Seed cycling is a natural and easy way to fuel your body and balance your hormones through consuming seeds at different times of your cycle.
Tracking Your Basal Body Temperature (BBT)
The body’s temperature can tell you so much about your health, but often times we think of the negative aspects of what a change in temperature can mean. If you have a fever, it could be a sign of infection that your body is trying to fight. Plus, if you are a parent, you know a temperature in an infant could mean that teething is coming (aka crying and trouble sleeping)! However, what about taking your temperature for your wellness?
Safer Lipstick Suitable For Daily Wear
In honor of National Lipstick Day (July 29th), we wanted to show case the amazing, non-toxic lipsticks that are available from Beautycounter!
Provider Spotlight: Sleeping Gracefully
I recently had a Zoom call with Grace Kaplan of Sleeping Gracefully to talk about all things sleep and babies! As typical with any Zoom call, we were interrupted a few times by our kiddos wanting to talk, but we still had a great conversation!
Tracking Your Luteinizing Hormone To Better Predict Ovulation
Today, we are going to focus on the follicular phase (days 1 through ovulation), and one of the main hormones at play to help determine when ovulation will happen, and that is understanding that role of Luteinizing hormone (LH)! This amazing hormone is released by in the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the ovaries to release estradiol and release a mature follicle.
Healthy Summer Snacks for Kids (that Don’t Take Forever to Make)
Any parent knows when the kids are home for the summer, the cravings for snacks come often. You need to be prepared when your kids want something to snack on between meals. That said, you also want to be sure they’re enjoying healthy treats.
Oxytocin: Benefits Beyond Just Contractions
Oxytocin is a powerful hormone produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the pituitary gland. It is commonly associated with childbirth and postpartum bonding, but there is much more to it! This powerful hormone has many other amazing benefits and should be recognized for not only during the birth and postpartum period, but also all stages of life for both women and men.
What Exactly Is A Normal Period?
When talking to my clients, I always like to stress the difference between common and normal, as those two terms can mean very different things when talking about women’s health, especially menstrual health.
Provider Spotlight: Milestones Pediatric and Maternal Nutrition
Recently I connected with Kerry Jones of Milestones Pediatric & Maternal Nutrition, over Zoom to talk about all things women’s health. As a pediatric and maternal dietitian, she works with women in the preconception stage, as well as through pregnancy, the postpartum stage, and even helps with getting those picky toddlers to eat more than 2 foods.
Product Feature: Countersun Sunscreen
As the temperatures begin to rise, and the sun is finally out after what seems like months of rain, it is time to start thinking about Safe Sunscreen for Babies over 6 months old, Kids, and Adults.
How Hormonal Imbalances Impact Skin Appearance
So our skin makes up about 22 pounds of our bodies, and can cover almost 22 square feet if it was flattened out. Obviously, that is a huge amount of our bodies, but how much attention is really paid to the care and wellbeing of the skin?
Beautycounter With Emily Chaffee of Carolina Birth and Wellness
Typically for our Provider Spotlights, we feature area businesses that we have connected with through our lens of maternal physical and mental health in the Triangle. And this month is no difference, but just a slight switch up: We our featuring US!
We now offering Beautycounter!
Sperm Testing and Improving Sperm Health for Male Factory Infertility
Often times, infertility is a silent stressor that couples face alone. On top of that, the majority of the focus is placed on the woman to improve her health, to receive the bulk of the testing, and to undergo all of the treatments. Yet, one-third of infertile female/male couples face male factor infertility. So testing sperm is an early and important test that should be done!
Childbirth Refresher Class
For individuals that have given birth before, most childbirth classes can be very repetitive. And that is nothing against the class or the instructor, but first time parents and second time parents have different questions and would like different information!
Provider Spotlight: Back in Action Physical Therapy
When we were still allowed to be in public with other people, we had the chance to meet Mary Yoffe of Back in Action Physical Therapy. We were so excited to connect as we did not have a pelvic floor referral in the Cary/Apex area, and we definitely found one now! We talked for a long time as she was curious to learn so much about the birth community and were so happy to hear her gentle but therapeutic approach when working with her pelvic floor patients! She definitely has a strong passion for the work which can be immediately felt as she describes how she cares for her patients! We are so excited to feature her this month!
Self-Care Ideas Every Working Mom Should Follow
Feeling overwhelmed is sometimes unavoidable for any mom, and adding working from home into the equation often makes us feel very short on time. When you’re spending so much time homeschooling your kids, managing your career, cleaning the house, or even preparing healthy kids meals, it’s easy to neglect yourself as a mom.
Virtual Doula Support and Virtual Childbirth Classes
In our new reality of living with stay at home orders, school closures, and wearing pajamas all day, the one thing that will not change is babies. Folks will be getting pregnant, will be needing support, will be needing childbirth educator, and will be giving birth. While the current conditions may not be ideal, our goal at Carolina Birth and Wellness is to provide the level of support pregnant people and their families deserve.
The First Time Parent's Guide to Childbirth Education
As a first time parent, you are often faced with the idea that you should take childbirth education classes, but you have no idea where to take them or when to take them! Then once you figure out those details, you have no idea about what you are learning! Everyone has different and unique needs, and a standard one size fits all class approach isn’t always what you need.
Provider Spotlight: Keon Taekwondo
We recently had the chance to sit down with Anastasiia Bateman of Keon Taekwondo, and were thoroughly impressed this new Taekwondo studio in Carrboro.
In-Home Newborn 101 Class
We are excited to now officially offer our in-home private newborn care class!
This class can be part our customized childbirth classes or as a standalone class, whatever fits better for you, your family, and your schedule.
