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Mother's Utopia

iCare Press — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:11:00 +0000

My first days were somehow nothing and everything I expected. I know it sounds crazy, but it happened. There are so many feelings that somehow magically wake up when a baby is born that you can't possibly know beforehand how it's going to be. That was what made me realize what I was meant to do. Before, I wasn't listening to my inner voice, got sidetracked and went to school for Economics.
Great question about Utopia. My Utopia happens everytime a mom, baby and dad reach that level of confidence that they don't need my Lactation Services anymore. Giving them back the confidence and certainty that breastfeeding is the best beginning for their new baby is priceless. I totally believe that parents nowadays are bombarded with doubts about their parenting skills, even from family members. As a result, their confidence is brought down and parental instincts distorted. Restoring their confidence and harmony with their inner voice and parenting skills is what made my Utopia tangible.

Saray
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I felt like a million bucks afterwards!

iCare Press — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:15:00 +0000

Posted bij Anastasia Cunningham

What struck me the most with my daughter's birth was how simple it was compared to my son's. Though I didn't plan it this way, I "walked in pushing," after laboring mostly in the car on the way to the hospital. I had planned a natural birth with a midwife, but being in an NYC hospital, I was nervous. I felt like a million bucks afterwards. I couldn't believe how calm and alert my daughter was. And I couldn't believe how easily breast feeding came to both of us.

It was all so surreal

iCare Press — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:10:33 +0000

Posted by Melissa Pearl

It was all so surreal. Within a few minutes of delivering my first daughter, I was completely overwhelmed. I hadn't yet held her, was still lying there waiting for my placenta to vacate and then she started crying. I began to wonder what I had gotten myself into? How would I care for her? What was I thinking with this whole motherhood thing? But then she was finally placed in my arms. And something inexplicable took over. So to shorten this long, rambling story, I was most taken by how much I could love this teeny tiny bundle. It's been seven years and I still well up thinking about that very moment when I first felt a love like no other.

Two very different new-mom expereinces

iCare Press — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:59:40 +0000

I've had two very different new-mom experiences. My first home birth, though short, was super-intense. I labored six hours, but almost two of that was pushing, due to a cord issue. My beautiful boy was born healthy and strong. My second birth experience was so redemptive for me. It was much easier and gentler...another short labor, but without the intensity. Something essential and central to the Self is opened up when you give birth, and I think that it's not always easy, especially if you're self-centered, like me. You're not autonomous any more. Some independence is lost, and there is this tiny, beautiful person counting on you and depending on you for everything. There is a loss of control......

What struck you most in those first days after delivery?

iCare Press — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:54:43 +0000

I remember the face of my little one and how mesmerized is was of it. I couldn't stop watching. And how nature did it's job and everything fits in like clockwork. Amazing that your breasts start making milk and your little one knows what do. The umbilical cord, meconium, the tears and emotions just to mention a few. If you really think about it (now) because at that time I just did it, too tired to think. Maybe that's nature too.

Gea Meijering