Empowering Women's Health With Amanda

From my journey through childbirth, I discovered an incredible inner strength and resilience that I want to share with you. My first birth experience, despite resulting in an unplanned C-section, set the stage for understanding the different choices and options available to me. It was a challenging yet transformative event that taught me the importance of support and determination.

Becoming a new parent is an exciting and joyous time, but it can also be exhausting. For mothers in particular, it’s important to prioritize recovery and rest after giving birth. One of the best ways to do this is by following the “in bed, on the bed, near bed” rule. This involves spending the first week recovering in bed, the second week resting on the bed or couch, and the third week staying nearby your bed as you gradually get back into your normal routine. Let’s examine why these three weeks are so important for postpartum recovery...

If you have ever struggled with fertility or irregular cycles, you have probably spent time looking for ways to support your hormones and improve your fertility naturally. One way you can do this is through seed cycling. This is a method that uses specific seeds in order to help regulate hormone levels and create balanced hormone cycles. In this blog post, we will discuss what seed cycling is, and how it works.

Informed consent is a hot topic lately, and for good reason. The principle at the heart of informed consent is to ensure that people have autonomy over their own bodies and health care. When enforced, it gives us the right to make informed decisions about our health care, including whether or not to undergo a test, procedure, or treatment. In this blog post, we will discuss what informed consent means for women and families, ways you can enforce it in your care, and how it impacts your health care.

June 6th is International Homebirth Day – as I saw others share their experiences in celebration, I too reflected on my own homebirths. Homebirth was an amazing experience for me and my family, and it set the course for our lives in a very different direction. Homebirth is becoming more and more popular around the world, as families are beginning to see the benefits of giving birth at home. In this blog post, we will discuss why homebirth is such an important experience for families, and how including your children in the process can change the way the world sees homebirth.

Empowering Choices for Mothers:Every woman deserves to make informed decisions about her placenta. Whether you choose to keep it, encapsulate it, or donate it for research, the choice is yours. Understanding your options allows you to advocate for yourself and your postpartum journey.The Benefits of Placenta Encapsulation:Placenta encapsulation involves dehydrating the placenta, grinding it into a fine powder, and encapsulating it into gel capsules. This process is believed to offer numerous benefits, including:

You're pregnant! Congratulations! This is an amazing time in your life and you have a lot of decisions to make. One of the most important decisions you'll make is what kind of prenatal care to have. Our society has programmed us to believe that we need to have an OBGYN and be monitored, tracked, and checked throughout our entire pregnancy. And, what this does for most women is cause more stress during a time when that is the last thing you need. That is not fun. It actually may even lead to problems that would not have occurred if that added stress of going to those appointments weren't there...

There's no denying that pregnancy and childbirth are amazing, life-changing experiences. For many women, becoming a parent is the best thing that's ever happened to them. If you're one of those women who loves everything about pregnancy and childbirth, then becoming a birthkeeper may be the perfect career choice for you. What is a birthkeeper? A birthkeeper is someone who helps to guide and support a woman through pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, more than a doula and yet not a midwife. They are also known as traditional birth attendants. You will generally find that a Birthkeeper...... 

Sweet Summertime. The sun. oh how I have missed you. Pool or lake days, BBQs, getting outside! Summer is the season of being outdoors. It’s also the season of forgetting to hydrate, sunburns, and bugs. BUGS! In today’s blog and next week's, we will dive into each of these further. Hydration is key to many functions in the human body, and in the summer heat, it can be challenging to maintain hydration. One of the most significant roles that water plays in the body is regulating internal temperature. The body’s ability to stay cool in hot weather depends on proper hydration. 

Mother nature is in full bloom and this is a beautiful time of year! But for some, seasonal changes make it difficult to be present and enjoy the outdoors. You are not alone if seasonal changes make you a sniffing, sneezing, teary-eyed mess! I have been there, and I am here to share with you some ways to support your body's natural response (all the praise hands)! As with this whole essential oil lifestyle, you must stay consistent. Research, use, see what works for you, and keep on using it, consistency is KEY! Today we are going to be talking about how we can help our bodies fight off those seasonal reactions, the natural way! First, let's talk about what's going on beneath the skin...