After naturally conceiving twins, Alina and her husband were told by doctors that one of their twins would pass away[…]
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Category: Pregnancy
What it Means to Count Baby’s Kicks
This is a guest post from Grace Greene, Count the Kicks Mississippi Ambassador, who also shared her experience in episode[…]
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Miscarriage, Postdates Induction, & Postpartum Cyst
Victoria suffered an early, yet stressful, miscarriage with her first pregnancy, but quickly became pregnant again. Her pregnancy was relatively[…]
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Planned Homebirth turned Emergent Hospital Induction
After two straightforward, unmedicated births (one hospital birth with an OB, the other a homebirth with a midwife), Grace planned[…]
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3 Pregnancies & Births with Severe Papillary Nephrocalcinosis
Morgan’s 1st Pregnancy & Birth Morgan has struggled with Early ovarian failure since she was 16. Her doctor was not[…]
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Unmedicated Hospital, Birth Center & Homebirth Births
Christina labored for two days before her first un-medicated birth in a hospital. Despite having an incredibly supportive partner and[…]
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Black Mothers & Black Babies Do Better With Black Midwives and Doctors
“Research published late this summer suggests that “newborn–physician racial concordance is associated with a significant improvement in mortality for Black infants,” i.e.,[…]
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COVID-19 and Newborns
“This study endorses the benefits of rooming-in, establishing breastfeeding, and delaying bathing on newborn outcomes and suggests that separating mothers[…]
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FDA Cautions Against Use of NSAIDs in Pregnancy after 20 Weeks
“Use of over-the-counter or prescription pain medications — including aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, and celecoxib — after 20 weeks of[…]
Read moreWhy have a home or birth center birth?
A calm, familiar environment is the most natural setting for a birth.There are no strangers, no “shift changes”, no arbitrary[…]
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