After getting dressed I looked in the full length mirror this morning, the brown stretch tank-top I had on gave me pause. Seeing my reflection I thought one thing, “crooked chachas.” Oh well, I’m so going to rock this look! With that in mind, I was inspired to make this meme. I hope it puts a smile on your face.
I read this quote by Jan L. Richardson from Night Visions, and I immediately thought of motherhood. When I found this image by renowned photographer Eugen Richards, called Love’s Labor, I knew I found an image that was strong enough for the quote. I hope this speaks to you as much as it does to me.
Keep raising your voice, continue to ask for better care options, seek providers who will support undisturbed birth. We will make a difference.
This tip was shared with me at a course I attended called Breastfeeding Management, taught by Hellen Sullivan, RN, IBCLC.
When newborns are hungry, their hands are fisted and drawn tight against their chest. However, during a feeding and once their tummies begin to fill up, their hands open, their fingers soften, and their arms lie lower across their body.
The American Pregnancy Association also confirms this easy indication of satiety/satisfaction from newborns at the end of a feeding:
The baby looks relaxed, “falls” off the breast, has open hands, and/or falls asleep. Source
In my house we called this ‘milk drunk.’ :)
I am Joy, a happily married mother of two waterbirthed babies. I am a doula and a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, who worked as a midwife's assistant at a freestanding birth center in TX. As of 2015, I'm a full-time nursing student who teaches childbirth classes at Park Ridge Health, The Baby Place, in Hendersonville, NC. I love serving laboring moms and I enjoy teaching birth education. I use this blog to write about it all - my life, my children, and my passion of all things childbirth.
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