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5 Things You Should Know About Labor
Join us today with Trish Ware, a labor and delivery nurse of 17 years to explain the five most important things to know before labor!
Over the past 17 years, Trish has developed a reputation for making laboring mamas feel empowered and confident — even if she’s not in the labor room with them. She has spent many years analyzing the literature & her own experiences in the labor room to prepare and educate mothers for a confident labor!
The Natural Nipple In Nepal: Coming Together To Find A Solution -- Part 2
During residency, Dr. Shrestha witnessed infant malnutrition and the introduction of solid foods at two months of age. He began seeing the relationship of this practice to long term negative health outcomes and became passionate about educating his patients, who often could not afford the resulting follow on care, on the preventative benefits of breastfeeding...
The Natural Nipple In Nepal: How Breastfeeding Can Be Improved Worldwide -- Part 1
About a year ago, when conducting ‘Barriers to Breastfeeding’ research across the United States, I became intrigued by The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard statistics, demonstrating that Nepal was the most successful country in the world to support women in the WHO recommendation of breastfeeding for two years. Initially, I hypothesized that these rates were likely correlated to Gross Domestic Profit (GDP), with the poorest nations perhaps having increased breastfeeding rates out of necessity: lack of access to formula or bottles.
Being a Millennial Mom In an Old School Medical System
Its millennials turn to have babies, and they are a group that is armed with information and their own vision of how they want their birth experience to be. But are the doctors and nurses from the previous generations ready for them? Millennial mom, Aneesah, had an intense experience not only because her birth did not go as expected, but also because of the unforeseen tension between her and the hospital staff.
