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Staying Creative Amongst Diaper Blowouts & Temper Tantrums

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Meena Harris On Diverse Children’s Stories & Mothering Empowered Girls

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Six Tips For Surviving a COVID-19 Summer With Your Kids

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5 Mother’s Month Gift Ideas That Were Made With Mamas in Mind

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10 Tips for a Positive Birth from a Midwife

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MOTHER’S RALLY Today August 1st! Justice for Amb

MOTHER’S RALLY Today August 1st! Justice for Amber Rose Isaac and so many other black mothers who died at the hands of the medical system. Please swipe for details and make your way there! ✊🏾 see details reposted below!
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#repost @bizmacthe3rd
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We are excited to host our first Mother’s Rally/March/PressConfrence TODAY at 1pm!!!
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Here at #saveArose we are dedicated to serve our communities & protect Black/Brown/ Indigenous families from dealing with racial disparities in our health care system & prevent an uprise in the rates for Maternal Mortality/Child Morbidity.
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We have made quite a few Allies during our short journey but we are in it together for the long haul. I am excited to share space with such bright minds whom share a common goal in combating against the systemic flaws within our healthcare system.
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This is not just an event, this is YOUR CALLING... Our women are under attack and we must put an end to this before more families mourn the loss of a loved one due to insubordination & lack of standard care from our healthcare system.

Thank you everyone for your help, see you out there.
✊🏾💜🌹 @bizmacthe3rd

Hosted By: @savearose.foundation @birthfromtheearth @birthingplacebx

Speakers:
@nubiaearthmartin @myloveflores @newyorkvonni @vaahhyo @royalmothering @joinjoyner @shawneethehealer @m_u_z @bxrebirth @queenofpr
And a few others.
Sorry if you have not been tagged.

#JusticeForAmberRoseIsaac
#JusticeForKiraJohnson
#JusticeForShamonyGibson
#JusticeForShaasiaWashington
#justiceforDemiDominguez
#JusticeforCordelleStreet

& countless other mothers whom WE will not allow to just be statistics

#BlackMamasMatter #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMaternalHealth #ReproductiveJustice #CantStopWontStop

See you there! ✊🏾💜🌹

Mama Glow - THETA BRAIN WAVES ~ Altered states of

Mama Glow - THETA BRAIN WAVES ~ Altered states of consciousness arise when you are in a dream, state of bliss, daydream, trance state, meditation, arousal, or labor. Yes, when you are giving birth. Western medicine thankfully can measure these altered states by measuring our brain waves via EEG. The brain waves allow us to understand our states of consciousness—giving value to an experience that is otherwise hard to measure. If you’re driving a car with standard transmission you move between gears to alter your speed, right? Your brain-wave states function in a similar way.
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We progress from Beta, to Alpha, to Theta then Delta.
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Theta Waves: happen when there is no thinking—it’s all about feeling. You drop right into the primal space and your ancestral wisdom of birth kicks in. This is where many birthing people experience what’s called a “primal birth.” This is also the brain wave you’re riding when you cross the threshold of high-level arousal into climax (and multiple orgasm). When we get pulled into the vortex of our primal power, the labor takes over. The theta state coincides with mid-level to high-level arousal, or 6-10 centimeters dilation in moving from active labor into transition.
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This is where birthing people have potent visions, dreams and REM sleep between the powerful rhythmic waves of sensation moving through their bodies. This is a trance state. People have limited capacity for language in this state because the neocortex is essentially shut off. The birthing person intuits the movements, sounds, positions, necessary to most easily move through the process and birth their babies.
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There are major hormonal systems at work to facilitate labor and they are activated at their peak when we feel safe and have surrendered in an altered state of consciousness. Fear, anxiety and tension are the antagonists to the birth trance. And our modern obstetric model makes it challenging for us to birth in this state. Many of us never get the chance to feel this safety in birth.
Xo @mamaglow
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MAMA GLOW WEBINAR - Demystifying Maternal Health F

