UaMana Birth

To all my JA family, we are keeping you in prayer over . We have watched it hammer its way through our Caribbean family and now it’s making its way. Please please everyone keep the islands in your Prayers !! This is a very early start to the and a crazy strong hurricane to start it out.

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Neuroscience Shows Breastfeeding Is Not Just Milk Lifelong effects of breastfeeding on mental health for mother and child.

“A Blessing in Disguise “

Delivering During a Pandemic Delivering a baby during a pandemic can be a scary time, but it can also be a blessing in disguise.

CDC guidelines on pregnancy and breastfeeding during COVID-19 Pandemic

As the COVID-19 environment evolves, so do your questions. Are you concerned about your child’s fever and/or cough? Has your child been exposed to someone with the virus? Our team is here for you. Try our new assessment tool at www.choa.org/assessment or give us a call at 404-785-7955.

Even in a crisis this widespread we have to be aware of how new policies affect our right to birth and how those policies and hospital interventions can work together to possibly make birthing in hospitals inhospitable.

A lot is still being studied about how coronavirus spreads. If you have COVID-19 and are breastfeeding your baby, talk to your doctor and take everyday steps to keep your child safe:

• Wash your hands before touching your baby.
• If possible, wear a facemask while breastfeeding.
• Wash your hands before touching bottle or breast pump parts.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/397jOsE

Why is it that ALL over the world people are pushing to be more humane and respectful of mothers and babies but here in the US we are still being charged to hold our own babies at birth and watch them from afar while they sleep?

Here’s a beautiful step towards keeping mamma and baby as close as they were in the womb.

Black Intensive Mothering

For The Culture: A rise in doulas may save a black mother's life According to the CDC, black women are four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related complications.

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Publishes New Bedsharing

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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Publishes New Bedsharing Guidelines By Melissa Bartick, MD, MSc, FABM The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has released its updated Bedsharing and Breastfeeding Protocol. The protocol presents evidence-based recommendations synthesi…