My Birth My Choice

A blog dedicated to the choices that women have for what can be the biggest chapter in their lives! This blog is ran by Penn State Students interested in spreading the word about choices available to women in pregnancy and childbirth!

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Reblogging this for encouragement as we near the one year mark

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Source: amandagreavette.com

She’s in instagram, Etsy and facebook and she’s also amazing! She was featured at a midwifery conference I went to and I will definitely be buying when I have my own practice!

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Looking for a birth center near you? The American Association of Birth Centers provides a list of accredited birth centers in your area!  

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Even more benefits of breast feeding your toddler

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Even though many still consider it taboo to breast feed after your child turns a year old, studies have shown that it is extremely beneficial to continue breast feeding your child when they become a toddler. Check out this website for their top 6 reasons to continue breast feeding your toddler!

(via Breastfeeding Toddlers - Why Are You Still Breastfeeding?! | BellyBelly)

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A great website offering families information and even classes on birth! Interested in the evidence on various birthing methods? Well, check out this site!!

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via 4000 Years for Choice

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Fact of the Day: Why You Should Breastfeed, not Bottle-feed

Risks of Formula: Children Who Bottle Feed with Formula are at a higher risk of:

Ear infections

Contaminated formula

Chronic diseases (celiac, diabetes, IBD)

Lower intelligence

Effects of environmental poisons

Allergy

Asthma

Heart disease

Death from diseases (lung, GI)

Obesity

Childhood cancers

Diarrhea

INFACT Canada: http://www.infactcanada.ca/FactSheets.htm

Just learned this in class…Your milk is freee ladies…FREE & HEALTHY

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The benefits of Skin-to-Skin contact with Your Baby

                    Soothing

Enhanced immune system

Accelerated brain development

These are just some of the benefits of regular skin to skin contact with your little one. Check out this website for more reasons why skin to skin contact is useful!

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Unhealthy eating and lack of physical activity are the biggest contributors of many chronic illnesses plaguing society. We've already discussed the benefits of working out during your pregnancy so we just wanted to remind you all about healthy eating. Healthy eating and living is very important for your lifelong health. Getting the proper nutrition during your pregnancy can help you avoid pregnancy complications and ensure a healthy pregnancy and delivery. Remember proper nutrition shouldn't wait until you're expecting so try to implement some healthy eating habits into your diet ASAP! You definitely won't be sorry. 

p.s. It's ok to eat a something a little "unclean" every once in a while ;-)

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Labor and push how your body tells you is right, not how your doctors tell you is right.

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Have you noticed when an animal gives birth we instruct people not to touch or handle her newborns, yet when a human gives birth we feel entitled to see and hold her newborn?

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Love this quote

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The truth about the chemicals in diapers from: Archives of Disease in Childhood, the Archives of Environmental Health, EPA, FDA, Agency for Toxic Substance...

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Favorite quote of the day. 

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To all the moms!