 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230549941 NHS POSTNATAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING CAESAREAN SECTION]]> 2018-02-12 12:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230549941 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230551184 NCT: blood loss after birth ]]> 2018-02-12 12:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230551184 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230551754 REMEMBER TO KEEP CALM! reduce that adrenaline ❤️❤️❤️]]> 2018-02-12 12:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230551754 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230554853 HAND MASSAGE  🤚 🤚 ]]> 2018-02-12 12:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230554853 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230558216 BABYMOON time together after the birth ]]> 2018-02-12 13:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230558216 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230562248 PERINEAL HEALING ]]> 2018-02-12 13:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230562248 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230572885 CLOSING THE BONES Ritual for mother’s postnataly ]]> 2018-02-12 13:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230572885 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230575154 USING A REBOZO SCARF IN LABOUR (VIDEO)]]> 2018-02-12 13:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230575154 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230806989 AIMS Support for parents struggling to get the support they need from maternity services ]]> 2018-02-12 20:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230806989 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230813601 POSTNATAL DEPRESSION  signs and symptoms ]]> 2018-02-12 20:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/230813601 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231084248 PLACENTA CONSUMPTION: article ]]> 2018-02-13 15:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231084248 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231111084 RUGBY HOMEBIRTH GROUP meets the first Thursday of every month in Cawston, 7.30 - 9.30pm. Come along if you're interested in finding out a bit more about homebirth as an option and how to prepare for one.
Contact me for address of where to go. Fay on: 07960327934]]> 2018-02-13 16:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231111084 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231318094 ACCUPRESSURE reduces morning sickness. Study ]]> 2018-02-13 22:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231318094 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231318372 ACUPRESSURE FOR NAUSEA IN PREGNANCY. Guide by Debra Betts]]> 2018-02-13 22:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231318372 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231325787 WHY LULLABIES HELP BABIES SLEEP. article ]]> 2018-02-13 23:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231325787 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231331220 LABOUR POSITIONS]]> 2018-02-13 23:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231331220 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231331745 LABOUR WITH BACK PAIN what you can do.. ]]> 2018-02-13 23:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231331745 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231339306 HOSPITAL BAG CHECKLIST: downloadable lists from made for mums website ]]> 2018-02-14 00:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231339306 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231339832 MAKING A BIRTH PLAN: ideas from made for mums website]]> 2018-02-14 00:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231339832 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231398426 ICAN: INTERNATIONAL CAESARIAN AWARENESS NETWORK: great resource site for information about Caesarian birth and recovery ]]> 2018-02-14 08:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231398426 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231431715 CAESAREAN SECTION, NHS WARWICK HOSPITAL (LEAFLET)]]> 2018-02-14 11:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231431715 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231431870 CHILDRENS CENTRES IN WARWICKSHIRE: range of support and activities for families with children age 0-5years old. ]]> 2018-02-14 11:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231431870 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231445933 LABOUR POSITIONS WITH AN EPIDURAL]]> 2018-02-14 12:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231445933 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231452661 BABY FEEDING CUES (leaflet)]]> 2018-02-14 12:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231452661 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231453580 USING A REBOZO (scarf) in pregnancy to help support bump and hips
(VIDEO)

]]> 2018-02-14 12:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231453580 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231454275 THE MICROBIOME FOR BIRTH  (part 1)(VIDEO) 

]]> 2018-02-14 12:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231454275 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231454385 THE MICROBIOME IN MIND FOR BIRTH (part 2) (VIDEO)

]]> 2018-02-14 12:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231454385 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231454480 THE MICROBIOME IN MIND FOR BIRTH (part 3) (VIDEO)

]]> 2018-02-14 12:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231454480 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231456171 EXPLAINING THE 'DIVE REFLEX' IN BABIES: (VIDEO)

