Naturally Speaking

Delayed Postpartum Depression: A Post C-Section Journey

June 26, 2012

by Sebdann Ingen Shinaig When Earth Mama asked me to write a guest post, I wasn’t sure how. Was I writing about delayed PPD? Was I writing about birth trauma? Was I writing about the emotional effect of an unplanned cesarean? And how could I possibly separate any one of those things from the others [...]

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What Goes on and What Goes in! Safe food, safe choices.

March 14, 2012
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Most mamas find Earth Mama when they become pregnant and start looking for the safest teas to drink while pregnant, and the purest products to go ON their pregnant bodies, knowing that what goes on their skin goes in their baby. That knowledge gets kicked up a notch once baby is born, and mamas want [...]

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A Walk Down Earth Mama Lane

February 1, 2012
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In some ways it’s hard to believe it’s been ten years and in others it seems like I’ve been immersed heart-and-soul in Earth Mama for a lifetime.  This business has been like a child. Its birth only happened after a long gestation period. In this case I studied, gardened, blended and formulated, learning how to extract [...]

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Support with Integrity Breastfeeding Pledge

January 3, 2012
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Over the past 10 years, Earth Mama has worked closely with, and supported, a tremendous cadre of knowledgeable, generous, and loving advocates who support breastfeeding women with evidence-based research: professionals, non-profits, educators, manufacturers of breastfeeding products, and breastfeeding mothers, both experienced as well as first timers. They all want the same thing – to offer support. [...]

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Postpartum Depression Resources

December 6, 2011

Postpartum Depression Resources, compiled by Jennifer McNichols, Z Recommends Postpartumprogress.com – Postpartum Progress is consistently named one of the best blogs about depression and/or pregnancy. Motherhoodunadorned.com – Christi blogs about postpartum depression, mental health issues, and suicide prevention. Mypostpartumvoice.com – Lauren hosts a chat about PPD on Twitter every Monday and also features “My Postpartum [...]

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Postpartum Depression: One Mama’s Story

December 6, 2011
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by Jennifer McNichols, Z Recommends My first and only child was born about 7 years ago. I don’t remember much about the first six months of her life because I suffered from postpartum depression after her birth. Those first six months are pretty hazy in my memories. I remember asking multiple times if something was [...]

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PPD: How to Help

December 6, 2011

So how can you help a mom who is dealing with postpartum depression? What can you say or do? Or what should you NOT say or do? Don’t offer to hold the baby while mom does the laundry/dishes/cleaning/cooking. Offer to do the work instead! Don’t tell mom to pick herself up by her bootstraps/keep a [...]

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Milk Bank and Milk Donation: Three mamas share their stories

November 21, 2011

The story of mothers sharing their milk is nothing new; long before Mother’s Milk Banks there were wet nurses, or just a milky mama willing to tide a hungry baby over until his own mother got back. As the benefits and natural wonders of breast milk are being discovered study by study, milk donation and [...]

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Questions about Milk Banking?

November 21, 2011

Oregon and the Northwest have the highest breastfeeding rates in the nation, yet our hospitals currently order donor human milk from milk banks in Colorado or California. Sometimes these milk banks cannot fully supply regional needs for donor human milk due to low supplies. “It’s a travesty that we don’t have this option for local [...]

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Talking about Infant Massage with Linda Storm

October 26, 2011

Infant Massage is a time-honored technique to soothe and comfort babies. It has amazing physical benefits, from stimulating digestion and learning, to reducing stress hormones and increasing relaxing hormones. It promotes a bond and lays a foundation for healthy, secure interactions, and helps babies feel connected and able to communicate their needs as it teaches [...]

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