Are you getting any exercise during your pregnancy? While you don’t want to start anything strenuous during pregnancy that you haven’t been doing previously, exercise has so many benefits. It can help prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, leg cramps, and swelling of the ankles. It also prevents back pain by strengthening the muscles that support the back. …
This Tools of the Trade series is a spin off of a weekly business networking group that I attend. I get 60 seconds every week to share about midwifery and birth with other business owners. 60 seconds is hard to fill. What do I talk about in 60 seconds? There is so much to say …
Summer is here and it is hot here in North Texas. This is the time of year that I can get numerous calls, texts, complaints from clients about headaches, abnormal amounts of Braxton Hicks contractions, and possible pre-term labor. My first two questions are #1 What has your activity been the last two days and …
Have you ever been to an obstetrician’s office or any really doctor’s office really and had to sit and wait in the waiting room for an hour or more before the nurse came and got you? Did the nurse spend more time with you getting your weight and vital signs than the doctor did when …
