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As @ebbirth quotes that today in this current pand

As @ebbirth quotes that today in this current pandemic research in psychology shows that to people “facts matter less when emotions take over” and policies have been put in place in a lot of maternity birth units worldwide that are not supported by evidence but rather by fear! Like banning water births, gas and the most crucial of them all birth support. These are all not evidence based and against a woman’s human rights.
This fear based response from medical institutions in maternity care are making mums fearful, anxious and frightened to give birth not knowing what awaits them and if they will have adequate support. .
It doesn’t make sense when we are trying to lessen the load on the healthcare system to take a woman’s birth support which will then pose more on the care provider’s workload and then on top of that taking away their comfort measures like water birth and gas. Are we planning to just medicate all these women with an epidural and manage so many women at a time that way. Well that is not the answer because we are going to have women come out of their birth traumatised and not ready to step into their new role as mothers and that will be detrimental to all.

I really hope that these policies are looked into more closely and women speak up and say this is unacceptable because without women having a voice then nothing will change.

Partners and Doulas are able to wear personal protective equipment if need be and are happy to do whatever it takes to support the birthing mother. Let’s look at ways around this rather than just putting a policy in place that has no merit. .
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Repost • @2lifedoula

#covıd19 #maternitycare #womenspeakup #humanrightsinchildbirth #empoweringwomen #birthingpartners #brisbane #2lifedoula

. 🔗SHE IS YOUR HANDCUFF🔗 ◈ In the 70’s,

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🔗SHE IS YOUR HANDCUFF🔗
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In the 70’s, pregnant women would handcuff themselves to their partners so the hospitals wouldn’t separate them from their partners during birth.
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This is how much it meant for families to stay together. To be each other’s support system.
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Today, my friend and midwife @lindseymeehleis was that handcuff for this family, and many others to come.
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Instead of handcuffs, she must wear a mask.
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And this is hard and heavy for her heart.
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Because midwifery has never been about wearing protective gear that is not necessary or makes the parents feel disconnected from birth as if it’s a process that needs complete sterility.
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It’s not how she’s used to showing up for families, but it’s the new normal now and she’s figuring out how to navigate being a midwife during COVID-19, while keeping the sacredness that is midwifery.
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The mask and extra precaution is not a representation of midwifery.
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It’s a representation of your midwife’s commitment to being your handcuff, while keeping others safe.
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She must show up for herself so she can keep showing up for you.
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PhotoCred: @lindseymeehleis
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Repost • @badassmotherbirther

Baby ❤️ . . . @southwales_birthphotographer

Baby ❤️
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@southwales_birthphotographer

A N X I E T Y • and fear of the unknown is reall

A N X I E T Y • and fear of the unknown is really affecting the population at the moment. .
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I know many of you are feeling fearful at this time. There are three key things that may help to remember..
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1) feeling like this is common and you’re not alone in what you’re experiencing and how you feel. The most important thing is to remember to down regulate and restore. To dedicate time every single day to relaxation. Your body and your baby will really benefit from this. .
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2) you can’t control what is happening in the world but what you can control, to some extent, is your reaction to it. Control your breathing - deep and slow breaths every morning. Breathe in fresh oxygen and breathe out fear. Focus on what you can control even if that’s the very simple things in life. Practise daily gratitude for what you do have. Like your warm comfy bed, your friends (even you can only reach them digitally right now) and your amazing body for growing your beautiful baby. .
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3) it’s going to be okay. Things will gradually get better and we will get through this together. .
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Repost • @the_modern_midwife
Incredible image by Lennart Nilsson .
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#pregnant #anxiety #anxietyrelief #motherhood #pregnancy #mummytobe #pregnantduringapandemic #covid_19 #corona #birthsupport #staysafe #staycalm #stayhome #theonlywayoutisthrough #bodywisebirthwise

Repost • @avivaromm 📣 No woman should have to

Repost • @avivaromm 📣 No woman should have to birth alone, yet the right to have support during labor and birth by a partner or doula is being stripped away in hospitals due to COVID-19 precautions. .
As if facing COVID-19 and social distancing wasn’t enough to worry about, this is causing pregnant women incredible anxiety - and even despair - at a time when they should be able to prepare to welcome their baby. .
While there is a lack of definitive evidence of increased infection risk from having a partner or doula present in labor or at birth, there is evidence of increased risk to the mother and baby from lack of adequate emotional, psychological, and physical support during labor, including longer and more painful labor, greater need for pain medication, interventions, and cesarean section. .
Further, lack of perinatal support is associated with greater risk of postpartum depression. These risks are further increased for people of color, who are already at higher risk of perinatal complications.

Today I am launching the #Ideservebirthsupport campaign in order to raise awareness of a woman’s right to have support during her labor + birth experience and in turn, have hospitals recognize that labor and birth support is a proven, important factor in the health of mothers, babies, and thus, families.

Your help is really needed. If you can, I would love your support. Here's how:

1. Post a photo that depicts your birth journey (pregnant, in labor, birthing, you and your baby after birth, etc.) and explain in the caption why having support during your labor and delivery was so integral to your health.