]]> 2018-02-14 12:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231456171 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231456302 2018-02-14 12:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231456302 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231457181 DELAYED CORD CLAMPING (VIDEO) ]]> 2018-02-14 13:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231457181 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231463326 ALL OR NOTHING: BBC DOCUMENTARY ]]> 2018-02-14 13:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231463326 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231676832 LOTUS BIRTH, THE PRACTICE OF LEAVING THE CORD UNCUT]]> 2018-02-14 19:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231676832 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231723958 EFFECT OF EPIDURALS ON BREASTFEEDING (VIDEO)]]> 2018-02-14 21:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/231723958 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232400606 DO NOT INTERVENE TO SPEED UP BIRTH UNLESS REAL RISKS INVOLVED ADVISES WHO: Guardian article ]]> 2018-02-16 16:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232400606 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232559017 WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION: INDIVIDUALISED CARE KEY TO POSITIVE BIRTH EXPERIENCE Statement and article ]]> 2018-02-17 08:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232559017 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232563797 Another padlet is available for 'FEEDING BABY'  please ask if you would like a link sent to you.. ]]> 2018-02-17 09:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232563797 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232564096 BREASTCRAWL - how babies latch on to the breast following birth (VIDEO) ]]> 2018-02-17 09:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232564096 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232629290 BABYCENTRE- WHAT IS A DOULA? (VIDEO)]]> 2018-02-17 21:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232629290 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232629740 DOULAS (VIDEO)]]> 2018-02-17 22:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232629740 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232629806 DOULA UK: WHAT DO DOULAS DO? ]]> 2018-02-17 22:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232629806 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232665444 KICKS COUNT (APP)]]> 2018-02-18 09:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232665444 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232665493 WONDER WEEKS - BABYS DEVELOPMENT (app)]]> 2018-02-18 09:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232665493 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232665546 KICKS COUNT website and information ]]> 2018-02-18 09:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/232665546 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/234078206 SPINNING BABIES comfort and posture during pregnancy ]]> 2018-02-22 04:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/234078206 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/237636585 THE INDEPENDENT lotus birth (article) ]]> 2018-03-02 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/237636585 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/238141570 POSITIVE BIRTH MOVEMENT wait for white - delayed cord clamping ]]> 2018-03-05 15:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/238141570 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/238160278 NEVER IGNORE A CRYING BABY (video) ]]> 2018-03-05 16:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/238160278 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241296413 2018-03-13 11:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241296413 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241297333 2018-03-13 11:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241297333 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241403406 GAS & AIR (ENTONOX) IN LABOUR (article)]]> 2018-03-13 14:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241403406 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241755438 Russian tourist gives birth in the Red sea! article in the Daily Mail ]]> 2018-03-14 08:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/241755438 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/242088108 A guide for friends & family ]]> 2018-03-14 19:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/242088108 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/242710172 2018-03-16 09:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/242710172 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/242710671 2018-03-16 09:05:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/242710671 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/243154526 What to do if baby is born before getting to hospital ]]> 2018-03-18 08:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/243154526 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/243277864 2018-03-18 23:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/243277864 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/243278154 CPR ]]> 2018-03-18 23:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/243278154 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/256318217 First latch ❤️]]> 2018-04-29 16:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/256318217 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/258235096 Seeding Baby's microbiome (online course) ]]> 2018-05-05 17:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/258235096 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/267920941 2018-06-20 09:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/267920941 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/268787491 2018-06-27 22:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/268787491 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/269144202 A few things I forgot between babies four and five:  Dads, when your #newborn has been fed, changed, and is still upset, swaddle them up and hold them.  Check in with them. Feel their face on yours.  Talk to them. Rub their back, sway gently, hum, make the “swishy” sound in their ear to replicate the sound of Mom’s heartbeat in utero.  If they’re still crying and it breaks your heart... that’s fatherhood. If you move past heartbreak into exasperation... that’s fatherhood.  If they start screaming and you find yourself wanting to say “Oh, C’MON!” out loud... that’s fatherhood.  If you feel helpless and inadequate and like you’re staring at a final exam full of questions you couldn’t possibly have known to study for... that’s fatherhood. And if you push through that... become more present than you’ve ever been, discover instincts you never knew you had, and summon up more love and patience than you’ve maybe ever shown anybody... and they either take it, or get tired, or finally work out that fart that was bothering them and fall asleep on your chest... and you suddenly feel like you beat the system, got nominated for a Nobel Prize and got told “I love you” by the first girl you ever loved... THAT’s fatherhood. Welcome... Glad you’re here. 💙]]> 2018-07-02 09:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/269144202 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/270127567 2018-07-13 07:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/270127567 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/270531966 2018-07-18 16:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/270531966 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/270761113 2018-07-21 21:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/270761113 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/272703937 2018-08-11 09:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/272703937 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/272832565 Nicotine use in pregnancy ]]> 2018-08-13 09:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/272832565 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/273448879 2018-08-16 11:18:19 UTC 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https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/292064380 How to care for your perineum post birth ]]> 2018-10-12 08:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/292064380 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/294701970 Barratt Birth Centre, Northampton]]> 2018-10-19 07:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/294701970 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/294884684 Aromatherapy]]> 2018-10-19 15:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/294884684 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/296002813 2018-10-23 15:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/296002813 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300119229 2018-11-03 22:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300119229 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300119487 Caesarean birth ]]> 2018-11-03 22:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300119487 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300119727 NHS POSTNATAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING CAESAREAN SECTION]]> 2018-11-03 23:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300119727 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300121514 Induction of labour: the gap between theory and reality (article by Sara Wickham) ]]> 2018-11-03 23:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300121514 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122006 2018-11-03 23:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122006 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122213 2018-11-03 23:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122213 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122495 Local trial in place at Warwick and UHCW]]> 2018-11-03 23:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122495 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300122669 2018-11-03 23:51:27 UTC 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2018-11-04 01:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300127217 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300127702 2018-11-04 01:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/300127702 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/302901613 2018-11-10 19:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/302901613 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/305630986 2018-11-18 10:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/305630986 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/315429444 Sling safety for parents (TICKS)]]> 2018-12-18 07:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/315429444 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/316784094 2018-12-28 10:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/316784094 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/316893299 2018-12-30 19:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/316893299 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/319300177 Great visual!
The photo to the left is pre labor with a closed and thick cervix. Pictured to the right is during labor with a dilated and thinned cervix! 
Do you see how short the distance is that baby travels? Do you see how the cervix goes back into the rest of the uterus? It pulls up over the baby’s head like a  turtleneck 🐢 
Do you see how the uterus on the right is thicker at the top from the cervix pulling back? That helps baby move down and out of the uterus. 
Our bodies are incredible!]]> 2019-01-10 15:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/319300177 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/321379791 2019-01-16 18:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/321379791 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/322876496 Delayed bathing increases breastfeeding rates ( article) ]]> 2019-01-22 08:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/322876496 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/326209461 Don’t forget, we do refresher courses! 😉]]> 2019-01-31 11:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/326209461 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/328148545 Impact of Doulas on Healthy Birth Outcomes]]> 2019-02-06 09:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/328148545 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329134456 2019-02-08 10:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329134456 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329356220 2019-02-08 18:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329356220 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571123 2019-02-10 09:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571123 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571200 2019-02-10 09:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571200 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571246 2019-02-10 09:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571246 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571320 2019-02-10 09:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571320 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571573 2019-02-10 09:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571573 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571890 2019-02-10 09:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571890 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571981 2019-02-10 09:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329571981 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329572139 2019-02-10 09:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329572139 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329573077 2019-02-10 09:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/329573077 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/330283119 2019-02-12 12:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/330283119 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/330365171 CAESAREAN BIRTH PLAN (babycentre ideas)]]> 2019-02-12 15:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/330365171 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/330596125 2019-02-12 22:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/330596125 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/331305065 Dads perspective of an emergency caesarean birth (story) ]]> 2019-02-14 14:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/331305065 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/331891308 2019-02-15 19:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/331891308 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/331893503 2019-02-15 19:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/331893503 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/332323119 INDUCING LABOUR: making informed decisions (book) by Sara Wickham. 
I have a copy available to loan if you wish to read, or to buy your own copy the link to it is here.. ]]> 2019-02-18 12:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/332323119 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/332327345 HOMEBIRTH INFORMATION PACK AVAILABLE FOR LOAN INCLUDING VIDEOS AND BOOKS. Please ask if you’d like to borrow it. ]]> 2019-02-18 13:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/332327345 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/334479564 Reducing colic (video) ]]> 2019-02-23 20:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/334479564 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/335790589 2019-02-27 08:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/335790589 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/335792599 2019-02-27 09:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/335792599 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336519734 Slings/carriers and hip positioning ]]> 2019-02-28 17:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336519734 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336838008 Yoga for pregnancy classes (Rugby) ]]> 2019-03-01 13:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336838008 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336841146 Hartbeeps (Rugby & Lutterworth) ]]> 2019-03-01 14:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336841146 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336842262 Hartbeeps (Daventry & Towcester) ]]> 2019-03-01 14:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336842262 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336879401 Paediatric first aid course for parents (covers Daventry & Northants) ]]> 2019-03-01 15:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336879401 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336883516 Based in Burbage, Leicestershire (covers Warwickshire too)]]> 2019-03-01 15:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/336883516 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/337845737 Carrying car seats causing injury: BBC news]]> 2019-03-05 11:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/337845737 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/339023813 Pain relief used (which infographic) ]]> 2019-03-07 18:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/339023813 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/339024205 Pain relief availability  (which infographic) ]]> 2019-03-07 18:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/339024205 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/340047542 Safe bedsharing information: 

