What to Pack in your Hospital Bag. (For the whole family.)
Hospital Checklist: What to bring to the hospital Packing for the hospital can be nerve wracking! Be prepared, and check out our list of what to bring to the hospital. Make sure your hospital bag is packed with all of the things that will be useful for you during your stay! For Mom (During Labor) MASSAGE TOOLS: These are excellent … Read More
Expecting? Read This Now! Dads at Birth
Why Are Partners At Birth Important? Why Dads Matter! Partners are the missing piece in the modern day birth culture equation. Gone are the days of the nervous fathers pacing the waiting room of the maternity ward with a cigar in their mouth. Partners weren’t always “allowed” to be with the birthing women during labor. This is a relatively new win … Read More
Crazy Pregnancy Symptoms You will Not Believe!
Here Are Some Weird Pregnancy Symptoms You Will Not Believe! Everyone knows about the normal stuff: Like the weird pregnancy cravings, growing belly, and the “morning” sickness. Here are some weird but common pregnancy symptoms. Weird Dreams. Some pregnant women suffer from strange pregnancy dreams. Some sources suggest that vivid dreams occur during pregnancy not because expectant mothers dream more, … Read More
Difference Between a Doula and Family Member
What’s the Difference Between a Doula and Family Member? Can’t My Husband/Mom/Friend be My Doula? Beautifully Connected Doulas are trained in labor support at a professional level. Our only purpose is support and serve you! You deserve the rock-star treatment, and will get it with our professional doulas. Professionally Trained, Certified, and Insured We are trained to understand the physiological and hormonal progression … Read More
Save Money on Doula Services
How Can I Save Money for My Doula Services? How can I make doula services affordable for my family? A pretty simple question, and I get asked this a lot! All day everyday, we as Americans live a life of excess. We have what we need, in fact we have more than we need! Many of us have money sucking habits! … Read More
My Kate Middleton Pregnancy: Pregnant HG Life
My Kate Middleton Pregnancy: Pregnant HG Life. By: New Crunchy Mom Rebecca Lemke I never expected to compare myself to Kate Middleton, but that is exactly what I did on a daily basis when I was pregnant with my son and suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum. What in the world is Hyperemesis Gravidarum, you ask? Well, it is the same thing … Read More
Does Food Choice Determine Quality of Breast Milk?
Good News! Food Choice Doesn’t Determine the Quality of Breast Milk. Thank God, Because I love Cheeseburgers. An ad campaign in Brazil has set out to warn mothers about their food choices while breastfeeding. This new campaign is called “your child is what you eat.” The add depicts newborns nursing unhealthy food choices instead of mothers milk. While the intent of … Read More
Will You Be Mad If I Get an Epidural?
Will You Be Mad or Disappointed if I Decide to get an Epidural? Designer Doula Perspective. There is a misconception that Doulas are only for unmedicated, natural birthing, hippies! Doulas are very knowledgeable in physiological labor and birth! Many people hire us because they are looking for support through unmedicated labor. But, we are equally valuable during a medicated or cesarean birth! … Read More
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Alternative Management
What is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction? Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is a broad term used to describe health problems that are caused by an issue of Musculature within the pelvic floor or corresponding muscles. The main problems that pelvic dysfunction are categorized by: bladder and bowel dysfunction… (HELLO SNEEZE-PEE,) prolapse, and sexual dysfunction, (pain with intercourse.) That sneeze-pee, cough-pee, laughing-pee, means dysfunction!!! GOOD NEWS! … Read More