by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Sep 13, 2018 | Birth You Desire Blog |
In these early first months, newborns sleep in many short cycles and never sleep through the night. Newborns spend their days and nights moving through six states of consciousness and each cycle runs about 60-90 minutes long.
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Sep 1, 2018 | Birth You Desire Blog |
I loved being pregnant. I had dreamt being bring pregnant every since I was a little girl. I wanted to be a mother. I wanted to carry, hold, and nurse a newborn. So when the time came and I was pregnant I loved feeling curvy, feminine, and motherly. I walked everywhere, I gardened, and I nurtured myself. I enjoyed showing off my form and I dreamed of my birth. Everything I did was focused on the birth, from childbirth classes, prenatal yoga, and infant CPR. Everything was roses and perfection
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Aug 19, 2018 | Birth You Desire Blog |
Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP), is a chronic hives-like rash that strikes some women during pregnancy. The rash looks like red eczema patches and can have blisters. The rash is extremely annoying and itchy. The papules and plaques often...
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Aug 3, 2018 | Birth You Desire Blog |
Stay home as long as possible. Arriving in active labor or when your provider tells you to arrive. Use upright positions, shower, TENS units, and a balance of rest. A good rule of thumb is rest for 20-30 minutes and use upright active positions for the next 30-40...
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Aug 3, 2018 | Birth You Desire Blog |
Debriefing after any birth is critical piece in finding closure and helps couples to move forward in to parenthood.
