Mama Pathway
Mama Pathway
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Classes & Resources for New Mamas
Labor and Birth
Should you stop supplements? Start drinking herb teas? Find a midwife or OB? Encapsulate your placenta? Give your baby Vit K? Learn how to use the Mama Pathway for your best mama journey!
From too many cesareans to endemic sexism and racism in medical care, we have to know how to be our best advocates. This class is a must for all.
What do you dream of for your birth? What does it take for your birth plan to be respected? Learn how to create a birth plan that really works and how to implement it.
How to care for and protect your perineum during pregnancy and birth, and prevent tears for a confident birthing experience and a smoother postpartum recovery.
Where and with whom you birth is highly personal and can affect your experience and outcomes. Come learn your options and how to choose what’s best for YOU.
An empowered birth starts with birth literacy – understanding what birth is, what the stages are, what your body’s doing, what you really want– and don’t want. This class walks thru it all.
We all have, within us, a connection to a deep powerful well of strength and inner knowing that’s been hushed by our culture. Reclaim your inner power, tap into your innate birthing wisdom, and learn what it means to birth primally.
As much as we’d love to have the births of our dreams, labor also requires us to surrender. Learn about the most common labor challenges & how to navigate them with power and grace.
Learn how to safely and effectively use the classic herbs for easing labor and birth – starting in your last trimester – and which herbs to avoid even if they’re popular.
Few of us want to have a cesarean, but sometime it’s necessary. Learn how to avoid an unnecessary c-section, and how to have gentle one if needed.
Knowing how to use your body to work with – not against – labor and birth can make a huge difference in pain, length of labor, and need for medical interventions. Learn how with Dr. A’s 40 years of experience.
Shifting your mindset can powerfully influence our birth experience. Drop into this class for a whole set of tools you can use including a tried and true birth visualization and drawing practice that can transform your experience.
Ritual. Ceremony. Celebration. They”ve always been a part of the matrescence journey – becoming a mother. Learn how to create your own – or create one for someone you love.
Your birth team is there to support and care for you and your baby. This class teaches you everything you need to know about assembling yours.
You may have some questions about what a doula is, what they can and can’t do, what kind of training they receive, if they’re worth it – and how to choose one. Look no further – everything you need to know about doulas can be found here in this class.
Postpartum Mama
Becoming a new mom – you have all the feelings. And body shifts. Hormones, emotions, laying in, who should visit, nourishing foods and herbs, herbal baths, self-care with a newborn: how to balance life and baby. Learn how to create sacred space, rest, heal, and enjoy this special time.
What happens in the first week postpartum – emotionally, physically, hormonally? And how do you make sure everything is ‘normal?” Learn all about the first week postpartum and how to optimize this time and heal with the best guidance and tips.
Compresses. Sitz baths. Spray bottles. Learn what works from the midwife-herbalist who reintroduced postpartum healing herbal perineal care in modern times.
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Babies do some surprising things in their first week – learn what’s normal, what’s not, and how to care for your newborn with an easier mind, and natural tips from cord care to diaper rash, weight gain to co-sleeping – it’s all here from an MD-mama-midwife.
Pregnancy
There are so many tests. Which do you need? Want? Beyond the basics, all you need to know about the tests your care provider will suggest during your first trimester – and which are right for you and your baby.
It can be so overwhelming to know what to eat for optimum health for you and baby – including vegan considerations.. Plus you’ll get meal plans and a deep dive on prenatal vitamins
From morning sickness to heartburn, varicose veins to constipation, help is here.with natural and also conventional options that ease pregnancy symptoms – safely.
Whether sleep is a challenge, or you’re are stressed out and worrying about it affecting baby – come find sleep and stress solutions that really make a difference.
If you want to understand GBS and go from confusion to confidence, know your options and what the evidence says about them – while protecting your’s and baby’s microbiome, this class is for you.
If you’re experiencing anxiety or depression, you’re not alone. Come learn what you can do – from natural approaches to medical options – so you can choose what’s safest and really works for you.
