by Heather Marr | Nov 21, 2018 | Postpartum
How are you preparing for your postpartum? If you’re pregnant, and doing your homework, you’ve likely been doing lots of prep for the big day: packing your birth bag, attending prenatal yoga classes, practicing for the intensity of labour and birth. If you’re...
by Jenny Berthiaume | Jul 13, 2016 | Postpartum
In our Birth and Parent with Confidence Prenatal Classes, the question of perineal tearing during the pushing stage always comes up. Of course, we never want to tear. Sometimes women do, and sometimes they don’t. What happens if you do tear? Here’s a great...
by Sylvia Otvos | Feb 26, 2013 | Postpartum
Don’t believe your babymoon is important? Think again! As I’m writing this, I’m looking out my window and the snow is falling. Perhaps not falling, as that would imply a vertical action. The snow is being blown horizontally, large gusts of wind whipping by. A...
by Sylvia Otvos | Jan 23, 2013 | Pregnancy
Riding the emotional roller coaster is not always that fun In general, I consider myself a pretty grounded person. Not too many tears, not too many outbursts. Level-headed. Logical. Then, when I got pregnant, I changed. All of sudden, while watching sappy TV...
