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Why is Skin-to-Skin Contact with Your Newborn Important?

Mama, the first moments after you have given birth are precious and filled with emotions.  

At Stork Helpers, we want you to embrace this magical moment by considering skin-to-skin contact!

Skin-to-skin contact, also known as kangaroo care, is a powerful and natural approach that has been shown to provide several benefits for mamas, their birth partners, and newborns. 

How Your Partner Can Support You in Postpartum

After nine long months and hours of labor, you and your newborn baby can finally come home. Once you get a chance to sit down and relax after the excitement of meeting your baby for the first time, reality can come quickly. 

As a new mama, you are starting a new chapter of your life, one that is going to come with new responsibilities like breastfeeding or bottle-feeding and changing diapers, along with your other daily activities! This is likely a time of lots of joy, but it is also completely normal to feel overwhelmed while balancing it all.

A woman being aided by doulas in childbirth with the text "Exploring Alternative Positions for Childbirth"

Today, when we think of a woman giving birth, most people will conjure up an image of a woman, sweaty and red in the face, partially reclined on her back with her legs held in twin stirrups. This has not always been the norm.  

There is a world of alternative birthing positions that can transform the birthing experience into something empowering and comfortable. By exploring non-traditional childbirth positions, women can discover a range of options that offer numerous benefits.  

Pregnant woman eating a smoothie bowl.

Labor is hard enough, the last thing a mama should have to worry about when giving birth to her baby is an empty stomach.

 

You may have heard that mamas should not ever eat or drink while giving birth, but this rule is simply not true.  

 

Many mamas eat and drink while giving birth. The calori...

HHospital and Home Births: Which One is Right for Me?

When you are pregnant, there are many things you must learn and decide.  

One of the most important decisions for you to make is whether you want a home or hospital birth.  

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Both are born with the ability to initiate labor, engage in breastfeeding, and develop a deep attachment to one another. 

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Post-Pregnancy Trials 

 

Bringing a new life into the world is one of the most significant and joyous acts that a person can take. A new baby is a cause for celebration, but a fragile newborn also brings about great change and hardship for its parents.  

 

These changes can be especial...

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This is can be a big concern for most women who are pregnant.  Women often have anxiety about their water break in the theatre, while at the mall, in church, at a restaurant or at work. The good news is this only happens in 10% of women while at home or in the grocery store. 

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Birth partners are important in helping labor go smoothly as they can provide both emotional and physical support.   While everyone that probably comes to your house or meets up with you from the time they find out Mama is pregnant until months after the new baby arrives only wants to know how Mama and baby are doing - your role is important. 

I've been asked by many families if you only have a doula for the first birth. The answer is No. There are so many reasons you can have a birth doula regardless of which pregnancy this might be for you.

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