Prenatal Nutrition: What your Doc Didn’t Tell You
How can fish oil supplements impact when you will go into labor? A deficiency in which nutrient can lead to stretch marks? How can your prenatal nutrition influence the likelihood that you will be given intravenous antibiotics in labor?
The Oral Microbiome, Pregnancy, & Childhood Cavities (+ kids herbal toothpaste recipe)
During pregnancy, poor dental health and gum disease has been associated with preterm labor and low birth weight babies. Early childhood cavities are a chronic infectious disease that can be passed from parent to child.
The Science Behind Massage during Childbirth
Studies show that birthing parents who receive massage while they are in labor have shorter, less painful labors, less anxiety during labor, less likelihood of using pain medication, as well as shorter hospital stays and better mood following birth.
The Science Behind Prenatal Massage
If we had a wonder drug that could do all of this with no inherent risks or side effects, it would be unethical not to give it to to every pregnant person.