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DILATION STATION! 💯

Aka the "Get it done position." 💪🏽 Most of my clients know that I love using the toilet for labor. It's the best way to release a pelvic floor and help a baby descend into the pelvis. The contractions are super intense on the potty, but that's because they are super productive! Trust me when I tell you, this is one of the all time best labor positions!

🚽you are naturally prone to relaxing your pelvic floor and perineum while sitting on the toilet.
🚽the bathroom is a place of privacy and solitude and you are used to relaxing in this room.
🚽you are using gravity
🚽you are opening your pelvis.
🚽you are allowing your baby lots of room to rotate and navigate the birth canal.
🚽you can also turn around and straddle the toilet with a pillow in front of you for comfort.

I call it the “dilation station” for a reason. I’ve encouraged many mommies to spend some time laboring on the toilet. It’s not uncommon for baby to come rather quickly after that 🤗

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💛 credit: Matilda

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter 💕

Education is power 🥰

Everyone should have this information. 👇🏼
This way, if you choose to have IV fluids and or need them, newborn weight and loss/gain can account for this in the first weeks.
In 2011 a team of Canadian researchers published a study which linked routine IV fluids with excessive weight loss in newborns. The study concluded that it takes about 24 hours for babies to correct their fluid state and therefore a true birth weight should be done at 24 hours. Here's the issue with with weighing baby at birth with a mother who received IV fluids: those fluids not only over saturate the mother (throwing her into an electrolyte imbalance), but this same thing happens to baby!
So let's say you had the typical hospital birth..labored for 12 hours with fluids being pumped into you the entire time. Baby is born weighing 8lbs 8oz. You go to your 3 day postpartum checkup and baby is down to 7lbs 5oz! Well..thats over a whole pound lost. The provider you see suddenly encourages you to supplement with formula because your baby is losing too much weight. You wonder how could this be...youve been nursing round the clock, changed plenty of wet diapers. How could this happen? .
You spent months researching breastfeeding and all its benefits for it to come down to this?..and at only 3 days postpartum! You feel like you've failed, but you fear that your baby is starving. So what do you do? You supplement...with formula. Next your milk supply drops because you're not bringing baby to the breast, but rather to the bottle. Before you know it you have an exclusively formula fed baby. .
This scenario is SO common, and I believe receiving IV fluids in labor is a HUGE part of the problem. As if the obstetric community hasn't failed women enough..now their "harmless" interventions caused you to lose all confidence in your ability to feed & nourish your baby from your breasts. .
So what can you do???
1. STAY OUT OF THE SYSTEM!
2. Say NO to routine IV fluids
3. Bring this study to attention if this happens to you
4. Continue nursing your baby. Bring baby to breast as first solution when she cries
5. Nurse in demand NOT on schedule



Edited to add:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1948093/

References:
https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1746-4358-6-9
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174114/pdf/1746-4358-6-9.pdf

https://www.nfaap.org/sso/sso.aspx?nfredirect=https%3A%2F%2Fpediatrics.aappublications.org%2Fcontent%2F127%2F1%2Fe171.abstract%3Fsso%3D1%26sso_redirect_count%3D2%26nfstatus%3D401%26nftoken%3D00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%26nfstatusdescription%3DERROR%253A%2520No%2520local%2520token&no-redirect

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine put this as well in one of its 2017 protocols. https://abm.memberclicks.net/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/3-supplementation-protocol-english.pdf

https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2011/08/15/study-shows-link-between-maternal-iv-fluids-and-weight-loss-in-newborns/

Good info form evidence based birth.
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/iv-fluids-during-labor/

Lovely Birthday giveaway 💕

🤚🏼🦶🏼 GIVEAWAY!!!! 🤚🏼🦶🏼

It’s my 🥳 birthday 🥳 in April and I’m turning the big 3️⃣0️⃣ , so I thought why not celebrate this milestone birthday with a giveaway 🙌🏻

I will be giving away a framed pair of casts!!! 🤚🏼🦶🏼🖼

To Enter:
🥳 Like the post
🥳 Share the post (don’t forget to tag me in it)
🥳 Tag a friend in the comments (one comment = one entry)
🥳 Follow/like my page

* Must be able to come to Tauranga for casting*

The winner will be drawn on the 16th of April at 7pm!!!!

There will be 3️⃣0️⃣ days to enter! 🥳

This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook or Instagram.

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Dear C-Section Scar,

I didn’t want you. I didn’t plan for you. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid you. But today I touch you with compassion. I smile at you. I send love, grace, and tenderness to you.

You are not weakness. You are not failure. You are not a mistake. You are part of me.

You are not a dead end, the place where my birth journey halted and could travel no further. You are a passage I am still discovering. You are the door that opened to my baby. You are the door that opened into who I am as a mother and as a woman.

