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 | 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...
by thebirthcenter | Jul 17, 2020 | Birth Stories, Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood
by Andrea Bigus, Birth Center Mama When I took a pregnancy test on July 7, 2019 and it came out positive, I proceeded to take another three tests over the course of the next 48 hours to rule out any error from the tests. I had a nutritionist and weighed out my food to...
by thebirthcenter | May 12, 2020 | Birth Stories, Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood
by Michelle Livizos No. One. Else. These three powerful words changed my entire birth plan. I had my first child at Christiana Hospital and intended to have my second there as well. Being an older “fairly crunchy” mom, I planned to have a natural...
by thebirthcenter | Feb 13, 2020 | Complimentary Practitioners, Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood
by Christopher Largent Many Native societies used to produce remarkably healthy children – mentally, emotionally, and physically. How did they do it? According to accounts of Native elders, they raised them as human beings – small but real...
by thebirthcenter | Jan 31, 2020 | Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and Motherhood, TBC News
by Corinne Daut, RN, IBCLC, Director of Lactation Services My mentor, Katie Madden, has moved on to grow her Balanced Breastfeeding business and open her own private practice. I am beyond proud of her. She has taught Gwynne and I so much over the last three years,...
