Naturally Powerful Mamas

Incredible local mama with a great Childbirth Education class!!!! Excited she’s growing!!

MEET BIRTH SMARTER. The parenting and childbirth classes worth taking. New website, new classes, new locations.- https://mailchi.mp/4cdf50283c0b/meet-birth-smarter-new-site-new-classes-new-locations

It’s International Women’s Day!!!!



I’m sitting here reflecting on all the different women I have met and worked with over the years. How their cultures have shaped them in very different ways, yet they all seem to find this beautiful, intuitive way to be in-power and rule.



What I mean is, many of my clients (all women) work for themselves. They run their own company. They ARE their own company. They find a way to live their dreams. They speak up for injustice. They take down opponents who are discriminatory. They trust themselves, believe in themselves and heal themselves.



I have been focusing so much of my time on growing my Havening practice (a psycho-sensory healing modality) recently, that I haven’t taken time to step back and look at the big picture... what I’m doing and who I’m surrounding myself with. Not a day goes by where I don’t have a Havening or a meeting scheduled with a woman who is literally changing a small piece of this world. Women supporting women is P.O.W.E.R.



Thank you to all of these women who continue to be strong in the face of adversity. I see you and I’m right beside you.

Why New York Lags So Far Behind on Natural Childbirth Texas has 70 free-standing birthing centers; New York has three. In the city, where Mount Sinai West’s birthing center will soon close, money is one big factor.

I. Love. This.

Skip The Baby Shower And Throw A Postpartum Party Instead Say the word postpartum and most people think depression. And in the U.S., the lack of support for new parents is a wholly depressing situation—e...

One of the many reasons why I am a Doula..

Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it. Women giving birth are needlessly dying or suffering life-altering injuries because U.S. hospitals aren't following known safety measures, a USA TODAY investigation found.

I have been totally MIA from social media recently. Supporting my own personal business as a Doula and launching a new company has been exhilarating, but also exhausting. Making time for my family has taken priority and not left much time for anything else.



I realize I will never have enough time in the day for everything I want to do, everyone I want to see, and all the new initiatives I want to start. My husband and I just recently enrolled our 2-year-old (where does the time go?!) into a local Montessori school and it has been life changing, for all of us. More on that later.



Now that The Astoria Doula Collective is up and running (and killing it!), I can finally take some time for myself. I’ve been doing yoga daily and drinking my smoothies before they get warm! It’s been AMAZING!!!!!

Beautiful story... looking forward to a new level of support for infertility with The Astoria Doula Collective this Fall ❤️ so many stories to be told.

‘Worth the wait’: Photographer captures her grueling infertility struggle to let others know ‘they are not alone’ "Here's the thing: infertility struggles are SO common, and yet NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT."

New York to Expand Use of Doulas to Reduce Childbirth Deaths Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of initiatives aimed at addressing a disturbingly high rate of maternal mortality among black women.

Amazing!!!! A step in the right direction.

Optimizing Postpartum Care - ACOG Clinical Guidance Search Clinical Guidance Practice Bulletins Committee Opinions Practice Advisories Obstetric Care Consensus Series Task Force and Work Group Reports Technology Assessments ACOG Collaboration with Peer Organizations ACOG Collaboration with Peer Organizations on Clinical Documents AC...

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So. Very. Accurate.
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via postpartumstress.com + Karen Kleimen