Synthetic oxytocin makes becoming a Mom easier but being a Mom harder
When synthetic oxytocin is injected into the blood, it struggles to penetrate Mom’s brain – it needs to…
Include a hot water bottle and an ice pack in your labour bag
The idea of using temperature to relieve pain, is not new. Strategic use of hot and cold, is…
Make sure gravity is on your delivery team
When you’re lying in a bed, the birth canal becomes a hole………………… not a tunnel. Dropping through a…
All it takes to avoid neonatal jaundice is a tender touch
You can give your baby’s gut a helping hand with getting the sticky green meconium goo out, this…
The breast sends smoke signals to get baby’s attention
It’s not just breast milk that smells good to a newborn, the breast itself is sending signals into…
Turn down the lights during labour to get more push
Melatonin is normally associated with getting you ready for bed, not babies, but he is an important part…
Shorter mothers have shorter pregnancies
Part of the fun, is guessing exactly when junior will appear. There are lots of methods used to…
It’s thirty nine weeks, time to get the show on the road
A baby is considered “done” by the 39th week of a pregnancy and BIG enough to be born.…
You can turn the stress genes off during pregnancy
How you respond to stress is determined by a setting on your CRH (cortisol releasing hormone) gene. Extra…
The final touches happen in the last weeks before birth
Mother Nature waits till the end, to add the finishing touches, these finishing touches ensure the baby makes…