7 Questions To Ask Your Midwife or OB/GYN
Here is a helpful list of questions to ask your midwife or OB/GYN at your next appointment. Life – and birth – happens while we’re making plans. And yet, if we are clear about what
Menu
Here is a helpful list of questions to ask your midwife or OB/GYN at your next appointment. Life – and birth – happens while we’re making plans. And yet, if we are clear about what
If you’re pregnant, choose your labor team wisely. A doula is anyone who’s been through labor before, and can help guide, support, and inspire a mom through it. Whether your doula is a loving family
Empty presence is a way to show up for our little ones so that they can explore life without our constant input and explanations.
Ma Yoga Living is all about learning how to take care of YOU, as well as baby. Get a printable First 7 Weeks guide that includes healing tips and self-care.
Welcome to the New Mom Care Package! I’ll be sharing support, tips, and freebies along the way that I hope will make your postpartum time easier.
You’ll find the first seven weeks can be the hardest…
Birth Plan Tip 1: Learn about your birth place’s policies
Before writing your wishes down, make a call or go online to see what’s already in place. Your chosen birth place might surprise you by already being on the same page about something that matters to you…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Melanie Wachsman Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, RYT, RPYT, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Lactation Educator I found Anusara (alignment-based) yoga in 2000 after a dance background, and I quickly learned the powerful healing powers of yoga. As a birth and postpartum doula I see yoga as an essential part of the birth process…
Birth and Postpartum Doula, Certified Hi! I’m Rachelle Luczynski. I am honored to be an Inspired Anusara therapeutics Instructor, a Certified Ma Yoga prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor, and a Birth and Postpartum doula.
Why try this pregnancy and postpartum tea recipe? Here is one of my favorite thoughts that comes to me now and again: what if the earth has everything we are looking for? I mean, what
If you’re already a mom, you know it’s true: there’s no way to fully understand how overwhelmingly difficult the days, weeks, and months are after having a baby until you’ve experienced it. If you’re becoming a
What Causes Labor to Start? Is it baby’s body or mom’s that gets the party started? We’re not sure. But some researchers believe that induction of labor is triggered when baby’s lungs have developed, causing
I’ve been contemplating useful ways to prepare for labor and parenting— which is one of THE most important things that you’ll do with your life as a mom-to-be. You know how in life a lot
Pregnancy Guide: Tips for Labor and Delivery The tips for labor and delivery offered in this Pregnancy Guide by no means substitute for a Birthing Class. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but
Pregnancy Guide: Los Angeles Midwives In this Pregnancy Guide, members of the Ma Yoga community share midwives they’ve worked with and loved. Curious about what giving birth at home would be like? You don’t have
Create Your Own Birth Plan and Set Your Birth Intention Below is a sample Birth Plan. It’s useful when we want to be clear about our preferences. Once you’re in labor, conversations are a bit…
Pregnancy Guide: How to Deal with Pregnancy Nausea Pregnancy Nausea is funny. Sort of. OK not really. But it makes us want to eat – even though over-eating (or eating heavy, processed foods, esp. when
Pregnancy Guide: Tea for Pregnancy This Pregnancy Guide is about tea. I like to keep tea simple. We don’t have to get all British about it (no disrespect meant – I do love an occasional
What makes a successful birth? For me, #1 is that mama and baby are healthy and fine. #2, is that no matter what happened, mama felt that she was respected; that she participated fully in
This Pregnancy Guide is for you and your partner to become a strong, loving, and energetically connected team. Some of these questions might seem obvious, but you might be surprised at how NOT obvious they
To truly practice the yoga principle of Satya, or truthfulness, we need to get clear on what is OUR truth, and what is someone ELSE’s truth. I grew up hearing “getting that epidural was one
Here is a helpful list of questions to ask your midwife or OB/GYN at your next appointment. Life – and birth – happens while we’re making plans. And yet, if we are clear about what
If you’re pregnant, choose your labor team wisely. A doula is anyone who’s been through labor before, and can help guide, support, and inspire a mom through it. Whether your doula is a loving family
Empty presence is a way to show up for our little ones so that they can explore life without our constant input and explanations.
Ma Yoga Living is all about learning how to take care of YOU, as well as baby. Get a printable First 7 Weeks guide that includes healing tips and self-care.
Welcome to the New Mom Care Package! I’ll be sharing support, tips, and freebies along the way that I hope will make your postpartum time easier.
You’ll find the first seven weeks can be the hardest…
Birth Plan Tip 1: Learn about your birth place’s policies
Before writing your wishes down, make a call or go online to see what’s already in place. Your chosen birth place might surprise you by already being on the same page about something that matters to you…
Ma Yoga Living Instructor Melanie Wachsman Certified Ma Yoga® Instructor, RYT, RPYT, Birth and Postpartum Doula, Lactation Educator I found Anusara (alignment-based) yoga in 2000 after a dance background, and I quickly learned the powerful healing powers of yoga. As a birth and postpartum doula I see yoga as an essential part of the birth process…
Birth and Postpartum Doula, Certified Hi! I’m Rachelle Luczynski. I am honored to be an Inspired Anusara therapeutics Instructor, a Certified Ma Yoga prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor, and a Birth and Postpartum doula.
Why try this pregnancy and postpartum tea recipe? Here is one of my favorite thoughts that comes to me now and again: what if the earth has everything we are looking for? I mean, what
If you’re already a mom, you know it’s true: there’s no way to fully understand how overwhelmingly difficult the days, weeks, and months are after having a baby until you’ve experienced it. If you’re becoming a
What Causes Labor to Start? Is it baby’s body or mom’s that gets the party started? We’re not sure. But some researchers believe that induction of labor is triggered when baby’s lungs have developed, causing
I’ve been contemplating useful ways to prepare for labor and parenting— which is one of THE most important things that you’ll do with your life as a mom-to-be. You know how in life a lot
Pregnancy Guide: Tips for Labor and Delivery The tips for labor and delivery offered in this Pregnancy Guide by no means substitute for a Birthing Class. This is by no means a comprehensive list, but
Pregnancy Guide: Los Angeles Midwives In this Pregnancy Guide, members of the Ma Yoga community share midwives they’ve worked with and loved. Curious about what giving birth at home would be like? You don’t have
Create Your Own Birth Plan and Set Your Birth Intention Below is a sample Birth Plan. It’s useful when we want to be clear about our preferences. Once you’re in labor, conversations are a bit…
Pregnancy Guide: How to Deal with Pregnancy Nausea Pregnancy Nausea is funny. Sort of. OK not really. But it makes us want to eat – even though over-eating (or eating heavy, processed foods, esp. when
Pregnancy Guide: Tea for Pregnancy This Pregnancy Guide is about tea. I like to keep tea simple. We don’t have to get all British about it (no disrespect meant – I do love an occasional
What makes a successful birth? For me, #1 is that mama and baby are healthy and fine. #2, is that no matter what happened, mama felt that she was respected; that she participated fully in
This Pregnancy Guide is for you and your partner to become a strong, loving, and energetically connected team. Some of these questions might seem obvious, but you might be surprised at how NOT obvious they
To truly practice the yoga principle of Satya, or truthfulness, we need to get clear on what is OUR truth, and what is someone ELSE’s truth. I grew up hearing “getting that epidural was one
