by thebirthcenter | Oct 2, 2020 | Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood
by Shannon Keegan It wasn’t until I experienced a loss that I understood that sometimes the seemingly innocent phrases we say and things we do to try and bring comfort to someone, is really us minimizing an event that, to the person going through it, is cataclysmic. I...
by thebirthcenter | Sep 20, 2020 | Complimentary Practitioners, Women's Health and Wellness
by Anna Marie Trotman, Nutrition Consultant Are you confused about sugar? Sugar has gotten a bad rap and well it should. The average consumption of sugar in the US is 154 pounds per person per year. To break that down, you would have to consume 6 cups of...
by thebirthcenter | Aug 31, 2020 | Complimentary Practitioners, Women's Health and Wellness
By Anna Marie Trotman, Nutrition Consultant Even though summer is sadly coming to end, we still have a couple of months left to enjoy locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables. Especially plentiful right now are those yummy root vegetables, but if you are like me you...
by thebirthcenter | Aug 16, 2020 | Complimentary Practitioners, Women's Health and Wellness
by Anna Marie Trotman, Nutrition Consultant The Importance of Sleep Sleep is essential not only for being productive during the day, but also for supporting brain function, growth, and physical health over the different phases of a woman’s life. The effects of a bad...
by thebirthcenter | Aug 8, 2020 | Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood
The Birth Center recognizes and values the important contribution doulas make in improving the birth experience for laboring women and their partners. Just over three years ago, we launched The Birth Center Doulas. Across the United States, doulas attend only a very...