“We know however that families also bed share, and so recommend making your bed a safer place for baby whether you doze off accidentally, or choose to bed share. Our advice on co-sleeping with your baby will tell you how. 

For safer co-sleeping:
Keep pillows, sheets, blankets away from your baby or any other items that could obstruct your baby’s breathing or cause them to overheat. A high proportion of infants who die as a result of SIDS are found with their head covered by loose bedding.
Follow all of our other safer sleep advice to reduce the risk of SIDS such as sleeping baby on their back

Avoid letting pets or other children in the bed
Make sure baby won’t fall out of bed or get trapped between the mattress and the wall
When not to co-sleep
It is important for you to know that there are some circumstances in which co-sleeping with your baby can be very dangerous:
Either you or your partner smokes (even if you do not smoke in the bedroom)
Either you or your partner has drunk alcohol or taken drugs (including medications that may make you drowsy)
You are extremely tired
Your baby was born premature (37 weeks or less)
Your baby was born at a low weight (2.5kg or 5½ lbs or less)
Never sleep on a sofa or armchair with your baby, this can increase the risk of SIDS by 50 times

You should never sleep together with your baby if any of the above points apply to you or your partner.
For more info on co-sleeping and safer sleep read our guide for parents”]]> 2019-03-11 16:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/340047542 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/340316374 2019-03-12 10:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/340316374 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/344701233 2019-03-25 07:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/344701233 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/345044157 Entonox (gas & air) ]]> 2019-03-25 23:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/345044157 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/346099226 Skin-to-skin contact and what women want in the first hours after a Caesarean section (study) In this study a midwife explores what women want in the first hours after a caesarean and I'm really struck by the overarching theme;  ‘I want our baby’. 

Women reported that: ‘I felt disconnected when I was separated from my baby’, ‘I want to explore my naked baby’, and ‘I want my partner involved‘

Women wanted their baby to stay with them and have skin-to-skin contact, even if they felt apprehensive about providing this care'. 

Midwives and obstetric teams I urge you to work towards this and women - KEEP ASKING. 
This is your baby and your birth.
This matters.

