Healthy C Section Support

After a healthy and relatively problem free pregnancy, at the age of 41 I planned a home birth with a midwife. It wasn’t to be and my son Dylan was born by emergency c-section. Using 20 years of massage and other bodywork and healing education, I began an intuitive program of self care for my cesarean incision. Then just a few months later, I was caring for my dying mother who had undergone abdominal surgery. From these life changing experiences, I learned first hand the scarcity of knowledge and tools to help in post cesarean and abdominal surgery care. The ideas for the AbdoMend™ healing... 

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New Test for C Section Risk

New Test for C Section Risk

A new test has been developed in Sweden, which could predict if women in labor hoping for a vaginal birth will in fact end up having... 

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Antibiotics Before a C Section

Antibiotics Before a C Section

The American Congress of Obstericians and Gynecologists (ACOG) now say that "All women need antibiotics one hour before cesarean... 

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Obesity And Cesarean Risk

Obesity And Cesarean Risk

A new and significant study suggests that the greater a womans weight when she checks in on delivery day, the likelier a cesarean delivery. The... 

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The Thyroid, Birth And Weight Loss

The Thyroid, Birth And Weight Loss

Your thyroid gland makes hormones that regulate the way your body uses energy. An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) disrupts your... 

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