by Czarina Bowers | Jan 25, 2023 | Birth, Managing Labor
The use of a small comb as an acupressure device during labor is a natural pain relief method that has been gaining popularity among expecting individuals. A birthing comb is a regular hair comb that is used to apply pressure to specific points on the hand during...
by Czarina Bowers | Oct 31, 2020 | Birth
Superhero Birth Stories Its All Hallows Eve and we’re dressing up the blog. Enjoy! Batgirl: Among other gadgets, she’s got a TENS unit and she knows how to use it. Poison Ivy: uses herbal concoctions to induce labor (and manage pain!) Aquagirl: Really doesn’t...
by Czarina Bowers | Jun 28, 2020 | Feed Your Baby
Today I picked up donor milk from a black woman. The milk before that was the milk made by a lesbian. My baby has had milk from me and so many other people. I choose to see the beauty and the joy in this. My baby, and my heart, have been fed by community. I haven’t...
by Czarina Bowers | Jun 9, 2020 | Advocacy, Anti-Racism, The F Word
For at least two years we’ve been dreaming of adding a blog to our website. The pandemic closed down the world and we finally had some time to tinker around. And we were so close. And then Breonna Taylor was killed in her sleep. And George Floyd was murdered before...
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