Chickpea Wraps 1 can chickpeas rinsed, drained and skins peeled off 1 Tsp celery 1 tsp onion 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp avocado + more for topping 1/4 cup chopped tomatoes Whole grain tortilla wraps or romain leafs Mash chickpeas with a fork or put in food processor and pulse to break down . …
By Cathy Daub PT, CCE and CD(BWI) I had the honor some years ago of escorting Nils Bergman, MD to New Jersey hospitals where he gave talks about the importance of mother baby skin-to-skin contact. He gave a fireside chat at the Stoney Brook Hospital in Long Island that I will never forget. That and …
By Cathy Daub, PT, CCE and CD(BWI) Water is essential to the human body. In fact, the brain is 75% water. Do you find yourself dehydrated very often? A striking fact that may get you to think about drinking more water each day is that when you become dehydrated, your brain actually shrinks.1 An interesting …
by Michel Odent, MD The concept of birth preparation appeared suddenly in the middle of the twentieth century. “Methods” of preparation started to proliferate. Paradoxically, they were popularized by groups promoting “natural childbirth”, as if the words “methods” and even “preparation” were easily compatible with the word “natural”. The enormous credibility of all these methods …
answers by Cathy Daub – President of BirthWorks International Question – The World Health Organisation (WHO) now advises medical staff and midwives to stop speeding up birth unless there are real risks of complication. This contradicts their previous advice stating that labour progressing at a slower rate than one centimetre of cervical dilation per hour in the first …
Corn Bean Salsa in Cucumber cups with Avocado 1 can, fresh or frozen organic corn 1 can organic black beans rinsed 1 red pepper 1 pint of grape tomatoes 1 purple onion 1 jalapeño pepper 1/2 cup chopped cilantro Juice from one lime 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar 3 cucumbers cut in thick …
By Cathy Daub PT, CCE/CD (BWI) Teaching about birth is straightforward: the challenge is to get women to trust and believe in their own ability to give birth. Being present at a birth, we soon become aware that an emotional, trans-formative, sacred experience is happening. It is in this emotional state that a laboring …
by Trisha Lawrie I thought I couldn’t do it, I thought I wasn’t strong I saw myself as weak, but I know now I was wrong After all, I always cried at the slightest little thing A stubbed toe or a paper cut would cause my eyes to sting I proceeded to convince …
by Trisha Lawrie CCE (BWI) I love teaching BirthWorks classes for so many reasons, but one of the most important is the opportunity to help women achieve what they initially don’t think they can, which is to have both a safe and satisfying birth experience. So many expectant mothers are under the impression that …
Simple, Effective, and Powerful for Labor By Cathy Daub, PT, CCE(BWI) CD(BWI) All parts of the human body are connected by fascia. Our skeleton gives us support but it is the fascia that is like the guidelines holding up a tent, that holds everything in place. Because everything is so connected what happens in one …
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