Category Archives: Postpartum care

Skin to skin, above all else

Posted on November 29, 2009 by gloria

I’m sharing below an e-mail conversation with a Midwife/Lactation Consultant from Israel. Gloria From: Leslie Wolff, Israel Subject: Lactation Consultants in the labor & delivery room I was a midwife in the labor/delivery ward for 14 years – and am … Continue reading →

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The Undervalued Therapeutic Power of Rest

Posted on August 20, 2009 by gloria

I developed very sore nipples when my youngest daughter (now 28 years old) was about 8 months old. I was working as a midwife at the time and I was completely perplexed and dismayed to be having sore nipples for, … Continue reading →

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