by BreathOfLifeTampa | Nov 27, 2019 | Midwifery Care, Pregnancy, Safety
It is understandable that birth safety is a concern for an expectant mother. For women with low-risk pregnancies, birth centers offer an alternative to the typical, impersonal hospital maternity care. The birth center model emphasizes personal attention and...
by BreathOfLifeTampa | Oct 29, 2019 | Healthy Pregnancy, Maternity Handbook, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Concerns
Congratulations! You’re pregnant. You are most likely experiencing excitement mixed with many other emotions. Pregnancy can be the best of times and the worst of times for women. While being pregnant is an incredible experience, it comes with some very strange...
by DarbyMusha | Dec 20, 2018 | Baby Blues, Healthy Pregnancy, Mental Health, Parenting, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Self-Care
I have a secret. Something no one else can see, that does no immediate outward damage and that could remain hidden forever if I wanted. And here I go, calling myself out on the Internet. I talk to myself really badly sometimes. In a way I wouldn’t talk to any other...
by BreathOfLifeTampa | May 9, 2017 | Birth, Blog, Cesarean, Labor, Midwifery Care, Pregnancy
Time for some straight facts about cesareans: Cesarean operations are the most common surgeries performed in the United States More than a third (32%) of the nearly four million babies born every year in the United States are brought into the world by cesarean....
by BreathOfLifeTampa | May 5, 2016 | Blog, Celiac, Infertility, Nutrition, Pregnancy
Infertility and Celiac Disease: Is There a Link? The connection between infertility and celiac disease – essentially an allergy to gluten which is a component of wheat and other grains – is becoming more clear, according to a meta-analysis of several recent studies....
by BreathOfLifeTampa | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog, Labor, Music in Labor, Pregnancy
Is it possible that something as passive as listening to music in labor can help women relax and possibly speed up labor? Absolutely! For years, research has suggested that music has the potential to activate our parasympathetic nervous system, which tells our body...