https://www.midwiferyjournal.com/article/S0266-6138(19)30078-6/fulltext]]> 2019-03-28 12:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/346099226 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/346223192 2019-03-28 16:13:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/346223192 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/346868693 Evidence on Placenta encapsulation (evidence based birth blog) ]]> 2019-03-31 09:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/346868693 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347411133 Swaddling baby (NCT guide)]]> 2019-04-01 22:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347411133 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347498163 Induction, routine acceptance? (Article: medical express) ]]> 2019-04-02 07:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347498163 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347501495 “Women with no history of pre-pregnancy depression or anxiety who were exposed to synthetic oxytocin during or shortly after delivery had a 32 percent increased risk of postpartum depression or anxiety compared with women who were not administered the synthetic hormone.”
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Are you making informed decisions about your birth or trusting your doctors to know what’s best?
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Do you think your doctor is aware of this study from 2017? It’s rare to find physicians who stay up to date on the latest research when it doesn’t affect their performance.
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Informing yourself is empowering yourself. It is taking back your power of your birth, your body, your baby and putting faith in yourself instead of your doctor.
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Beautifully spoken by @nourishingher
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#worlddoulaweek #pitocin #inductionday #inducinglabor #acupressureforbirth #waitingonbaby #hospitalbirth #birthintervention #highriskpregnancy #bunintheoven #childbirthed #birthplan #postpartumplan #ppd #postpartumanxiety #postpartumdepressionawareness #39weeks #40weeks #41weeks #42weeks #42weeks2days #birthmonth #postpartumdoula #labordoula #birthdoula #everywomanworthy]]> 2019-04-02 07:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347501495 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347751722 Side sleeping in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy (article) ]]> 2019-04-02 17:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/347751722 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348300338 The effect of labour medications on normal newborn behaviour (study) ]]> 2019-04-03 22:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348300338 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348514007 Ten ways to prepare for birth (birthing from within) ]]> 2019-04-04 13:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348514007 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348753001 Birthing 4 blokes! ]]> 2019-04-04 23:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348753001 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348843998 2019-04-05 08:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348843998 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348861099 How partners can help with breastfeeding (human milk blog) ]]> 2019-04-05 10:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/348861099 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/349184583 Induction of labour (RCOG guidelines) ]]> 2019-04-06 20:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/349184583 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/349190085 Does induction increase caesarean rates? (BJOG) ]]> 2019-04-06 21:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/349190085 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/350154712 Everyone should have this information. 👇🏼
This way, if you choose to have IV fluids and or need them, newborn weight and loss/gain can account for this in the first weeks. 
In 2011 a team of Canadian researchers published a study which linked routine IV fluids with excessive weight loss in newborns. The study concluded that it takes about 24 hours for babies to correct their fluid state and therefore a true birth weight should be done at 24 hours. Here's the issue with with weighing baby at birth with a mother who received IV fluids: those fluids not only over saturate the mother (throwing her into an electrolyte imbalance), but this same thing happens to baby! 
So let's say you had the typical hospital birth..labored for 12 hours with fluids being pumped into you the entire time. Baby is born weighing 8lbs 8oz. You go to your 3 day postpartum checkup and baby is down to 7lbs 5oz! Well..thats over a whole pound lost. The provider you see suddenly encourages you to supplement with formula because your baby is losing too much weight. You wonder how could this be...youve been nursing round the clock, changed plenty of wet diapers. How could this happen? .
You spent months researching breastfeeding and all its benefits for it to come down to this?..and at only 3 days postpartum! You feel like you've failed, but you fear that your baby is starving. So what do you do? You supplement...with formula. Next your milk supply drops because you're not bringing baby to the breast, but rather to the bottle. Before you know it you have an exclusively formula fed baby. .
This scenario is SO common, and I believe receiving IV fluids in labor is a HUGE part of the problem. As if the obstetric community hasn't failed women enough..now their "harmless" interventions caused you to lose all confidence in your ability to feed & nourish your baby from your breasts. .
So what can you do??? 
1. STAY OUT OF THE SYSTEM!
2. Say NO to routine IV fluids
3. Bring this study to attention if this happens to you
4. Continue nursing your baby. Bring baby to breast as first solution when she cries
5. Nurse in demand NOT on schedule
#Repost @lovelylunabirth 
#breastfeeding #routinedoesntmeanevidencebased #ivfluids #sacredsagebirths #fluidsinlabor #knowledgeispower

Edited to add:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1948093/

References: 
https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1746-4358-6-9

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174114/pdf/1746-4358-6-9.pdf

https://www.nfaap.org/sso/sso.aspx?nfredirect=https%3A%2F%2Fpediatrics.aappublications.org%2Fcontent%2F127%2F1%2Fe171.abstract%3Fsso%3D1%26sso_redirect_count%3D2%26nfstatus%3D401%26nftoken%3D00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%26nfstatusdescription%3DERROR%253A%2520No%2520local%2520token&no-redirect

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine put this as well in one of its 2017 protocols. 
https://abm.memberclicks.net/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/3-supplementation-protocol-english.pdf

Good info form evidence based birth. 
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/iv-fluids-during-labor/]]> 2019-04-09 22:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/350154712 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/350244815 A new study on Caesarean births and the impact on gut microbes. ]]> 2019-04-10 07:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/350244815 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351295385 Meeting baby for the first time (video UNICEF) ]]> 2019-04-12 19:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351295385 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351518831 2019-04-14 23:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351518831 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351605042 PANDAS Dads (Facebook support page for dads affected by postnatal depression either themselves or a partner) ]]> 2019-04-15 10:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351605042 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351605277 💙 Dads, we’ve got your back 💙 We have a specific Facebook support group for dads - PANDAS Dads - but the PANDAS Helpline is open for you too on 0843 28 98 401, open everyday between 9am-8pm.