2. Use the hashtag #ideservebirthsupport and tag me @avivaromm

3. If you’re feeling the birth activist spirit, contact the COO of your hospital, anyone you know in media, your mayor, your governor, your state senator, and ask your OB or midwife to advocate for you. Explain why birth support is so essential for your wellbeing, and the health of your baby and family.

Take a moment to watch this and forget about every

Take a moment to watch this and forget about everything else 🥰
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Repost • @badassmotherbirther .
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And the magical moment unfolded right before my eyes.

Before this, everything felt like a rushed whirlwind.

But this.

This was love in slow motion.

And they had forever to go after this.

But my oh my, how my heart needed to see this love in its stillness.
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Love,
Flor Cruz @_de_la_flor_
VideoCred: @drvinifernandes

It’s business as usual at the online store 💟

It’s business as usual at the online store 💟 🌱
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Lots of orders coming in and I’m getting most out within 1-2 days.
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I’m feeling the heaviness of the current situation but I’m doing my best to stay positive and grateful and not get sucked down the misery vortex!
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I’m seeing the effects on families with job losses and uncertainties 💔😢 Our family has been affected too so I understand 😔 Sending big love - and hope - out to all ❤️
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It seems customers are also stocking up in case we end up in a lockdown 😬
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#herbaltincture #mamasmilk #breastfeedingherbs #smallbusiness #pumpingmum #supportsmallbusiness #shoplocal #breastfeeding #staypositive #staygrateful #theonlywayoutisthrough #breastfeeding #galactogogues
#bodywisebirthwise #bodywisebirthwisestore

And the babies just keep being born ❤️ . . A b

And the babies just keep being born ❤️ .
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A big virtual hug to all those mums expecting soon. I know the anxiety is real and the unknowns are unkind and the job losses are hitting families hard 😢 .
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We have to keep going, stay strong, focus on the positives and look after, and look out for each other.
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Let go of what you cannot control and find peace in what you can control.
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Welcome to the beautiful babies of my clients and online store customers that have arrived over the last week. May your milky love bubble sustain your positivity 💖
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I’m so grateful for the joy and pure love babies bring with them. Much needed this week 🙏🏻💕🙏🏻
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#theonlywayoutisthrough #staygrateful #staypositive
Pic @milkandhannah Coated. Covered. Soaked. In nectar and in love and in his Mama.

🐛✨🦋 Things can change dramatically, and yo

🐛✨🦋 Things can change dramatically, and you can’t know for sure what the future will bring. Keep believing that magical, positive things are possible even if it’s hard to imagine them now. 💖
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Repost • @positivelypresent

Can you see it? 👀 Second yolk sac remnant in le

Can you see it? 👀 Second yolk sac remnant in less than a week😍 Pretty cool given the odds of seeing this is around 2% usually!
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A few posts back I shared all about these and showed one on the fetal side of the placenta.
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But this one is completely off the fetal side and within the membranes instead ✨
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So what is it❓In the early weeks of #pregnancy the #embryo is attached to a tiny yolk sac which provides nourishment. .
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A few weeks later, the #placenta will be fully formed (albeit tiny) and will take over the transfer of nutrients to the #embryo. It's the outer layer of this sac that develops into the placenta. 🙌🏻
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The yolk sac should be visible from 5 weeks gestation and increases in size to a maximum mean diameter of 6mm at 10 weeks gestation. .
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The majority of yolk sacs decrease in size before ‘disappearing’ or being re-absorbed into the placenta around 12 weeks #gestation. Yet occasionally (~2%) the yolk sac can be seen in/on the placenta 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
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It shows as a 1-5 mm oval shaped white body and is situated between the #amnion and #chorion (the two #membranes) usually on the #fetal side of the placenta or sometimes within the membrane sac itself like this one 👆🏻
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It looks a bit like a sesame seed, feels slightly firm and is fixed.
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Sometimes a spot of #vernix can be mistaken as a yolk sac but once you see and feel one you know the difference easily.
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#placentalife #doulalife #placentavariations #placentanerd #placentawise #feelinglucky #variationofnormal #yolksac #earlylife #studentmidwife #inutero #yolksacremnant #maternal #midwiferystudent #cervix #placentaencapsulation #bodywisebirthwise

📣 It’s business as usual at the BodyWise Birt

📣 It’s business as usual at the BodyWise BirthWise Store 🌱🌼.
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I’m doing my best to get orders out within 1 day but due to a high number of orders at the moment (which is awesome, thank you 💖) it’s taking me between 2-3 days for some orders, particularly the bigger ones.
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For the sake of social distancing I’m also reducing my trips to the post office. So instead of going every day I’ll i’ll be going to approximately 3 times per week. .
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I’ll also be utilising my pick up courier service more, where its convenient and affordable to customers. .
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Some of my suppliers are having their own delays so this is rippling down to small businesses like mine. But I’m doing everything I can to keep all of my starting materials (herbs, ingredients etc) and my packaging etc well stocked 🙏🏻
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So much 💥 POWER💥 here. . . And in every birt

So much 💥 POWER💥 here. .
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And in every birth.
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It’s the oxytocin, the adrenaline, the sheer privilege that keeps us doulas hooked ❤️ .
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I will n-e-v-e-r tire of witnessing and feeling the palpable magic of birth.❤️❤️❤️
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📷@vanessamendezphotography

We’re all in this together 🦋 . . 📷 @hadasi

We’re all in this together 🦋
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📷 @hadasimages

Oh I can feel every bit of this moment ✨✨✨ .

