The Brewer Pregnancy Diet was developed in the 1950's and 1960's by an obstetrician, Dr. Tom Brewer, to help women have healthier pregnancies and healthier babies. In the process of his medical education, and researching the work of Hamlin, Strauss, Burke, and Ferguson--doctors who had worked on this issue in the 40 years previously--he discovered that the cause of pre-eclampsia and some other complications was an abnormal blood volume, caused by malnutrition, or food deficiency. The diet consists of 14 food groups. However, it can be summarized as starting with 4 basic components: 2600 calories, 80-120 grams of protein, salt to taste, and unrestricted weight gain.
Sidelines is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization providing international support for women and their families experiencing complicated pregnancies and premature births.
We believe that families can cope more successfully with a high-risk pregnancy with appropriate medical intervention, education, and a strong support system.
When you find yourself on the sidelines, we're here to help.
Depression During Pregnancy
Out of every 10 women who are pregnant, one or two have symptoms of major depression. Women who have been depressed before are at higher risk.
Depression is a serious medical condition. It poses risks for the woman and her baby. But a range of treatments are available. These include counseling, psychotherapy, support groups, therapy with light, and medications.
The Homebirth Choice by Jill Cohen
"This document discusses homebirth as one of many avenues toward a successful birth—one that results in a happy and healthy mom and baby. We offer this in support of education, freedom of choice and empowerment of women and their families. While aimed at parents, those considering the profession of midwifery will also find it a useful overview of what a midwife does. It was written from the perspective of midwives in the US."
source: www.midwiferytoday.com
Childbirth Education Options
The Bradley Method
Natural childbirth is an important goal since most people want to give their babies every possible advantage. Without the side effects of drugs given during labor and birth. Bradley® classes teach families how to have natural births. The techniques are simple and effective. They are based on information about how the human body works during labor. Couples are taught how they can work with their bodies to reduce pain and make their labors more efficient. Of over 200,000 Bradley®-trained couples nationwide, over 86% of them have had spontaneous, unmedicated vaginal births. This is a method that works! source: www.bradleybirth.com
HypnoBirthing®- The Mongan Method - is a unique method of relaxed, natural childbirth education, enhanced by self-hypnosis techniques. HypnoBirthing®provides the missing link that allows women to use their natural instincts to bring about a safer, easier, more comfortable birthing. Emphasis is placed on pregnancy and childbirth, as well as on pre-birth parenting and the consciousness of the pre-born baby. As a birthing method, HypnoBirthing® is as new as tomorrow and as old as ancient times. It is presented in a series of five, 2 1/2-hour classes or a series of four, 3-hour classes.
Lamaze International
The mission of Lamaze International is to promote, support and protect normal birth through education and advocacy. We envision for the future a world of confident women choosing normal birth.
Lamaze International believes that women who are fully informed, confident and supported will want normal birth. Lamaze International believes that caregivers should respect the birth process and not intervene without compelling medical indication.
Lamaze has adopted philosophy statements on pregnancy, birth and parenting, which serve as the foundation for the work of the organization.
LLL's mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.
Groups meet locally in Niceville and Pensacola.
Dr. Jack Newman's Website
Dr. Jack Newman, a well respected Canadian pediatrician - is considered the "expert" by many in the Lactation field. His website contains numerous handouts - along with videos showing proper latch, breast compression and how to use a lactation aid if supplementation is necessary. His information on increasing milk intake and how to increase your milk supply is some of the best out there in the realm of breastfeeding.
Dr. Harvey Karp is a nationally renowned pediatrician and child development specialist. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine. Over the past 30 years, he has taught thousands of parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna, Michelle Pfeiffer and Pierce Brosnan his secrets for making children happy.
Dr. Karp has appeared numerous times on Good Morning America, The Dr. Phil Show, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, Lifetime Channel, numerous national radio programs and his work has been featured by the Associated Press and Time, Newsweek, and People Magazine. He is also an authority on children's environmental health and on breastfeeding.
Dr. Karp has committed his full-time efforts to writing, lecturing and education. He now travels extensively across America and around the world lecturing the medical community and the public about how to use his innovative discoveries to help parents successfully meet the needs of their young children.
source: www.thehappiestbaby.com
Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)
MOPS stands for Mothers of Preschoolers. MOPS International exists to meet the needs of every mom - urban, suburban and rural moms, stay-at-home and working moms, teen, single and married moms - moms with different lifestyles who all share a similar desire to be the very best moms they can be! MOPS recognizes that the years from infancy through kindergarten are foundational in a mother-child relationship and are filled with unique needs.
MOPS helps moms through relationships established in the context of local groups that provide a caring atmosphere for today's mother of young children.
Babywearing
Zing Slings
Zing Slings & More offers a variety of slings, totes, doll slings & more.
Moby Wraps
The original Moby Wrap is the de-facto wrap around style baby carrier. It's simple yet versatile design makes it suitable for any wearer.
Cotton Mamma is a family run business. Time as a family is hard to come by in this fast paced world, so we value what we can get! Having this business in our home makes it easier to spend more time as a family as well as enable us to give you more quality service because we are happier to serve our customers since we are not away from home and missing our family!
Our family strives to be as close to nature as possible. With that in mind, we learn new things daily that help us move a step closer in the right direction as we watch each sun set. We learn through our children, customers, the media and more. It's a fun and ever changing process and we are excited to help share with you.
Whether you are a novice to the natural world or you have been around all your life, we find that you will enjoy this store. There is a little something for everyone. And if you don't see what you're looking for, let us know! We are always happy to try and help. If there is something that you're looking for, chances are, someone else is looking too!
Little Bean Diapers
Christi is a stay-at-home, homeschooling mother to her 4 children. She designs and sews her own custom diapers, trainers and wipes.
Miracle Diapers
Our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization is dedicated to providing cloth diapers, baby products, and natural living items to struggling families all over the world. We accept donations that were given generously by caring individuals and redistribute them to families who are in need of assistance.
The use of disposable products decreases resources, increases waste output, costs more, and has significant health risks. Through providing cloth diapers and other natural living alternatives to low income families, we aspire to increase the use of reusable items on a larger scale, therefore helping improve the environment.
We are a Christian based company desiring to provide the best for your baby. We started this business after using cloth diapers on our daughter. We had already been using the truly natural bath and body products for her and giving her organic food, but we were still using the disposable diapers with the chemicals against her skin and body. We also were aware of how much waste we were adding to the environment by using disposable diapers. We wanted to provide the best for her and felt this was a good decision.
I (Michelle) am a stay at home mom who also gives piano lessons. While I love taking care of our daughter Rachel Grace, I also have always loved working and one of my dreams has been to have my own business (besides the piano lessons). Once we started using the cloth diapers more, we were inspired to start an online retail store featuring many products that we have used and more.
My husband Bradley will be helping with the business when he is not working his job outside of the home. We feel God has truly blessed us by allowing us to have this business and hope that you will be blessed through the products we carry.
We hope that we can meet your needs and please contact us if you have any questions or comments.
Blue House Soaps is your source for all natural soap, shampoo bars, cloth diaper care and a complete line of natural bath and body products. Their soaps are handcrafted in the old fashioned cold process method and fabric wrapped, making them perfect for gift giving or display.
Earth Mama Angel Baby
Earth Mama Angel Baby® is the only line of 100% natural skin and body care products to support the entire birth process: pregnancy, labor, postpartum, c-section recovery, breastfeeding, baby care and even the lose of a baby.Pure, natural products and gifts for pure, natural mamas and babies!
Buy Earth Mama Angel Baby® through our site here at Womb to Breast! Just click on an image and happy shopping!