Postnatal depression: fathers can suffer similar issues to mums. There are now calls for new fathers to be screened for depression after the birth of a child.]]> 2019-04-15 10:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351605277 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351608630 2019-04-15 11:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351608630 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351608687 2019-04-15 11:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351608687 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351609994 Your postnatal body and you! ]]> 2019-04-15 11:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351609994 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351610422 2019-04-15 11:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351610422 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351610797 Preventing PND next time around ]]> 2019-04-15 11:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351610797 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351611038 2019-04-15 11:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351611038 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351662366 2019-04-15 14:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351662366 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351665835 2019-04-15 14:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351665835 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351666962 Birthplace choices : making an informed choice ]]> 2019-04-15 14:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351666962 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351669729 2019-04-15 14:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351669729 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351670807 2019-04-15 14:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/351670807 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/352222667 How’s this shot of a mumma using gravity and allow her body to open.  The rhombus of Michaelis (sometimes called the quadrilateral of Michaelis) is a kite-shaped area that includes the three lower lumber vertebrae, the sacrum and that long ligament which reaches down from the base of the scull to the sacrum.
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This wedge-shaped area of bone moves backwards during the second stage of labour and as it moves back it pushes the wings of the ilea out, increasing the diameters of the pelvis. We know it’s happening when the woman’s hands reach upwards (to find something to hold onto, her head goes back and her back arches.) It’s what Sheila Kitzinger was talking about when she recorded Jamaican midwives saying the baby will not be born ‘till the woman opens her back’. I’m sure that is what they mean by the ‘opening of the back’.
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. “The reason that the woman’s arms go up is to find something to hold onto as her pelvis is going to become destabilised. This happens as part of physiological second stage; it’s an integral part of an active normal birth. If you’re going to have a normal birth you need to allow the rhombus of Michaelis to move backwards to give the baby the maximum amount of space to turn his shoulders in. Although the rhombus appears high in the pelvis and the lower lumbar spine when it moves backwards, it has the effect of opening the outlet as well.
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.“When women are leaning forward, upright, or on their hands and knees, you will see a lump appear on their back, at and below waist level. It’s much higher up than you might think; you don’t look for it near her buttocks, you look for it near her waist."
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Image shared from @blissful.herbs and Text by : Dr Sara Wickham @drsarawickham
#aboutbirthonline #positivebirth #uprightbirth #naturalbirth #onlinebirtheducation #newborns #vaginalbirth #midwives #activebirth]]> 2019-04-17 07:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/352222667 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/354039841 2019-04-25 09:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/354039841 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/354713303 2019-04-27 22:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/354713303 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/354816265 How to tie a baby carrier (video AMAWRAP) ]]> 2019-04-28 20:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/354816265 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/355016352 Depression in pregnancy (NCT article) ]]> 2019-04-29 14:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/355016352 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/355127049 The impact of babywearing on postnatal mental health (article) ]]> 2019-04-29 17:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/355127049 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/356904186 Building a happy baby (UNICEF) ]]> 2019-05-05 08:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/356904186 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/356904968 Baby I love you! ❤️ (Video of book read by Ewan McGregor UNICEF) ]]> 2019-05-05 08:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/356904968 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/357812745 Seven induction of labour resources Birth practice and politics forum ]]> 2019-05-07 20:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/357812745 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/359390006 Pregnancy and postnatal exercise videos ]]> 2019-05-13 09:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/359390006 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/362864045 Back to sport... ]]> 2019-05-23 10:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/362864045 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/363473391 What is PURPLE crying? ]]> 2019-05-25 17:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/363473391 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/364005726 Rebozo ]]> 2019-05-28 13:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/364005726 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/364006479 More rebozo ]]> 2019-05-28 13:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/364006479 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/365554258 Basic nappy changing & bathing baby ]]> 2019-06-04 12:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/365554258 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/366798753 Induction for women over 35. Article considering a recent published trial (including links) AIMS ]]> 2019-06-10 21:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/366798753 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/367247734 Article about cervical dilation and labour (blog post) ]]> 2019-06-12 18:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/367247734 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/367277504 "Cream Cheese? Nope. This white creamy looking substance on baby’s skin is called Vernix. Most babies will have vernix over their skin if born before their estimated due date. One of the many benefits of vernix is that it helps to regulate baby’s body temperature after birth. There’s no need to wash or even wipe it off as the baby’s skin will absorb it 🥰]]> 2019-06-12 22:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/367277504 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/369794396 2019-07-01 07:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/369794396 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/369800061 Study showing that partners touch can help relieve labour pain.
Sometimes partners (especially Dad's) can feel helpless in labour. This research shows you really can help

"When an empathetic partner holds the hand of a woman in pain, their heart and respiratory rates sync and her pain reduces."

A study from 2017 found that  physical contact from a loving partner reduced women's heart rate, breathing and pain levels; “The more empathic the partner, the stronger the analgesic effect, the higher the synchronization between the two when they are touching,”

The study recruited "22 long-term heterosexual couples, age 23 to 32, and put them through a series of tests aimed at mimicking that delivery-room scenario.

Men were assigned the role of observer; women the pain target. As instruments measured their heart and breathing rates, they: sat together, not touching; sat together holding hands; or sat in separate rooms. Then they repeated all three scenarios as the woman was subjected to a mild heat pain on her forearm for 2 minutes.

As in previous trials, the study showed couples synced physiologically to some degree just sitting together. But when she was subjected to pain and he couldn’t touch her, that synchronization was severed. When he was allowed to hold her hand, their rates fell into sync again and her pain decreased"

“It appears that pain totally interrupts this interpersonal synchronization between couples,” lead author Goldstein said. “Touch brings it back.”

During birth, some women don't want to be touched and that's absolutely ok, but this shows that loving touch from an empathetic partner can make a real difference.

