Jerusalem Childbirth Classes

"Many babies have strong opinions about wanting to sleep with their moms"

Is Sleeping With Your Baby As Dangerous As Doctors Say? Many doctors in the U.S. say the practice puts an infant at risk of sleep-related death. A close look at the research reveals a different picture.

Informative and well balanced

Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone By James J. McKenna Ph.D. Edmund P. Joyce C.S.C. Chair in Anthropology Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory University of No...

What a picture!

As a cesarean birth mama myself, whenever I see a clear drape photo like this I want to cheer!
Families, Mamas, YOU are the consumers, YOU can start asking for these drapes, YOU can hold your baby skin to skin in the OR, YOU can demand change!
This stunning capture by Ker-Fox Photography - at St. Frances Hospital in Atlanta, GA

My thoughts exactly

PSA: My Kids Are Not An Inconvenience (To You Or Anyone Else) Kids are a normal part of society. You are not actually entitled to a child-free life. Sorry, not sorry.

"No mother has ever looked back on this time and thought, “I wish I had held my baby less.”

‘What do new mothers do all day?’ Our culture doesn’t have a good way to measure the amazing things you are accomplishing.

"There is not enough evidence to recommend routinely inducing labor for all women with gestational diabetes" Read more here

Does Gestational Diabetes always mean a Big Baby & Induction? What is the evidence for being induced if you have gestational diabetes? Do women with gestational diabetes always have a big baby?

What's your birth affirmation?

What are you doing to start your week off right?

Humanity, take note of #7

The importance of continuous support during labour. Read here for the evidence

Continuous support for women during childbirth | Cochrane What is the issue? In the past, women have been cared for and supported by other women during labour and birth, and have had someone with them throughout, which we call ‘continuous support’. However, in many countries more women are giving birth in hospital rather than at home. This has meant contin...

Thanks for putting normal out there! Great article

25 Orthodox Jewish Moms And How They Nurse in Public When my daughter was born, I had a lot to learn: How to reside in my new postpartum body, that had literally changed over the course of one night; how to breastfeed; how to soothe my colicky baby; how to function on less sleep. Not least of my new challenges was figuring out how to get out of the ho...

"Responding to their infant's cry is an instinctive behaviour...to resist the urge to approach her crying infant is emotionally and physiologically stressful for mothers" Read more below

Cry It Out - 6 Educated Professionals Who Advise Against It | BellyBelly The cry it out method is believed to be an effective way to teach a baby to sleep. However, many experts agree that it's damaging to an infant's brain.

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Used since the 6th century as a uterus toner, what does the evidence say about using Red Raspberry Leaf Tea during pregnancy?

Red Raspberry Leaf during Pregnancy to Induce Labor In this video, we talk about the evidence on using red raspberry leaf during pregnancy to induce labor. Does evidence show if this treatment is effective?

Many women are surprised to discover that water birth is a hard to come by option in Israel...but hopefully not for long!

Hospital water birthing! Finally I moved here, to this beautiful, crazy land, 3 1/2 years ago.  We arrived in a fog of missing beds, a broken fridge, two bored and over-excited little girls and me, 6 months pregnant, yup, it was...

Embrace your miraculous body!