Sunny Coast Birth Photography

22/08/2020

I know so many special rainbow babies

🌈 NATIONAL RAINBOW BABY DAY 🌈
A Rainbow Baby is a baby born following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or infant loss. The term has been given to these special babies as a rainbow typically follows a storm giving us hope for whats to come.

Today is National Rainbow Baby Day and offers families a chance to share their experiences, grieve, reflect, hope, heal and celebrate.

We love Rainbow Babies and the hope that they bring. We also know that the journey to a Rainbow Baby isn't all sunshine and roses. What do you wish people knew and understood about Rainbow Babies?

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

15/07/2020

Reposting this for those that haven’t seen it!

WANT AN EASIER LABOUR AND BIRTH? 🌸 TAG a pregnant friend - she needs to know this! .
3 separate studies have shown that people who eat six dates a day for 4 weeks leading up to their due period have better labour and birth outcomes than non date eaters.
Date eaters had:
✨ 77% shorter first stage of labour
✨43% lower caesarean section rates
✨51% lower rates of vacuum/forceps
They also were:
✨74% more dilated than non-date eaters at admission to birthplace
✨ 38% more likely to have intact membranes
✨ 21% more likely to go into labour on their own
✨ 28% less likely to use protein/oxytocin (pitocin) to induce labour
✨68% more likely to have a successful vaginal birth after labour induction
Research suggests this occurs because dates have an oxytocin-like effect on the body, leading to increased sensitivity of the uterus. They stimulate uterine contractions and reduce postpartum hemorrhage, the way oxytocin does. .
Keep in mind that they are high in sugar - if you have blood sugar levels go easy on them in early pregnancy. .
6 dates a day is the magic number if you’re eating Deglet Noor dates. Medjool dates you only need about 3 (70 to 75 grams). Either date is fine to have.

Don’t like dates? - add a little nut butter and sea salt to them 👌🏼or add them into your fav recipes! .
I did this during my pregnancy and my labour and birth was epic! I also exercised daily and chose to birth at home with a private midwife.

Curious to know if others out there are dates when they were pregnant?

Check out evidence based birth for a full list and review of the research that has been done on this 👌🏼

10/07/2020

Caption this!
hehe I think she is pretty done with the formalities ;)
Emma Shaw

10/07/2020

There’s really no greater feeling is there, those first snuggles with your new baby. After wondering for so long what they will look like 💜🙏🏻😍 pure bliss X
Emma Shaw Tara Williams Phillip Williams

08/07/2020

25/04/2020

Lest we forget 🇦🇺

21/02/2020

👼🏻 💜👼🏻 Will you join us on Tuesday? 🙏🏻👼🏻🙏🏻

23/11/2019

19/11/2019

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Have you or do you plan to delay cord clamping at birth?

See link for more details https://newbornbaby.com.au/birth-category-page/delayed-cord-clamping/

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