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To Nursery or Not to Nursery?

Posted on: March 20, 2018 by: Demetria Clark

To Nursery or Not to Nursery? To nursery or not to nursery?  That is the question! Quite a while ago, Mayo Health System – Mankato, updated their nursery and the policies surrounding it.  The nursery used to be open to

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Nurturing Yourself in Pregnancy

Posted on: February 14, 2018 by: Demetria Clark

Nurturing Yourself in Pregnancy The concept of nurturing yourself in pregnancy, is second only to nutrition.  Women begin pregnancy at different levels of the spectrum regarding their ability to care for themselves.  Some women have developed rituals and habits that

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Informal Milk Sharing

Posted on: December 5, 2017 by: Demetria Clark

Informal Milk Sharing   New mothers are told breastfeeding is the best option for their baby, but sometimes they are unable to provide enough milk themselves. Some mothers look for alternative ways besides formula to feed their little ones. Informal

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Hormone Soup: The Role of Hormones in Pregnancy, Labor and Breastfeeding

Posted on: November 30, 2017 by: Demetria Clark

Hormone Soup: The Role of Hormones in Pregnancy, Labor and Breastfeeding It’s 3 a.m., your 8 months pregnant and your lying in bed awake, unable to sleep or get comfortable when all of the sudden you have the most intense

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Letting Labor Begin on its Own

Posted on: June 5, 2017 by: Demetria Clark

Letting Labor Begin on its Own Induction, post-dates and cervical ripening are just a few examples of the medical jargon that are common to the birthing world. This vocabulary can lead to misguided confidence in medical interventions rather than trusting

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Why have a birth plan?

Posted on: August 16, 2016 by: Demetria Clark

Why have a birth plan? by Sara Fernberg While no two births are identical, and your birth may not go as planned, it is important to have a document or outline of your wants and expectations for your birth journey.

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Six is the New Four

Posted on: August 12, 2016 by: Demetria Clark

Six is the New Four! by Alexa Weeks There has been a re-evaluation of the timing and progression of labor sort of going on behind the scenes for awhile now. While many have clung to the Friedman curve to measure

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Will this Hurt?

Posted on: April 5, 2016 by: Demetria Clark

  Will This Hurt? “Labor pain, like all other pain, is a function of the whole person, and we can go even further than that and say that the experience of pain is labor is profoundly influenced by the values

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Routine IV fluids during labor, necessary or nuisance?

Posted on: October 25, 2015 by: Demetria Clark

Today, the vast majority of US hospitals routinely place IVs in laboring women. But why? Are there any benefits to receiving IV fluids during labor? Or perhaps maybe even some undesirable side effects? I have decided to seek evidence based

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The Difficult Baby

Posted on: October 25, 2015 by: Demetria Clark

The Difficult Baby   I firmly believe that a baby who seems unsettled most of the time is trying to communicate that there is something wrong. There are SO many components to being healthy, our well being depends greatly on

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