https://neurosciencenews.com/empathy-neurobiology-lovers-6951]]> 2019-07-01 08:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/369800061 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370009845 Depression as a new Dad ]]> 2019-07-02 23:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370009845 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370114437 Elective caesarean birth (video from Lancashire hospitals) gives a good idea of what happens and what choices are available ]]> 2019-07-03 17:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370114437 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370674524 2019-07-09 20:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370674524 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370990269 2019-07-12 17:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370990269 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370996830 2019-07-12 19:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370996830 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370996889 Cats and babies (cats protection) ]]> 2019-07-12 19:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370996889 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370997022 Preparing your dog for the arrival of a new baby (Dogstrust) ]]> 2019-07-12 19:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/370997022 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371015436 Cats and babies ]]> 2019-07-13 01:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371015436 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371159650 Postnatal recovery (NHS) ]]> 2019-07-15 07:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371159650 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371160119 Postnatal recovery exercises (NHS) ]]> 2019-07-15 08:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371160119 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371160585 Caesarean postnatal exercises  ]]> 2019-07-15 08:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371160585 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371161611 Postnatal exercise (NHS) ]]> 2019-07-15 08:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371161611 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371202196 Skin-skin contact with baby (UNICEF) ]]> 2019-07-15 16:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/371202196 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/372684561 How does pethidine work? ]]> 2019-07-30 12:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/372684561 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/375054477 I'm often asked about what pain relief tools are available in a #homebirth setting. We then talk about how being in your own environment changes experience with pain, massage, touch, freedom of movement, #hydrotherapy (aka #birthtub or shower), AND sterile water papules - which is a tool most folks haven't heard of!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Sterile water papules are a tool we can use at home for back labor. Its a sub q injection of sterile water around the lower back on each side, that creates a numbing sensation for 1-2 hours. It stings a lot going in, but can be awesome tool to get through some hard moments in transition. We use it pretty late in the labor process because it's most effective the first time it's used and less helpful after that.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Here's my friend @kswmidwife administering sterile water papules during labor. Photo by @feelinghomeagain]]> 2019-08-16 16:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/375054477 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/375687064 14 stages of labour (Milli Hill - positive birth book) ]]> 2019-08-20 13:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/375687064 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381865073 Stonewall - A Guide for Gay Dads ]]> 2019-09-09 20:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381865073 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381866253 Stonewall - pregnant pause - A guide for lesbians on getting pregnant ( lots of information on pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period ]]> 2019-09-09 20:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381866253 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381866704 Same sex parents with twins, triplets or more (TAMBA) ]]> 2019-09-09 20:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381866704 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381867239 What issues can lesbian co-mothers face in the transition to parenthood? (NCT) ]]> 2019-09-09 20:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381867239 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381867714 Relactation and induced lactation (NCT) ]]> 2019-09-09 20:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381867714 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381868483 Shared breastfeeding and induced lactation (we are family magazine) ]]> 2019-09-09 20:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381868483 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381869179 LGBT parents: a network for LGBT parents and those thinking about becoming parents ]]> 2019-09-09 20:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381869179 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381869855 Different families; exploring what it’s like to grow up with lesbian or gay parents (Stonewall ) ]]> 2019-09-09 20:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381869855 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381870412 Othermotherhood  (we are family magazine) ]]> 2019-09-09 21:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381870412 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381870953 Parenting rights; parental responsibility, adopting, fostering, co-parenting and surrogacy ]]> 2019-09-09 21:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381870953 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381871345 Rainbow and same-sex parents; a family story (Raising Children Network ) ]]> 2019-09-09 21:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381871345 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381871611 Parenting and same-sex relationships (Family Lives) ]]> 2019-09-09 21:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381871611 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381895441 Same-sex parents fact sheet (TAMBA)]]> 2019-09-09 23:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/381895441 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/382565727 Seahorse; The Dad who gave birth (BBC documentary) ]]> 2019-09-11 08:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/382565727 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/383427634 Donor conception network ]]> 2019-09-12 17:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/383427634 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/385661746 2019-09-18 00:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/385661746 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/390910719 Children and the law - a guide to lesbian parenting ]]> 2019-09-28 20:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/390910719 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/393767916 Immersion in water in labour and birth (Cochran database) ]]> 2019-10-04 19:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/393767916 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/394874029 Woman’s bones in back move during labour ]]> 2019-10-08 08:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/394874029 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/395201732 Swaddling for sleep ]]> 2019-10-08 17:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/395201732 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/397836483 He’s not my mother! (AIMS article) ]]> 2019-10-15 11:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/397836483 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/397837705 Birth beyond the binary (AIMS article) ]]> 2019-10-15 11:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/397837705 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/400575972 Vitamin K (AIMS) ]]> 2019-10-21 21:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/400575972 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/400576367 Vitamin K (NHS document) ]]> 2019-10-21 21:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/400576367 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/400811980 How pregnancy can be more difficult.. (article in The Conversation from Mari Greenfield) ]]> 2019-10-22 12:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/400811980 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/402311310 2019-10-24 21:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/402311310 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/413105409 You can’t spoil a baby by comforting it when it’s crying ]]> 2019-11-19 00:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/413105409 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/419848135 2019-12-04 18:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/419848135 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/436186125 Induction with synthetic oxytocin (AIMS article) ]]> 2020-01-26 21:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/436186125 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/436727344 Virtual tour of Maternity departments at UHCW (video) ]]> 2020-01-27 23:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/436727344 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/456334093 how to minimise perineal tearing (PDF Royal Berkshire NHS)]]> 2020-03-07 23:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/456334093 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/458176579 CESAREAN SECTION 3D ANIMATION (YouTube video) ]]> 2020-03-11 09:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/458176579 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476323941 video of activity in group]]> 2020-03-26 12:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476323941 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476324316 questions to consider...]]> 2020-03-26 12:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476324316 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476326492 nice infographic of the needs of babies]]> 2020-03-26 12:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476326492 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476326961 2020-03-26 12:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/476326961 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478533353 SHORT VIDEO (nhs)]]> 2020-03-27 14:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478533353 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478536404 NCT info page]]> 2020-03-27 14:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478536404 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478542903 video (evidence based birth)]]> 2020-03-27 14:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478542903 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478547243 video (evidence based birth)]]> 2020-03-27 14:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478547243 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478552323 NHS ]]> 2020-03-27 14:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478552323 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478583756 Debra Betts]]> 2020-03-27 15:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478583756 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478606350 NCT]]> 2020-03-27 15:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/478606350 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/521329113 2020-04-21 20:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/521329113 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/528484943 NHS ]]> 2020-04-24 14:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/528484943 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/545972723 Tips and benefits (NCT) ]]> 2020-05-02 19:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/545972723 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/555600006 Video ]]> 2020-05-06 18:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/555600006 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/673048882 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆.🌎

💁🏽‍♀️What does research tell us about upright labor and birth?

