Jiya’s Hands Birthing Services & Apothecary

01/01/2024

And I’m still the doula! Open for consultations. Updates to this website coming soon. Big changes this year.

08/31/2022

04/04/2022

12/20/2021

| La cesárea es la única cirugía donde se abren cinco capas de tejido y se espera que la madre se ponga de pie seis horas después, responsabilizándose de una personita más, sin mencionar las intensas contracciones de útero, producto de la estimulación de las glándulas mamarias, la liberación de oxitocina... etc..

Si eres una madre vía cesárea, eres más fuerte de lo que piensas. Siéntete orgullosa.

11/08/2021

Isn’t she a beauty! Congratulations to my client on her bundle of joy. Baby K will be here soon!!!!

10/29/2021

What type of birth did you have and what type of birth do you want? As a birth worker I advocate for you and your family for whatever type of birth you design.

09/24/2021

15 Cool Facts About Breastfeeding

1. Human milk boosts a baby’s immune system big time—helping baby fight viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, including:
Respiratory tract infections
Ear infections
Bacterial meningitis
Pneumonia
Urinary tract infections
Infant diarrhea
Common colds and flus

2. Breastfeeding can actually reduce baby’s risk of disease later in life, including:
Type I and II diabetes
Hodgkin’s disease
Leukemia
Obesity
High blood pressure
High cholesterol levels
Crohn’s disease
Ulcerative colitis
Asthma
Eczema

3. Breastfeeding reduces mama’s risk of ovarian and breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. The longer she breastfeeds, the higher the benefit. In fact, a woman who breastfeeds for 8 years has nearly a 0% risk of breast cancer.

Get this—breastfeeding a baby girl actually reduces her lifetime risk of breast cancer by 25%.

4. Breastfeeding saves a family approximately $2 to 4 thousand dollars annually (compared to cost of formula).

5. Breastfeeding helps mama heal faster in the postpartum, helping her uterus return to pre-pregnancy size faster and lowering overall postpartum blood loss.

6. Breastfeeding can help mama return to her pre-baby weight. It takes 1000 calories a day on average to produce breast milk. Women are advised to consume an extra 500 calories a day, and the body dips into reserves it built up in pregnancy to make the rest (it’s important to consume those extra calories or the body actually goes into “starvation mode” and holds onto the reserves).

7. Producing breast milk consumes 25% of the body’s energy; the brain only uses 20% by comparison.

8. On average, babies remove 67% of the milk mama has available—they eat until fullness, not until the breast is emptied.

9. Almost 75% of all moms produce more milk in their right breast, whether they are right- or left- handed.

10. Mama’s body is constantly making the perfect milk for baby. Milk changes its nutritional profile as baby grows (milk made for a 3 month old is different than for a 9 month old). Milk can even change day to day—for example, water content may increase during times of hot weather and baby-sickness to provide extra hydration.

11. Human milk contains substances that promote sleep and calmness in babies (who doesn’t love that?) Breastfeeding also calms mama and helps her bond to baby.

12. Breastfed infants are at lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

13. Mama’s breasts can detect even a one degree fluctuation in baby’s body temperature and adjust accordingly to heat up or cool down baby as needed. This is one reason skin-to-skin contact in the early days is so crucial.

14. Breastfeeding reduces baby’s risk of cavities later on and may lower the chance they will need braces as kids.

15. Breastfeeding mamas sleep on average 45 minutes more a night, compared to those who formula feed.

http://healthfoundationsbirthcenter.com/2013/11/19/15-cool-facts-about-breastfeeding/

Photo- Woman nursing two babies, Alaska.
Date: [ca. 1903-1908]
Photographer/Illustrator: Lomen Brothers, Nome, Alaska / Dobbs, B.B.

08/25/2021

We love to see it. Apply apply apply!!!

08/11/2021

I am not one to follow trends but it isn’t a coincidence that I saw and post regarding the issues they have had with Northside Hospital. Just this evening, my family member was told she couldn’t have her placenta due to a “consent” form that wasn’t given to her when she mentioned wanting to keep it. I find it funny that after her child was born they denied her request to keep something that isn’t there’s to keep. I will no longer support births at Northside Hospital.