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Oct 17, 2019
4 min

Pumping at Work: What you need to know.

Picture this: You just gave birth to your brand new beautiful baby and, if you are lucky, you just spent a few weeks to a few months home on maternity leave. You love breastfeeding and your supply is abundant. You're thinking about having to go back to work and beginning the pumping process. PAUSE SCENE! Okay--- we know this is a best case scenario here, and not everyone has time off for maternity leave and not everyone has a delightful breastfeeding experience. BUT, have yo

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Why blanket nutrition advice is NOT an option.

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Oct 17, 2019
3 min

Why blanket nutrition advice is NOT an option.

Nutrition these days is a HOT TOPIC, it's almost considered COOL to eat healthy. However, what we tend to forget is that HEALTH comes in all shapes, sizes, foods, exercises, etc. Most people--- at some point in their lives--- have sought out nutrition advice for multiple reasons and stumbled upon the vast amount of information on the internet. To name a few; diets and detoxes, meal delivery services, or even mixes of both. You've also probably found information on "the best f

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mamasmaternalhealth

Oct 14, 2019
3 min

Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy

We wanted to talk to you about a scientific study regarding Vitamin D and pregnancy. WHY? Because it scared us and it should scare you. So what is it? This study looked at maternal vitamin D levels and their baby's vitamin D levels after birth-- the results were shocking. The researchers found that "76% of moms and 81% of newborns in the USA were Vit D deficient at the time of birth - even though they were taking a prenatal supplement." If your reaction was anything like ours

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Oct 2, 2019
4 min

Debunking Birthing Procedures

For many, the term 'Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative' is unfamiliar. What does 'baby friendly' even mean? You aren't alone in your confusion, in fact most people--- besides those that work closely with the birthing floor of a hospital-- probably are unaware of what that term even means. The language 'Baby Friendly' is used to attract future parents to facilities that supports the best/most current birthing practices. After all, why wouldn't you want to give birth in a hospit

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Oct 2, 2019
4 min

Pregnancy Past 35: Truth and Myth

The dreaded age of 35.... When your twenties seem to be the distant past and 40 seems to be lurking around the corner! As a society, we are afraid of aging and getting older in general. Many people--- and maybe YOU--- don't even like to tell their family their age! Many of us go through treatments to make sure that no one can tell our bodies are getting older. This includes dying grey hairs, treatments for stretch marks, etc. Many of us don't want to show that we have truly e

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Sep 24, 2019
2 min

Multiple Sclerosis and Breastfeeding

In the past, women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been discouraged from breastfeeding due to the medications that they have to take. What is MS? It is a disease that is unfortunately still mostly unknown---but causes are thought to be a combination of both environmental and genetic factors. The symptoms are caused by the immune systems response to environmental and infectious factors. Many symptoms are derived within the central nervous system (CNS) causing inflammation an

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mamasmaternalhealth

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

Your sleep position and baby's health

Maternal Sleep position has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, however do these accusations actually have valid evidence to support them? Many women and even doctors believe that the wrong sleeping position during pregnancy can cause still birth, fetal growth restrictions, and decrease uterine blood flow. Most studies have been retrospective-- meaning that there could be what is called a 'recall bias', essentially people forget causing error. One study assessed

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mamasmaternalhealth

Sep 24, 2019
2 min

Why does Mamas Maternal Health WORK?

Here at Mamas Maternal Health, we actively work to provide mothers with the most up to date information on maternal and infant nutrition while guiding them through their journey to motherhood. But what does this actually look like? While we provide answers--we also work to get you involved in your own transformation during pregnancy. We support ‘capacity building', meaning that while you learn new information, you are also building yourself up with dynamic goals and achieveme

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mamasmaternalhealth

Sep 24, 2019
1 min

Inspiration for Partners

For all you partners out there that are supporting our mamas, we wanted to give you a special shout out today! We know how hard it is to raise a child and we just wanted to remind you that YOU are doing a wonderful job. Life hits you HARD with children-- parents are the unsung heroes of both giving birth as well as raising the future generation. While everyone has an opinion -- YOU know what is best for your child and YOU are doing the best you can with the cards you have bee

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Solid foods introduction: What is the best approach?

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Sep 14, 2019
3 min

Solid foods introduction: What is the best approach?

WHAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY FOODS? It is really just a fancy word for introducing solid foods to your baby's diet. Your baby's diet should be exclusively breastfed, or formula, until the age of 6 months. Thereafter, you will begin to introduce solid foods. However, the majority of your baby's diet should still be composed of breastmilk. Complementary foods are done for two reasons: Starting to feed begins to develop motor skills, specifically ones that have to do with self-feeding

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Sep 14, 2019
6 min

Baby Led Weaning

Baby led weaning is the new exciting way to feed your baby, its popular with influencers and health gurus--- but what exaclty is it? Baby led weaning is the idea that infants can and should be self feeding vs spoon feeding pureed foods. Previously, infants were fed at 4 months of age-- however, at this time they weren't actually able to feed themselves because they didn't have the properly developed motor skills. This is why they were spoon fed pureed foods. Baby led weaning

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Sep 4, 2019
2 min

Why support from Mamas Maternal HealthWorks

It is well known that a variety of factors influence a women during pregnancy and lactation. This includes family support, society, self-efficacy, etc. However, one of the biggest influencing factors is the support a woman receives from her healthcare providers. WHY? They are ready to offer individualized, evidence-based support to help a woman meet her pregnancy goals. Studies have found that support lasting for longer periods of time are the most effective in helping women

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Sep 2, 2019
2 min

Why Mamas Maternal Health?

Mamas Maternal Health wants to invite you to join us while we enter the fall season! You are probably asking yourself, 'Why Mamas? What makes them so special?' Well, Mamas Maternal Health is unique because we offer both maternal and infant nutrition counseling services. What does this look like? 1) Individualized maternal and infant nutrition counseling services throughout your pregnancy and during lactation. - This means one-on-one, specific to you sessions. Every meeting wi

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How to prevent baby-bottle tooth decay or carries

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Aug 27, 2019
2 min

How to prevent baby-bottle tooth decay or carries

What is the cause? Exposure to sugary or carbohydrate filled liquids/foods for prolonged periods of time. For example, when a baby falls asleep with a bottle in his/her mouth, hence the name 'baby-bottle carries'. This is not exclusive to formula fed infants---it can occur with breastfed infants as well. Baby-bottle tooth decay or carries can also be caused by bacteria passing into the baby's mouth such as a dirty pacifier...OR if your baby does not receive enough fluoride, w

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mamasmaternalhealth

Aug 27, 2019
3 min

Weaning: From Bottle or Breast to Cup

Last week we discussed tooth decay from bottle use. One way to combat this is through weaning to a cup. But as we know, our little ones can become attached to their bottle and it may be hard for them to give it up. So how do we start to wean them? It is not a matter of 'can they drink from a cup'. Even newborn infants, if supported correctly, can drink from a cup (in some cases-- it is recommended to feed your baby from a cup if specified). When it comes to taking a baby off

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Aug 27, 2019
1 min

Black Breastfeeding Week

Yes you read that right! Its International Black Breastfeeding week and the theme is: Imagine! Innovate! Liberate! We want to focus on the difficulties that black women face in trying to breastfeed. 'The voices of black families have been traditionally overlooked in innovation spaces and that’s why we need YOU to bring your fire, passion, and brilliant ideas to revolutionize Black breastfeeding in the United States.' Why do we need a Black Breastfeeding week? Overall health o

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Aug 26, 2019
4 min

Probiotics: What and where to find them

What are probiotics? PSA: This is a long post... but worth the read! Probiotics are microorganisms that colonize the gut and other parts of the body. Not to be confused with prebiotics---which are the food for probiotics. Probiotics can be bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Yes, these all sound like things that could get you sick---and they are--- but there are good and bad kinds of all of the above. The bad microorganisms have the potential to get you sick whil

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mamasmaternalhealth

Aug 20, 2019
2 min

What is actually in your supplements?

Pregnant women are routinely advised to take a prenatal vitamin to make sure that they are getting all the nutrients they need to grow a healthy baby. Unfortunately, the control and inspection of vitamins and other supplements in the last 20+ years has been limited. Supplements are recognized as foods under FDA regulations... a.k.a. they are not required to be tested (for safety and ingredients). In fact, "Supplement manufacturers—unlike drug companies—do not need to prove th

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mamasmaternalhealth

Aug 19, 2019
4 min

What is Diet Culture?

Todays #mondaymotivation is to 1) talk about exactly what diet culture is and 2) help you break free from it. Diet culture is the movement behind the 'fat' stigma---that only healthy bodies are skinny. In healthcare, we know that one health indicator is BMI. BMI can be very helpful in gauging some idea of an individual's body type-- however, it can be incredibly misleading. For example, many athletes with a high muscle mass will naturally fall into an overweight category. Doe

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How to navigate todays technology while raising your child?

mamasmaternalhealth

Aug 16, 2019
3 min

How to navigate todays technology while raising your child?

While technology in many ways aids us in transforming our society into the modern glory that it is, how do we navigate raising our children in its wake? Developmentally, children do better when they have constant stimulation from relationships as well as interaction with the world around them. Often times, babies and young children are given a screen--be it a smart phone or T.V.--- to keep them occupied and/or to buy parents precious time to themselves. OR parents are physica

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