pregnancy

International Maternity, Parenting & Health Institute Expands it’s Global Team with New and Returning Instructors for 2019

International Maternity, Parenting & Health Institute prepares for the upcoming New Year with New Programs, Updates and Instructors! Representing 5 out of the 7 continents in 46 countries around the globe and offering programs in 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Turkish, We are proud to welcome and announce our team of […]

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International Maternity & Parenting Institute Expands to International Parenting & Health Institute

Press Contact Mar De Carlo Founder, International Parenting & Health Institute P: 805.272.8702 E: info@maternityinstitute.com | Web: www.maternityinstitute.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE International Maternity & Parenting Institute Prepares to Expand to International Parenting & Health Institute June 16, 2018 (Ojai, California) – The International Maternity & Parenting Institute (IMPI) (currently represented in […]

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Our founder Mar De Carlo Oscategui Sleep Coaches on Good Morning America

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Maternity & Parenting Institute Launches FamilyPrep

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2014 Maternity & Parenting Institute Launches FamilyPrep: Holistic and Progressive Education In June 2014, the International Maternity & Parenting Institute (IMPI) announced the launch of their Parenting Education program led by Teresa Stewart. Since then Teresa Stewart and Mar Oscategui, founder of IMPI, have created and developed a holistic, progressive […]

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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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Meconium Happens

What is Meconium? by Debra Flashenberg, IMI Advisory Board Member and Guest Blogger This thick, blackish-green tar like substance is considered your baby’s first stool. Meconium is created from the combination of amniotic fluid, lunugo, mucus, bile, and shed cells that line your baby’s intestines throughout your pregnancy. It usually does not pass until after […]

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FINDING BRAS THAT FIT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER BABY

By Ali Cudby Women have a complicated relationship with their bras during the pregnancy cycle, for many reasons. Coming to grips with changing bodies, shifting how they think about the role of their breasts, and then finding bras that fit their evolving figures are just a few challenges make bra shopping a dreaded activity during […]

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Advice for Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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 […]

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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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