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By Nancy Anthony, NHTSA-Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician
As you get ready for summer road trips and vacations, don’t forget to do a quick check up on your child’s car seat status.
Is your child in the right seat?
Babies grow quickly....
Reading to Babies in the First Year
by Nancy Anthony, Carseat Clinic Educator
Let me start by just saying I love books. I love holding, smelling, reading, collecting, and sharing them.Real, paper and ink, turn-the-pages books. Some of my sweetest memories as a child, and as a mother,...
Practicing Gratitude
by Tracy Cooper, Dar a Luz Receptionist
As we kick off this holiday season, I wanted to share something I think about a lot…
I’m sure we’ve all noticed that negative experiences tend to have a greater impact on us than positive ones. This...
Our Baby is Due Next Year… Which Insurance Plan Should We Choose?
By Erica Deerinwater, Client Financial Specialist
Pregnancy is about 40 weeks long on average, then add in labor and birth, 4 weeks of newborn care, 6-8 weeks of postpartum care at Dar a Luz… and we’re talking nearly a year of care! Dar a Luz is...
It takes a village: a ‘thank you’ to our communities!
by Meagan Morse, CNM, WHNP
Over the last years of the pandemic, many (most? all?) of us have gone through times of isolation, when our webs of support felt sparse, and other moments where community emerged in new and unexpected ways. As many of...
Self Care
by Krystal Davis, BSNRN: Birth Assistant
Over the last two years I have seen many “Take care of yourself” and “Do what fills your cup and eases your mind” signs and social media posts. While I think the prompts to care for yourself...
Relaxing Into the Hormone RELAXIN
by Susan Moore Daniels, CNM, MSN
“My low back is so out of whack!”
“My pubic bone is screaming!”
“My knees and feet feel so uneasy!”
Yet the change can be redeeming.
RELAXIN is still a bit of a mysterious hormone, in that it...
Relax.Have Sex and Eat Chocolate!
What if I told you that some of the best things to help prepare your body for labor and birth are to relax, have sex or orgasm and eat dark chocolate? Not only is this true but scientifically proven! Let’s talk about it!
Before...
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THEY/THEM Ease….
and the Distress with BREASTS
by Susan Moore Daniels
I have been a midwife and a mother for more than 3 decades now. I guess maybe that makes me kind of an old-bird. So here are some random shared experiences from this...
Taking Pride in their work
Ask around, and you’ll hear that there is something wonderfully supportive about being surrounded by the Dar a Luz community. And the truth is even though our family is complete, our community of friends keeps growing thanks to them.
My...