Riding over bumps in the car. Laughing and coughing. Bending at my waist. The day I stopped taking narcotics to soften your pain was a milestone. The day I could get out of bed without holding my husband’s arms and without searing pain was a milestone. The day I could stand up from the rocking chair while holding my baby was a milestone. The day I could sit on the floor to play with my son and make my own way back up to my feet was a milestone. The day I could bend over to pull my underwear up by myself was a milestone. These were milestones I resented. I didn’t want to have to be passing through these milestones.

I wasn’t prepared for the numbness. I couldn’t feel anything when my fingertips touched my own skin in the inches between my belly button and p***c bone. My fingers felt like they were touching someone else’s body; there was no feedback from my nerves that had been cut. It felt like I was touching something in me that had died.

The doctor cut through six layers of muscle, tissue, and organ to get to my baby. She separated my abs in the middle and pulled my baby through. I have met at least seven new layers within myself because of you.

You are not my whole story of becoming a mother. But I will never know how my birth as a mother would have been different had I pushed my baby out of my va**na.

C-section scar, You are the dark place cut into me that opened into light. You will never be one simple story, but you will always be mine.
Posted in dedication to all the C-section mamas✨

By: Catherine Gray
Incredible Image .

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Posted • .mothersmilkbar 🙌 Shameless Sunday 🙌

🤱 Postnatal Depression "PND" 👨‍🍼

🌈Having a baby is a life-changing event, and while it can be a time of great joy, it can also be really difficult.

🌈Depression can happen any time during pregnancy or up to a year after your baby is born for mum and dad.

🌈Here’s what is the difference between baby blues and PND, what to look out for with PND and how you can help yourself or your partner.

🌈Depression is an illness – being depressed doesn’t mean you’ve failed as a parent, or as a person.

💕 If you’re worried that you might have postnatal depression, talk to your doctor, midwife, Plunket nurse, or Well Child provider right away.

Also:

💜For mum's check out for support groups.

💜For dads check out with their for some great chats on mental health.

🤝 If you know of any other great resources or support groups.
Please comment below 👇 🖊️

+ Like ❤️ this post and share to spread the word to help other parent's.

Here’s to Strong Women 💪🏼💃🏻

🙌🏻 May we know them
🙌🏻 May we be them
🙌🏻 May we raise them

Happy International Women’s Day

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Posted • NOTHING will work if your body isn't ready to go in to labour!

Having s*x won't work.

A stretch and sweep won't work.

Pineapple won't work.

A bumpy car ride won't work.

Even an induction with synthetic hormones that are trying to force your body into labour, won't work! (It may however cause contractions but not dilation, stress your baby out and result in a csection).

It really is as cliche as it comes 'if your body isn't ready, nothing is going to work.'

And if does work, your body was actually ready for labour and birth (so was your baby).

It's really not that complicated.

Love this! Trust your bodies ability to birth! It was built to do it 💕

Midwives and Doulas
We are the only mammal on Earth that doubts our ability to give birth. Ina May Gaskin, probably the world’s most famous midwife once said, “Remember this, for it is as true as true gets: Your body is not a lemon. You are not a machine. The Creator is not a careless mechanic. Human female bodies have the same potential to give birth as well as aardvarks, lions, rhinoceri, elephants, moose, and water buffalo. Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.” One look at the exquisite hormonal cocktail 'delivered' to the Mother in those minutes after the birth and you get it, your body is not a lemon.

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New Mum of Two

Before we met, I wondered if I could love another as much as I loved my first, if I could split my heart in two.
I worried it would be different, I worried for the unknown.
But people told me I would take one look at you and my heart would only grow, and it was true.

I just couldn’t have prepared for how much, or the things you would teach me.
My second child,

I learnt that my heart could sing, the first time he laid eyes on you, the first time you held hands. I saw what I had given you, each other.

I learnt to slow down, I wasn’t in such a hurry to store away your clothes, maybe that onesie could last a little longer, I may never buy that size again.

I learnt to lean into my intuition, I found myself so much through those harder days, and I think I grew the most too.

I learnt that even though I felt divided, I was enough. Sometimes we would become a mass of tangled cuddles on the kitchen floor, and I realised, this is how some days would be. We’d all muddle through together.

I learnt that my style of parenting was whatever worked for us. It can be hard being so needed all the time, but in many ways it’s also mutual. One day you won’t need me like this, and every day that thought gets closer.

I learnt that even though I had done this once before, it was like leaning to walk all over again, a new chapter, a new language, a whole new person. We both were growing and learning from each other.

I learnt to be still, those things can wait, they really can.
Because your firsts are probably my lasts.

And on the days I feel defeated, I think of the day I met you, when I was somewhere between the earth and the stars, just after I said I couldn’t.
You remind me every day that I can.
You both do.