According to the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group, a respected international organization that defines best practices based on research, the use of any upright or side-lying position, compared with supine or lithotomy positions (lying on back, legs supported by stirrups), is associated with the following results: 

✅shorter second stage of labor; 
✅a small reduction in vacuum or forceps-assisted birth; 
✅fewer episiotomies; 
✅less chance that the woman will report severe pain; 
✅fewer abnormal fetal heart rate patterns; 
✅a small increase in second-degree lacerations (in the upright group only); and 
✅an increase in estimated blood loss, although there was no evidence of serious or long-term problems from the extra blood loss (Gupta, Hofmeyr, & Smyth, 2004). 

⬆️Upright and gravity-neutral positions are safe during pushing and are often more comfortable than lying on your back. 

➡️Following your own urge to push is less stressful for your baby than directed pushing. 

⬇️Pushing when and how your natural urge tells you to gives you the best chance of preventing tears and muscle weakness in your pelvis after the birth.

Photo Cred: @doulaviewllc

]]> 2020-08-08 07:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/673048882 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/695214626 Pride and Joy: A Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Parents https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1780664206/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_Lf.qFbSSJCC4C]]> 2020-08-24 16:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/695214626 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/696733912 2020-08-25 08:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/696733912 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/722592075 TENS Machine!

We are currently having a culture shift. Birthing people are no longer assuming they will birth in hospital, which is awesome. One of the fears that comes up though, is the amount of comfort measures (pain relief) available outside of traditional obstetric units.

That is where our snazzy TENS machine comes in! TENS stands for 'Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation'. They are known for their use to ease chronic pain, usually back discomfort but can be used (near enough) anywhere on the body.

The way they work is two-fold:

1. Our brains can only process one sensation at a time, so act as a distraction from labour discomfort

2. Working on the production of endorphins, which are the body's natural painkiller and are 10 times stronger than morphine

You put the sticky pads on your lower back, start on the lowest setting and work your way up if needed. Each time you have a surge (contraction) press the 'boost' button - this is a special function on maternity TENS so make sure you get one specifically for labour to get the best results.

If you have tried a TENS machine before, you will know the sensation it gives isn't the most pleasant and certainly won't be for everyone, but many women find it super helpful in the early stages of labour and others go on to use it throughout. Others bloody hate it and want to rip it off!

Our final words of advice:
⚠️ don't use it in the pool!
⚠️ keep it on - if you take it off thinking it isn't working, you will lose the effect of the endorphins and may not deal so well after taking it off
⚠️ get a maternity one - you can buy one or hire one fairly inexpensively
⚠️ build up the settings slowly if you need to

Do you have any questions? Have any of you used a TENS in labour or considering it? 🥰💖🤰]]> 2020-09-05 12:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/722592075 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/724406284 A reminder that, earlier this year, expert researchers at Oxford Brookes University brought together research on childbirth, birth setting and the use of water immersion in labour and shared key points which highlighted the safety and benefits of the use of water for labour and birth, during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
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Their points included that:
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Water immersion for healthy women is associated with a number of beneficial maternal outcomes with no known adverse risks to the neonate.
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COVID-19 is not a waterborne virus, therefore, the water environment dilutes respiratory droplet and faecal contamination potential.
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In the Coronavirus context, water immersion presents a lower risk of contamination risk for midwives compared with bed birth because it promotes the use of social distancing without interrupting normal midwifery care. Burns et al (2020)
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The authors also noted that:
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"The birthing pool environment presents a natural barrier between the woman and her midwife.
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Supporting women in the water reduces droplet, aerosol and faecal contamination, presenting a low-risk transmission activity for the Coronavirus.
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Water immersion for healthy women is associated with a number of beneficial maternal outcomes with no known adverse risks to the neonate.
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For primiparous women, birthing in midwifery-led settings (AMU/FMU or home) water immersion reduces transfer rate with the greatest benefit seen at FMU.
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Water immersion for labour and/or birth should be supported and encouraged as an effective method of analgesia."
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Burns E, Feeley C, Venderlaan J et al (2020). Coronavirus COVID-19: Supporting healthy pregnant women to safely give birth. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University. 
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Loads more birth information at www.sarawickham.com
 ]]> 2020-09-07 07:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/724406284 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/724886552 Dangerous sleeping bags?
Only 3 put of 15 passed safety checks 

"New Which? research reveals the dangers posed by baby sleeping bags bought from online marketplaces and uncovers safety problems with big-name brands, too. We tested 15 baby sleeping bags bought from online marketplaces, high street stores and online from leading brands, and 12 of the bags failed some of our safety tests. Only three bags – from Asda, John Lewis and Mamas & Papas – passed all of the safety requirements. All nine of the baby sleeping bags we bought from sellers listing through online marketplaces AliExpress, Amazon Marketplace, eBay, Etsy and Wish failed to pass our safety tests. And three bags from Aldi, Grobag and Jojo Maman Bebe also failed at least one of our tests. The safety problems uncovered included neck openings that are too wide, which could lead to a baby slipping down into the bag and suffocating. We also found inaccurate tog ratings that could lead to a baby seriously overheating. And many bags simply didn’t provide key safety information in the instructions." 

Read more: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/09/which-safety-tests-uncover-dangerous-baby-sleeping-bags/ - Which?

