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Feeling teary, emotional, and overwhelmed in the 10 days or so postpartum impacts at least 85% of women. It is SO important to acknowledge and validate this major hormonal and life shift.
Read MoreEducators need to provide information about COVID-19, pregnancy, labour and birth, but also provide ideas and learning about how families can celebrate the joy of being pregnant and birthing their babies. Now more than ever, it is essential to assist families to celebrate and bring this joy into their lives.
Read MoreAs childbirth educators, we don’t need reminding that the mind-body connection holds incredible significance for safe and healthy pregnancy, labour and birth. Anxiety, stress, fear, and worry all hinder the cocktail of birth hormones we pay frequent tribute to in our classes. Birthing in the time of COVID-19 means adapting our childbirth class curriculum and content to the new stressors facing pregnant people today.
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