Not a new Mum, but a new Mum of two.

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Words from ‘My After All’ book www.jessicaurlichs.com/shop 📖 Jess Urlichs, Writer
Artwork of us: mum_doodles

If you have been affected by the mandates please share your story 🥰

Calcium Phosphate (Calc. Phos.)

Characterized by the following functions:
* Cell builder and proliferator
* Growth supporter and developer
* Restoration
* Builder of teeth, bones and nails

Calc phos enhances the effects of other tissue salts and is the salt to take when feeling low, both mentally and physically. It has been given the name 'the body;s chief building material'.

Skeleton:
- aids mental and physical development in children
- growing pains
- slow to close fontanelles
- children who sleep badly

Teeth:
- teething pains

Digestive:
- children who are poor eaters
- colic
- indigestion, bloating and flatulence

Female:
- menstrual cramps
- regulator of mensural cycle
- antidotes side effects of the pill

Respiratory:
- catch cold easily
- prone to recurrent and chromic bronchitis, pneumonia, tonsillitis, chronic couch and post nasal drip
- enlarged adenoids or tonsils

Urinary:
- bed-wetting
- restless sleep and nightmares in children

Mental:
- moody, aggressiveness and anger
- whinny, peevish children
- concentration issues

Posted • ☆ You cannot wing birth ☆

If you don't prepare, your giving other people control over your body, your baby and all that happens to you!

You only get this birth one time and the way the system is designed, you need to prepare to know how to prevent birth trauma- I'm serious.

Ask ALL the questions, know the impacts of EVERYTHING, arm yourself with all the knowledge, so on the day YOU are the one with the power.

All i did for my first birth were some very basic ante natal classes and i still walked away knowing nothing about how my body worked and what it needed, and i just thought it would all be a breeze- i walked away from that birth utterly traumatised wondering what the heck had just happened to me!

Did you prepare for your birth or just wing it?
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 let me know in the comments!

Delayed cord clamping is so beneficial 🥰

Calcium Fluoride (Calc. Fluor.)

Characterized by three words:
1. Elasticity
2. Flexibility
3. Toning

Skeleton:
- bones issues/healing of fractures
- gout, rheumatism, lower back pain

Teeth:
- mouth feels dry, dental decay
- children with delayed dentition
- important for tooth enamel

Eyes:
- cataracts
- delayed focusing when turning head
- nervous tick or pain in eyes
- blurred focus after prolonged reading/computer use etc.
- spots, flickering and light flashes
- ulcers and spots on cornea

Circulation:
- varicose veins
- painful piles
- re**al fissures
- constipation

Skin:
- chapped skin
- fissures around nails, lips, palms and heels
- eczema where the skin weeps, hardens and cracks

Digestion:
- suffer from hiccups
-indigestion or vomiting of undigested food
- relieves spasms

Female:
- mensural flow is thick with dark large clots
- tones and strengthens the uterus
- sensation of pelvic floor falling out and bearing down pains

Respiratory:
- asthma sufferers
- long standing cold that wont go away with a irritating cough, post-nasal drip

Urinary:
- tones and strengthens the bladder
- enlarges prostates

Sleep:
- nightmares

What are tissue Salts?

In one word - they are MINERALS!

Minerals are essential to us for good health and well-being. They are also called biochemic salts, coming from the Greek word bios meaning 'the course of life' and chemistry which means the knowledge of the elements and the laws governing their combination and behaviour.

In the 19th centenary a German physician found that when the human cells were reduced to ashes, it exhibits 12 minerals.

These minerals should be present in our food but with modern-day agriculture, our soils have been leached of their life-sustaining minerals and are boosted instead with chemical fertilizers and fumigants.

These minerals are seen as the complete basis of the composition of our body's bone and blood, organs and muscles.

Tissue salts should be easily found in most health shops. They are safe, non-toxic and can be used for acute or chronic issues.

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Since it’s my first day back, after the Christmas break, and I’ve had a few new followers join - I thought it would be a good time to introduce myself again. 🙌🏻

Heya, I’m Tasmin
🙌🏻 I’m a Wife and Mommy - too two beautiful girls 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧
🙌🏻 I am South African 🇿🇦, we’ve been in NZ for 2.5 years now
🙌🏻 I am a Homeopath 🩺 and Doula 🤰🏻
🙌🏻 I also do baby hand and foot castings 🤚🏼🦶🏼
🙌🏻 I have two Boston terriers 🐶🐶- which we brought with us from SA
🙌🏻 I am a summer gal ☀️, so I’m currently in my element (despite complaining that it is way too hot 😂😂)
🙌🏻 I am a crazy introvert (despite people sayings I am extrovert 🤪)

That’s me in a little nut shell 😂😂

Thank you so much for sharing in this crazy journey with me!

