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Meaningful Gift Giving: Creating Memories, Not Clutter

When gift lists grow longer and meaning feels lost, it helps to pause and rethink what giving is really about. This piece offers down-to-earth ways to bring heart back to the holidays—through shared experiences, handmade gifts, simple traditions, and moments that turn into lasting memories.

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Healthy Baby, Healthy Birth: Why You Are Not Safer When Doctors Rush Your Pregnancy

Time is a frequently unnamed and unacknowledged medical complication plaguing most births currently taking place in hospitals and even birth centers. Considering the fast-paced nature of modern culture, perhaps it follows that the issue of time is having a never-before-seen, and increasingly disastrous effect, on pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery.

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What To Consider Before Flying in Late Pregnancy

The question of flying while pregnant comes up quite a lot around the holidays. It’s a common season for moms to be overwhelmed by family expectations and traditions, while simultaneously trying to act like their usual energetic selves even though their reserves are already low. The most important question to ask yourself is, How do you really feel about this trip?

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Eight Ways to Have a Lovely Postpartum Recovery

Social media promotes and popularize a quick ‘bouncing back’ into life after having a baby. However, as a midwife I’ve seen the wonderful and far-reaching benefits of slowing down after your birth for a few weeks of physical and emotion restoration. The postpartum window is a precious and critical time for mother and baby to recover and settle in. And it helps the entire family to adapt to your new little family member too. Here are eight starting points that help protect you during your postpartum period…..

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