In the movies and on TV, laboring women are often depicted as panting, sweaty and sucking on ice chips. Luckily, that image can finally change! After years of food and fluid intake being restricted for women in labor, there has been a closer scientific look at this practice and the ban has been (somewhat) lifted. [...]
Advice for Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse
May 15, 2013 by
As women, there are some special health issues that are unique to us. One of these is pelvic organ prolapse, or what some doctors refer to as POP. POP occurs when the pelvic muscles weaken and organs fall (prolapse) or sink into the vagina. There are different types of POP depending on the organ that [...]
Redefining Super Mom
May 1, 2013 by
written by Mary Oscategui You are a super mom, if you are a mother who works full time, takes care of your household duties and your children. You juggle between work, family, social life, and if you’re lucky your well-being. In addition you are praised for handling as much as humanly possible while maintaining it [...]
Maternity Institute Welcomes Child Sleep Expert of Babies to Sleep, Karen Schwarzbach
April 5, 2013 by
Press Release For Immediate Release: Friday, April 5, 2013 Media Contact: Mary Oscategui: 415-937-1602 or info@maternityinstitute.com Maternity Institute Welcomes Child Sleep Expert of Babies to Sleep, Karen Schwarzbach The International Maternity Institute (IMI), a leading maternity and birth educating organization represented in twenty-six countries, welcomes Karen Schwarzbach, child sleep expert of Babies To [...]
Getting Stronger for Labor with Sleep
March 31, 2013 by
an interview with Mary Oscategui for Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine (for highlights of this interview purchase Pregnancy and Newborn magazine’s April 2013 issue) Why is it important for an expecting mama to try to catch her 40 winks? From the moment a woman becomes pregnant; her body is undergoing many physiologic and biochemical changes. [...]
Mom on a Mission to Revolutionize the Child Sleep Consultant Industry
March 31, 2013 by
Typically child sleep consultants are known to work with parents during postpartum to provide “sleep training”, tools, resources, and education in order to get their child to sleep. Sleep Training is most commonly introduced when an infant reaches four months of age or shortly thereafter. Occasionally families begin introducing sleep training earlier on, however very little [...]
Interested in Maternity Nutrition?
March 28, 2013 by
by Sara Spears, IMI Maternity Nutrition Coach Instructor Years ago, on my wedding day, my brand-new husband and I stopped at a fast food drive-thru on the way to our reception. My, how things have changed. It wasn’t long after that day that I began to wonder about where our food comes from, and how [...]
How Fear Affects Labor and What You Can Do About It
February 21, 2013 by
by Debra Flashenberg, IMI Advisory Board Member and Guest Blogger During a recent yoga class I was taking, my teacher discussed our natural reaction to fear. She explained that students tend to make their poses smaller and constrict themselves when they are fearful of doing the pose. For example, they are afraid to shift their [...]
Is Antibacterial Soap Making Your Kids Fat? How Hormone Disruptors Wreak Havoc on Health
January 8, 2013 by
by Beth Greer IMI Advisory Board Member, Bestselling author, Environmental Health Advocate, Corporate Wellness Consultant As appeared on Huffington Post – Posted: 12/19/2012 12:12 pm (Original article can be viewed here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beth-greer/triclosan-health_b_2246454.html) “Almost 40 percent of my 4- and 5-year-olds are obese,” said Stephen P. Bolduc, M.D., who’s been practicing pediatrics for 32 years, [...]
Understanding the Different Methods of Childbirth Education
January 3, 2013 by
by Debra Flashenberg, IMI Advisory Board Member and Guest Blogger A student asked me the other day how she should pick a birthing class. Her doctor had suggested she take one in preparation for her upcoming birth. She explained how overwhelmed she started to feel while she researched the different styles and methods of classes [...]