MAMA GLOW WEBINAR - Demystifying Maternal Health For Millennials
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July 27, 2020 - 6:30PM ET
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Presented by @solarasuncare
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Pregnancy, Birth and Reproductive Health are topics that should be embraced in every household, body literacy and pleasure should be transferred generationally, healthy conversation about sexual health and the real reductive continuum should be prioritized, yet so many of us haven’t learned the most basic of information about our bodies.
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We are living through a maternal health crisis in the USA that disproportionately affects Black Women and Native American Women and while millennials may make up the next generation of parents, many are seeking options, have questions begging to be answered and want to be empowered as they navigate the birth process. Join @mamaglow for an intimate conversation about the arc of the reproductive journey through the eyes and hearts of millennials who are on their own repetitive journeys.
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The panelists include @natalstories NATAL podcast co-hosts, @m__tina Martina Abrahams Ilunga and @gabhorton Gabrielle Horton along with Mama Glow’s head of content, @daphthomps Daphne Thompson and will be moderated by Mama Glow Doula @djalibc Djali Brown Cepeda, founder of Ancestral Allchemy, in a lively informative conversation about maternal health for the millennial generation.
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Do you have questions about fertility, pregnancy, the birth process, and postpartum? Questions about your reproductive journey? You can submit your questions in advance or during the webinar.
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Send to Daphne@mamaglow.com or drop in the comments below.
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Tag someone you’re gonna attend with. This webinar is complimentary for all to attend.
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Be sure to register in advance because the replay will be available to those who have registered. www.mamaglow.com/gatherings, or swipe stories to register.
#mamaglow #motherhood #millennials #mamaglowwebinar #pregnancy #birth #postartum #learning #education #doulas #bodyliteracy #sexualhealth #wellness #maternalhealth #blackmaternalhealth #webinar

Mama Glow - Yes... this moment. Feeling whelmed. W

Mama Glow - Yes... this moment. Feeling whelmed. When you are astounded... looking down and holding the physical embodiment of one of the greatest accomplishments of your life.
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Feeling whelmed... a flood of emotion, joy, elation, confusion, excitement, disbelief... tears streaming.
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Feeling whelmed... feeling the warmth of this little one, the scent, gazing into their eyes, profound love for someone you’ve just met but known all along.
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You did it. You are remarkable. You are now part of a lineage of birthing people who have done this before. You are now born into new motherhood.
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Salute to all new born parents and their support systems.
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#MamaGlow #birth #postpartum #joy #pregnancy #doula #love #newborn

Mama Glow - A birth story by @tisha.haynes _ “T

Mama Glow - A birth story by @tisha.haynes
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“This scar represents my birth story which isn’t easy for me to share. I still haven’t fully emotionally processed what I experienced from what I expected. I woke up to contractions at 3 am & waited until they were 2 mins apart to leave for the hospital. We checked into triage & were informed I was 1 cm dilated. The nurse had us walk around for an hour to speed dilation but I didn’t progress. Since my contractions were close I was admitted. I held off on drugs for hours trying to ride out the pain rolling through my body but I was tired & couldn’t bare it anymore. I took the epidural. As the day passed I progressed slowly. My doctor broke my water & I was given pitocin. By late evening, I reached 7 cm & was feeling hopeful until nurses came rushing in. Her heart rate plunged. They had me re-position my body several times to see if it would help. They came back and told me I had to have a C-section. I was devastated. I felt immense disappointment & fear come over me. My morale instantly depleted as they wheeled me into a bright and cold sterile room. My arms were trembling uncontrollably as I was laid on a table with my arms out. I was told I’d feel a little pressure but it was far more & I yelped. I kept thinking I want this to be over. I felt no pain but felt every ounce of pressure being placed on my body. I felt another immense strain as they pulled her from me. I heard her cry & my heart was so happy she was here. I thought it was finally over but my placenta still needed to be removed & the incision closed. I honestly couldn’t bare it anymore. I felt guilt as I desperately wanted to hold her but was so exhausted, still trembling & overwhelmed with grief from what I experienced that I was reluctant to be introduced to her this way. I could see her from afar getting checked with my husband by her side as I dozed off. I woke up in the recovery room nursing her with the help of a nurse & my husband. I locked eyes with her & fell instantly in love. I’m unbelievably thankful to have a healthy baby. We both made it. I’m coming to terms with my unexpected birth story that changed more than just my body with a scar."

Mama Glow - This closeness. This tenderness. To kn

Mama Glow - This closeness. This tenderness. To know that there isn’t a safer or more pleasant place on earth but to be nuzzled asleep right here.
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This proximity to mommy soothes the nervous system and patterns baby for calm. Feeling your heart beat and listening to the maternal internal circulations reminds children, no matter what size, of the rhythmic sounds they were exposed to in utero. Resting on your chest .... there is no place like home.
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