by Jessica | May 2, 2014 | Blog, chidren's health, postpartum, pregnancy, research, self care, women's health
Pregnancy 101 New to childbearing? Here are some quick tips and advice to help guide you on your journey. Breast pumps: invest in a good pump if you plan on doing this with any frequency. Older pumps can have a different “sucking” motion that isn’t...
by Jessica | May 2, 2014 | Blog, chidren's health, postpartum, research, self care, women's health
I pumped! What now? What are the LLLI (La Leche League International) guidelines for storing my pumped milk? Your milk is a living substance so precious some call it “white blood.” It is essential to store your expressed (pumped) milk properly to maximize...
by Jessica | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog, chidren's health, men's health, pain, seasonal, self care, women's health
Protect Your Wrists from the Cold and Damp In East Asian Medicine, there is a type of pain called wind cold damp painful obstruction. It’s exactly what it sounds like: wind, cold and damp get into your body, especially your joints, and cause an obstruction of...
by Jessica | May 2, 2012 | Blog, postpartum, women's health
Happy Mother’s Day, from all of your children! It turns out our babies are always with us, in more ways than you might have imagined. We used to think that fetal and maternal circulation didn’t mix. Then it was thought that this could occur following a...
by Jessica | Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, diet, pain, pregnancy, self care, sleep, women's health, yoga
Strategies for Sleep Success As you move through the weeks of pregnancy, you are likely to find yourself suffering from insomnia. While it’s true that soon you will be waking up with your baby throughout the night, it’s nice to get sleep while you still...
by Jessica | May 17, 2010 | pregnancy, research, women's health, yoga
How to Beat the Baby Blues Depression during pregnancy and in the postpartum period occurs quite frequently. During pregnancy, a woman’s hormones are in a very different state of balance, with about 100 times the estrogen and 10 times the progesterone of a...
