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Mood disorders during pregnancy can lead to postpartum depression

A study has found that women who experienced mood disorders during pregnancy may be at risk for more severe postpartum depression (PPD) than those whose symptoms begin after birth. Also called postnatal depression, PPD is a type of clinical depression which can affect women after childbirth. ‘Clinicians should be aware of …
Birth Options in North East Florida
There are many birth options in our area, we have several wonderful CPM’s in North East Florida under my resource page www.gracefulbeginningsdoulaservices.com/resources/ I list all our amazing midwives if you should choose a homebirth or a birth center birth. The original local birth center, Fruitful Vine, Jacksonville and St. Augustine have expanded to …
V-Steaming (Yoni baths) What is this forgotten ancient healing?

Vaginal Steams: Forgotten Ancient Wisdom for Women’s Healing Also called Yoni steam or bath This is from the Birth Institute : Painful menses plague women of all ages, often causing withdrawal from daily activity or the use of toxic pain relievers, month after month. Yet women need not experience their …
What is a Doula and Why are They So beneficial?
Why won’t this labor start properly?
This post discusses onset of labor. A woman is commonly considered in labor when her cervix is progressively opening and continuing to open. Stages of labor are the first stage of cervical dilation, the second stage of “pushing” or until the actual birth of the baby, and third stage which …