Holiday Fair at Lavender & Sage
The Lavender & Sage Wellness Center, located on the South Hill, is having a holiday fair this Sunday. Two of the wellness practitioners we have listed here on Bloom work out of the Center and will be offering information about their services. Rebekah Giangreco of New Moon Family Acupuncture and Wendy Connolly of Spokane Hypnobirthing, along with others, will be speaking about and offering sessions in:
- Massage Therapy
- Acutonics Sound Healing
- Reflexology
- HypnoBirthing
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Turn Your Baby Head Down With Moxibustion
A breech baby is a concern for the expectant mother. Regardless of where you plan to deliver your baby, you know that crown down is the best way to go. In many cases breach babies between 33-36 weeks will turn head down spontaneously. In rare cases breech babies can turn during labor. So what should you do if you discover your blessed bundle is bottom down? [...]
What is a Doula?
This wonderful article was written by my cousin’s wife, Hannah Reasoner, who is a doula in Ft. Worth, TX. Check out her blog for more information.
A doula is a woman experienced in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to the mother before, during and just after childbirth. She understands the physiology of birth and the needs of a laboring woman.
The role of the birth doula greatly depends on the woman and family for whom she is providing care. The doula’s main purpose is to be a friend, a mentor, and a helper to the mother, as well as a support to her partner and/or family. If the mother chooses a doula in the early stages of pregnancy, the doula can help to provide information and education for several months leading up to the birth. This can also help the mother and family build an established, comfortable, and trusting relationship with the doula. [...]