Oh I can feel every bit of this moment ✨✨✨
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Repost • @essentiallyerin__ .
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“One thing I have witnessed and have always loved about birth, is that birth will take you to your limits and then take you over them. .
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When a birthing woman is nearing 7/8cm, characteristically known as "transition,"she will undoubtedly say, think, or feel, "I can't do this anymore." .
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Oftentimes this feeling will manifest itself in those words, a moment of crying, a feeling of wanting to flee or a frantic look. It's when she begins to feel birth has become stronger than her. .
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When you feel like you can't take anymore, there isn't much more to take. However, it is at this moment that something magical happens. .
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The woman is the birth, and at this moment she digs down deep and finds strength she never knew she had. .
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There is a surge of hormones that cascades through her body, adrenaline and oxytocin, and within a few contractions her body spontaneously begins pushing and she finishes the work that is needed to bring her baby. .
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She has just proven herself, to herself. Oftentimes the expression is, "I did it!" Or, "I can't believe I just did that." .
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Yes, you did it mama, that strength and power was you. What you have now is an empowered mother, ready to meet the demands of motherhood. .
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From that first gaze to the weeks and years that will follow, you did it, and you've got this. You are an amazing woman." - LisaHart, Doula

Woop-woop 😍 Always a lovely surprise to a #plac

Woop-woop 😍 Always a lovely surprise to a #placentanerd Today’s placenta had a yolk sac remnant 💖🙏🏻💖 .
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The odds of seeing this is around 2%.
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In the early weeks of #pregnancy the #embryo is attached to a tiny yolk sac which provides nourishment. .
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A few weeks later, the #placenta will be fully formed and will take over the transfer of nutrients to the #embryo. It's the outer layer of this sac that develops into the placenta. 🙌🏻
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The yolk sac should be visible from 5 weeks gestation and increases in size to a maximum mean diameter of 6mm at 10 weeks gestation. The majority of yolk sacs decrease in size before ‘disappearing’ or being re-absorbed into the placenta around 12 weeks #gestation. Yet occasionally (~2%) the yolk sac can be seen in/on the placenta. .
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It shows as a 1-5 mm oval shaped white body and is situated between the #amnion and #chorion (the two #membranes) usually on the #fetal side of the placenta or sometimes within the membrane sac itself.
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It looks a bit like a sesame seed, feels slightly firm and is fixed (see video showing this).
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Sometimes a spot of #vernix can be mistaken as a yolk sac but once you see and feel one you know the difference easily.
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I’ll never tire of the wondrous, purely magnificent insights of early human life that are yolk sac remnant reveals ❤️.
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How about you? Do you enjoy the information I share about placentas in posts such as these? I’d love to hear from you 😃
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#placentalife #doulalife #placentavariations #placentanerd #placentawise #variationofnormal #yolksac #earlylife #inutero #yolksacremnant #maternal #placentaencapsulation #bodywisebirthwise

😍🥰😍 . @_live.like.liv tenderly and loving

😍🥰😍
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@_live.like.liv tenderly and lovingly writes,
"When I was in the NICU I was able to have hydrotherapy once a week 🌊 being that I lived in my mommy’s belly for three weeks with not much fluid, I really enjoyed my water therapy sessions. Hydrotherapy is used to help strengthen the arms, legs and core muscles of premature babies, and develop the fetal position, or “tuck” position — a pattern demonstrated by full-term babies. .
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#NICUBABY #pprom #ppromawareness #Rainbowbaby #nicu #milestones #premmiepower #premmie #prematurebaby #premmiebaby #29weeker #niculove #hydrotherapy #ourlittlepremmie #bodywisebirthwise

How was your night mama? Here’s to the weekend ✨ .
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Repost @milkymommas .... #snackysnack all night long 😂😂. 📷 credit @alefavoretti .
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#breastmilkfeeding #breastsleeping #thistooshallpass #breastfeeding #mamasmilk #tandemnursing #cosleeping #dreamfeeding #momlife #dadlife #parenthood #parenting #babiesofinstagram #toddlersofinstagram #momsofinstagram #dadsofinstagram #bedsharing #bodywisebirthwise

BUILT TO BIRTH 💫 . Repost @nestleandbloom BIRTH

BUILT TO BIRTH 💫
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Repost @nestleandbloom BIRTH IS SO POWERFUL 💙
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#activebirth #gravity #inbetween #twoworlds
#homebirth #midwife #babycatcher #birth #homebirthbaby #birthisamazing #birthpower #birthwisdom #bodywisebirthwise

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