GIVEAWAY!!!

Only a few more days to enter to win a beautiful free standing pair from Littlest Me Castings . The winner will be drawn on Friday the 7th January! 😍

To Enter Simply -
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Happy New Year 🥳

May 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ be filled with love, happiness and some kind of normality 🙌🏻

I look forward to what this year has in store for me 🥰

#2022

Any daughters here freaking out? 😂😂

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is enjoying some quality family time after a crazy year 🤪

And now the countdown to the new year begins…
3 more sleeps 🙌🏻

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas! 🎅🏼

Christmas is one of my favourite days in the year, as my children get older and seeing the joy in their eyes is just magical 🥰!

I hope your Christmas is filled with so much love and amazing memories 🎄

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Are you afraid of tearing?

Most women will think about this at least once while pregnant. It is one of the most common question and a very pervasive fear surrounding birth, “How do I prevent tearing?”

After good nutrition & adequate hydration, there are two very important factors which help. While perineal massage & warm compresses are often advocated, they are not the biggest influences on the integrity of the va**na.

☝🏼Breathe, Don’t Push

I describe it to many of my young moms & compare it to the trend of gauging one’s ears. Why doesn’t the ear tear? Because it isn’t done all at once. The gauge starts small & slowly, as the blood-flow is allowed to return to the skin the tissue lives & expands. Then the size of the gauge is increased. If however they increased the size too fast, the earlobe would tear.

The va**na is the same. The baby will come down & back allowing the blood flow to return & va**nal tissue to live.

If a woman will breathe, & not push, during this ebb & flow tearing will rarely happen.

🛑 Don’t Push

Your uterus will bring your baby out slowly, you just need to breathe.

Guided pushing goes against the body not with it. It doesn’t often give the tissues time to restore and revive.

Listen to your body, it will rarely work against you. Listen to your baby, they will never hurt you intentionally. Your va**na is made to open without injury.

Just breathe!

✌🏻Reach Down & Feel Your Baby

If you will engage with what your body is doing it will change everything. Connect your brain through touch with the work your uterus is doing & the progress your baby is making & your whole world will change.

This can give you not only encouragement but also allow you to give counter pressure where you need it most.

Holding your baby’s head as they emerge causes most women to slow down & if you slow down and breathe, it’s likely you will not tear.

We are are closed for the Christmas Break, we will return on the 10th Jan 2022!

Thank you so much for all your love and support this year! 💕

PLEASE NOTE: Should you require an emergency appointment during the time I am off please call to make an appointment.

Hope you have a lovely Christmas! 🎅🏼

Look forward to seeing you in 2022! 🙌🏻

Sooo I’ve finally made the decision to seperate my castings from my Homeopathic and Doula Practice 🙌🏻

It’s time for my castings to shine on their own - so give my new page a follow so that you can follow along on my castings journey! 💕

Littlest Me Castings

Thank you so much for you love and support so far - I’m truly sooo blessed 🙏🏼

This page will continue to be for my homeopathic and doula content 💕

Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis)

Spring and summer don’t just bring warmer weather, they the start (for most) of hay fever season. Although hay fever is more a nuisance than a disease it can severely impact a person’s quality of life.

Did you know?
Hay fever has been found to be a common trigger for asthma in children and adults, with about 1 in 4 with hay fever has asthma!

Hay fever (allergic rhinitis) is an inappropriate immune system response to an allergen, most commonly pollen, mould, pet dander, and dust mites. Hay fever usually develops in childhood; however, it is not unusual for it to develop in adulthood.

Does this sound familiar?
Eczema in infancy – food allergy (sometimes skipped) – hay fever – asthma! This progression is called the allergic march.

Common conventional treatments include antihistamines (drowsy or non), Corticosteroids nasal sprays, decongestant nasal sprays etc. Most of these work to down regulate the immune response.

Homeopathy is a gentle, safe, and effective way to treat hay fever. Homeopathy stimulates the body to ‘heal’ itself.

Here are some remedies indicated for hay fever:
1. Allium Cepa: Copious watery discharge from nose, eyes watery but not irritated, sneezing worse in a warm room and evenings, better for cool air.
2. Arsenicum: irritating watery discharge from nose and eyes which causes redness, asthma with hay fever.
3. Euphrasia: irritated, burning eyes, nasal discharge bland.
4. Natrum Muraticum: Frequent sneezing with watery/white discharge.
5. Nux Vomica: Nose stuffed up or nose runs, headache, irritability, eyes dry.
6. Sabadilla: Itching of nose, roof of mouth and ears, sneezing, burning eyes.

“Hay fever sufferers tend to be above average in intelligence,…” – Andrew Tobias