Seacoast Birth Network

08/24/2026

Resources for pregnancy, birth and postpartum, including chiropractors, massage and physical therapists, lactation and infant feeding.

08/23/2026

Beautiful Art makes my heart happy!

Beatrice Elvery (Irish painter) 1883 - 1970
Mother and Child, s.d.
oil on canvas
61 x 41 cm. (24 x 16 in.)
signed with monogram
private collection
© phot Adams

Beatrice Elvery attended the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art in 1896, where she studied sculpture under John Hughes, and drawing under Sir William Orpen. She won a number of scholarships while a student and after studying in Paris, she joined Túr Gloine, Sarah Purser's Tower of Glass stained glass cooperative, before moving onto the Slade School in London. In 1912 she married Gordon Campbell, later Lord Glenavy, and returned to Dublin after the First World War to raise her three children. She was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Hibernian Academy between 1902 and 1969.
(see N. Gordon Bowe, Irish Women Artists, National Gallery of Ireland exhibition catalogue, Dublin, 1987, p. 163).

08/22/2026

Lovely!

“Breathe. It's not a solution. It's just the first step. Breathe to remind yourself that you matter, that you are worthy, that you are trying your best. The journey from pregnancy to parenthood can be joyful, wonderful, terrible, exhausting, exhilarating, and all of the above. It is a profound journey.
Breathe in strength, and breathe out forgiveness.”

~ Illana Stanger-Ross. A is for Advice (The Reassuring Kind): Wisdom for Pregnancy

Art: Catie Atkinson

08/18/2026

Susan Mako 🙏🏼✨

08/17/2026

08/16/2026

“Put them in water or take them outside.” It was the first useful parenting advice I ever got. “Sleep when the baby sleeps”? I think the polite word for that gem is poppycock. But this particular axiom has saved me many times over.

I don’t remember how old my son was when I called my mom in tears because I couldn’t stop his, but his age was probably measured in weeks. Maybe days. “Nothing is working; I don’t know what else to try,” I sobbed. “He’s not hungry or sleepy or wet.” “Try giving him a bath,” she suggested. “Or bundle him up and take him outside for some fresh air. I always say to take them outside or put them in water, and usually, the grumpiness goes away.” It worked that day, and it’s worked many times since. We’ve done baths at 10 a.m. I’ve paced our driveway with a baby in my arms at 2 a.m. And today, at 5:15 p.m. when my children were fighting for the 17th time since they got home from school and I was about to lose it, instead I put one in the bath and I sent the other outside and now maybe all three of us will survive until Dad gets home.
Almost nine years later, it still works.

I can’t give you advice about sleep schedules or feedings or Montessori-approved toys. I don’t know what we’re gonna do about Tik Tok and Snapchat in a few years. But when they’re falling apart at the seams for no apparent reason, take them outside or put them in water.

Oh, and it works on grown-ups, too."

Beautifully📷+📝: By Jenn Batchelor https://www.instagram.com/jennbatchelor/?hl=en

shared via Superpower Breaths

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08/11/2026

🪑 Supported squatting can be a game-changer during labor. Do you use this with your parents?

Using a birth stool or sturdy support allows you to stay in an upright position while letting gravity help baby move down. It can also open the pelvis, encourage progress, and give you a chance to rest between contractions.

Every labor is different, but knowing a variety of positions ahead of time can help you feel more prepared and confident when the big day arrives!

💚Curious about discovering new labor positions? Download our free guide >> motherboardbirth.com/labor-positions-guide

08/11/2026

“Can I come to see your baby?”
Words that caused my heart to sink
For, of course I want to see you,
But I’m weary and I stink.

It’s been days since I got dressed
and there’s chaos everywhere.
Dirty dishes overflowing,
and there’s breast milk in my hair.

I’m really in survival mode.
I can’t tell the nights from days.
My life has been uprooted
in oh so many ways.

My head feels like exploding
and I’m trying to just BE.
Yes, I’ve gained this new addition,
but I’ve lost a piece of ME.

A new love has engulfed me
and transformed my every being:
A love that, all at once,
is so constricting, and so freeing.

So, please, dear ones, I ask of you
to just give me some time
to navigate this new terrain
that’s really so sublime.

And, soon, I’ll have you visit:
I can’t wait for you to meet.
But, right now all I can manage
is to feed, sleep, and repeat.

Maria Tempany (Therhymingone)
Image by - https://www.instagram.com/arynlindsey

Therhymingone

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