Calmbirth Blog
Articles and stories from Calmbirth’s educators
Breastfeeding on Demand…
Postnatal Care
Did you know that how often your baby needs to feed is based on your own unique breastmilk storage capacity and milk synthesis rate? Neither of these factors are up…
Staying out of your head…
Birth Preparation
In labour, if we stay out of our critical and analytical part of our brain, surrendering to the primitive and instinctual brain, we place ourselves in a state of growth.
Breast Milk Is Alive
Birth Preparation
Breastmilk is a living tissue (just like blood/ plasma and bone marrow)
Hoping for a more positive 2nd birth experience
Birth Stories
I just wanted to thank you so much for everything you taught us. We came to you determined for our second birth to be a much more positive birth experience…
How To Be A Good Villager Postpartum
Postnatal Care
To the family and friends that make up a new parents' village, There are few things that are more exciting than when one of your loved ones grows a new…
Blue Hands Warm Heart – The normal colours of a newborn
Birth Preparation
When I am teaching parents about birth I intentionally include a picture of a baby when they are first born - many people are surprised by their initial colour! I…
Transformers & Miracle Workers – How Your Body Changes in Pregnancy
Birth Preparation
Pregnancy is about more than just growing a baby. Sure, technically that's what it's about, but for your body it means so much more. Every single system of your body…
What does ‘Educate’ and ‘Support’ mean to me?
Birth Preparation
It's World Breastfeeding Week. With this year's theme: Educate and Support. But what does this mean?