Maternity Sleep

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT BIG CHANGES AT IMPI

Dear Students, Graduates and Members, We have some very exciting announcements here at the International Maternity and Parenting Institute and we wanted to let you know what’s on the horizon. First and foremost, we wanted to let you know that we are changing our name from the International Maternity and Parenting Institute (IMPI) to the […]

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International Maternity & Parenting Institute to Launch First Free Online Maternity & Child Sleep Summit for Expecting and New Parents in Response to Reuters

Recently on December 4 2014, Reuters Health posted an article on Children Sleep Coaches, how they vary in background, training and price. They wrote,” A new review of online advertisements from pediatric “sleep coaches” finds that more than half do not have any previous health care or educational experience, and most have no more than a […]

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Why New Parents Fight More & What Birth Professionals Can Do About It

by Rhona Berens, PhD, CPCC Newsflash: 9 in 10 couples report a drop in relationship satisfaction after their first baby is born. Many say the drop is steep. Plus, conflicts increase exponentially. If you work with new parents, or have children, this information is old news. While babies might enhance relationships by deepening our connection […]

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IMI and Nurturing Sleep Partner to Raise Child Sleep Consultant Standards

To continue raising the bar for child sleep consultant professionals, and to address the root of child sleep challenges, the International Maternity Institute (IMI) has teamed up with Ann Caird, founder of Nurturing Sleep. Going forward, IMI has determined it will implement “emotional wellbeing” as a standard sleep hygiene component, one that all IMI Maternity […]

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International Maternity Institute Launches Continuing Education Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2014 International Maternity Institute Launches Continuing Education Program SAN FRANCISCO – The International Maternity Institute (IMI) is proud to announce the launch of their new Continuing Education Program, led by their Director of Continuing Education, Jessica Brodey. The IMI Continuing Education Program has been created to support advanced career […]

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Getting Stronger for Labor with Sleep

an interview with Mar De Carlo 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. […]

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Mom on a Mission to Revolutionize the Child Sleep Consultant Industry

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 […]

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Top Baby Sleep Secrets for New and Expectant Moms

By Jessica M. Brodey, IMI Baby Planner, Maternity & Child Sleep Consultant Graduate, Pediatric Sleep Consultant, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Happiest Baby Educator, Owner Eat-Sleep-Love, Newborn and Child Consulting Services and USA – East Director of the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants The first six months of parenting a new baby are exciting. It is […]

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Maternity Institute takes Infant-Family Sleep Consulting to the Next Level: Introduces Maternity Sleep Consultant ™

Maternity Institute takes Infant-Family Sleep Consulting to the Next Level Introduces Maternity Sleep Consultant ™ The International Maternity Institute (IMI), a leading maternity educational organization, becomes the first accredited organization to offer an online sleep certification for prenatal and postpartum. Strong industry and client demand necessitated the establishment of a course that would extend sleep consulting […]

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