A WOMB-y Perspective on Healing After a Caesarean Birth
Many parents find themselves navigating complex feelings after a caesarean birth. Perhaps it wasn’t what you envisioned, or maybe the intensity of it all left you feeling disconnected from your experience or body.
Celebrating World Doula Week: Inside the Heart of Doula Care at The WOMB
There’s a quiet magic that unfolds when a birthing person feels truly supported, informed, and empowered during one of life’s most profound transitions.
Re-thinking Birth Plans: Do they really help?
Before I retired from doula and birth work in 2017, I had been a doula for 12 years. I had attended hundreds of births with amazing families and I saw birth and the birthing room evolve.
A Better Birth: Reducing Intra-uterine Constraint
Great pregnancy care comes in many different packages – including Chiropractic Care! One of those things we love at The WOMB is how chiropractic care looks after the WHOLE person – AND the little one that pregnant people are carrying! Sometimes, babies present in a bum or feet down position (called breech) instead of head down which is more typical and common (and easier to birth).
Navigating an epidural shortage
The WOMB was recently asked to participate in a round table discussion about the potential epidural shortage and how strategies birth doulas employ can assist in childbirth.
Prenatal Yoga: What’s the hype?
With experts recommending at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day for pregnant women, prenatal yoga is an excellent way for expecting mothers to unwind and stay physically fit all at the same time.
Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain
Imagine you are 32 weeks pregnant with your first child and you start to have pain in the low back and pubic area when you change position, sit or stand for longer periods.
Three things every birth needs
Over the past 5 years, I have had the honour of walking alongside so many wonderful families all over the GTA as they welcomed their awesome babies.
Exercise During Pregnancy
A common question I get as a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist is: “What kind of exercises are safe to do during pregnancy?”.
What everyone should know about Caesarean birth
The following is written by Dr. Sinéad Dufour, PT PhD, our a pelvic health physiotherapist at The WOMB and professor at McMaster University.