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2020/09/which-safety-tests-uncover-dangerous-baby-sleeping-bags]]> 2020-09-07 13:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/724886552 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/725163147 2020-09-07 17:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/725163147 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/760894564 2020-09-19 12:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/760894564 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/778903121 2020-09-25 12:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/778903121 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/922057288 I wonder how uncomfortable a diaper must be after 9 months suspended naked in fluid. 
I wonder how cold a crib must be after 3 trimesters of warmth. 
I wonder how unpleasant hunger must be when your belly was always full in the womb. 
I wonder this, and I stop wondering why newborns want to be held and fed so much. You are their security and safe place. Their warmth. Their whole world.

So when you see me holding my sleeping newborn, no, I’m not “spoiling” her. I’m being her comfort, her warmth, her security. 

𝙄’𝙢 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣. ❤️]]> 2020-11-13 22:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/922057288 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/967238976 2020-11-28 16:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/967238976 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/967241000 (Video) ]]> 2020-11-28 16:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/967241000 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/967244827 2020-11-28 17:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/967244827 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1001404115 2020-12-09 08:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1001404115 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1006659652 RCOG information leaflet ]]> 2020-12-10 15:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1006659652 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1076305270 Perineal massage demo (video)]]> 2021-01-11 21:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1076305270 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1081078511 ICAN ]]> 2021-01-12 23:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1081078511 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1321299597 NHS trust ]]> 2021-03-17 15:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1321299597 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1321311369 NHS trust leaflet ]]> 2021-03-17 15:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1321311369 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1543851481 Study review in science direct ]]> 2021-05-20 13:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1543851481 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1547533112 Pelvic floor excercise app (NHS) ]]> 2021-05-21 13:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1547533112 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1547579333 Stories by parents who have experienced mental health issues before or after birth ]]> 2021-05-21 13:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1547579333 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1679121364 2021-08-14 18:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1679121364 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1685670844 Study looking at comparative outcomes in women having epidural anaesthesia (science direct) ]]> 2021-08-19 07:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1685670844 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1810587945 2021-10-12 12:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1810587945 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1846187743 2021-10-26 20:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1846187743 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1928120684 2021-12-03 20:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/1928120684 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2001186289 2022-01-19 18:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2001186289 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2125769664 Naloxone for opioid exposed babies ]]> 2022-04-01 16:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2125769664 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2241540225 Rʜᴏᴍʙᴜs Mɪᴄʜᴀᴇʟɪs🤯🤭

“The rhombus of Michaelis (sometimes called the quadrilateral of Michaelis) is a kite-shaped area that includes the three lower lumber vertebrae, the sacrum and that long ligament which reaches down from the base of the scull to the sacrum. This wedge-shaped area of bone moves backwards during the second stage of labour and as it moves back it pushes the wings of the ilea out, increasing the diameters of the pelvis. We know it’s happening when the woman’s hands reach upwards (to find something to hold onto, her head goes back and her back arches. It’s what Sheila Kitzinger (1993) was talking about when she recorded Jamaican midwives saying the baby will not be born ‘till the woman opens her back’. I’m sure that is what they mean by the ‘opening of the back’."
 
https://www.sarawickham.com/articles-2/the-rhombus-of-michaelis/

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#orgasmicbirth]]> 2022-07-12 04:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2241540225 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2244584790 2022-07-16 19:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2244584790 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2253008328 🤍VERNIX🤍

Wondering what that white greasy cheese like substance that’s covering your baby at birth? 🧀

That’s VERNIX! - a multifunctional skin cream made by the foetus’ sweat glands and skin cells. It is composed of mostly water, as well as protein, lipids and cholesterol. 

Vernix is amazing and have loads of benefits:

💦Waterproofing the baby in the aquatic environment of amniotic fluid. It allows the thick outer layer of skin to develop - hence no pickled skin when born🥒

👶🏽When swallowed by the foetus it helps in gut development and protection 

🤰🏾It is a natural lubricant during labour to help reduce friction as the baby comes through the birth canal 

🧖🏾‍♀️Properties help with perineal wound healing for Mama

We know, it looks kinda gross and you might be wanting to get it off your baby ASAP

But DON’T.. It’s actually extremely beneficial for them and you after birth too! 👍🏻

After delivery it keeps the baby’s skin moisturised and it’s anti-infective properties help stave off bacterial infections 🦠

It also is suggested to help babies latch on too. The scent of vernix is part of triggering neural connections in babies' brain needed for breastfeeding 🍉🍉

You may even love the smell of it and that’s because the smell is designed to jack into the parental brain to create a pleasurable response and get all that oxytocin flowing 🥰

Hence delay in baby’s first bath for as long as possible is advised (WHO)(Exception being babies born with meconium stained fluid, or to mothers with HIV, Hepatitis or Chorioamnionnits)🛁]]> 2022-08-01 21:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2253008328 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2323454262 2022-10-03 09:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2323454262 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2337468873 2022-10-12 17:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2337468873 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2370452355 2022-11-04 17:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2370452355 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2381476871 2022-11-13 11:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2381476871 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2415775801 2022-12-09 15:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2415775801 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2436517611 2023-01-07 21:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2436517611 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2488233973 2023-02-20 08:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2488233973 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2585627462 2023-05-10 14:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2585627462 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2615838227 2023-06-06 12:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2615838227 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2626246915 2023-06-18 09:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2626246915 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2626247637 2023-06-18 09:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2626247637 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2737826531 2023-10-09 09:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2737826531 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2737828495 2023-10-09 09:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2737828495 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2737831335 2023-10-09 09:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2737831335 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2923022580 2024-03-18 10:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2923022580 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2923058646 2024-03-18 10:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2923058646 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2960807432 2024-04-18 19:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2960807432 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2994196078 2024-05-15 12:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2994196078 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2994198011 2024-05-15 12:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/2994198011 Doulafay https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/3552935600 2025-08-24 21:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Doulafay/g76hu7ksd482/wish/3552935600