Postpartum

The Post Birth Vagina

Birth is an amazing process; a process that the female body is built to experience. The process is not simple and neither is the female body. It’s complex, it’s impressive. And often misunderstood. With misunderstanding or misinformation often comes fear. Many women fear birth as a result of not fully understanding the process (“I have

The Power of the Placenta – A Look into Placenta Encapsulation

By Shasta Colmenares This beautifully designed and life-giving home for a growing baby is as perfect and individual as a fingerprint. The first time I saw a placenta in person was attending my first delivery in 2009. It was about 20 minutes after the water birth of a beautiful baby girl, that it was ‘ready’

Things I Wished I’d Known About Early Motherhood

1). Those hemorrhoids you acquired during pregnancy or child birth might not go away…ever. Ugh! This was the most disappointing fact that I learned of all, and I can’t really believe that I’m putting such personal information out on the internet for the whole world to read, but I do it so that any readers