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Interested in Maternity Nutrition?

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 […]

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How Fear Affects Labor and What You Can Do About It

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 […]

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Understanding the Different Methods of Childbirth Education

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 […]

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Celebrity Births. The Good. The Bad. The Influence.

by Debra Flashenberg, IMI Advisory Board Member and Guest Blogger I have never been one to closely follow celebrity gossip. In fact, I am embarrassingly behind the times – stuck somewhere in the late 90’s when Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan and Friends were big. But I can’t deny the influence celebrities have on society. They […]

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A Modern Blessingway Ceremony for the Mother to Be

by Saray Hill, IMI Spanish Director and Baby Planner Graduate Pregnancy and birth are key factors in a woman’s life that mark her in many different ways forever. Often times we tend to forget about what the mother’s body, mind and spirit are going through during pregnancy. It’s imperative to take good care of these […]

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Internal Exams: When To Get Them

by Debra Flashenberg, IMI Advisory Board Member and Guest Blogger A new mother came back for postnatal yoga last week. She was absolutely glowing and excited to share her birth story with me. The new mama said she really felt good about her birth experience, but with the one exception that she wishes she would […]

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The Discovery (a book excerpt from “Green Body Green Birth”)

A book excerpt from Green Body Green Birth by Mary Oscategui When starting on green journey and understanding what green means specifically to you, there comes what is called The Discovery Stage. This is the stage where one becomes excited about the discovery of new information, but this is also the state when fear, anger […]

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You’re A Baby What?!

by Certified Baby Planner, Colleen Parrish This is the comment or rather the look I have gotten when I tell people what my new business is. Now don’t get me wrong, for the most part the response and feedback has been positive and supportive, but I think there is a lot of confusion about what […]

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Educate Yourself, Know Your Birth Options

by Debra Flashenberg, IMI Advisory Board Member and Guest Blogger I was really struck by a quote from Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer, authors of A Good Birth, A Safe Birth, who said: “If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any.” From what I have encountered in my years of teaching, many women […]

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Why a Doula is Worth Every Penny

by Adriana Lozada, CD, CPB, CGP I became a doula because I myself didn’t have one for the birth of my daughter. Not having a doula is a decision that both my husband and I regret. My birth was as close as can be to what I’d laid out on my birthplan. Hire a midwife – check. […]

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