6 Ways to Maintain Connection with Yourself in Early Motherhood
It is important to nourish a relationship with yourself, but not for the reasons we are typically told. You don’t need to take care of...
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Sep 1, 2021
- 5 min
6 Awesome Benefits of Wearing Your Baby
Back in 2004, when I was in grad school studying Applied Cultural Anthropology, one of my best friends in the program got pregnant. We...
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Alyssa Allegretti
- Jun 30, 2021
- 9 min
9 Things You NEED to Know About Postpartum
I didn’t realize how arduous and difficult it would be to traverse the miles-long overgrown valley on the other side (of birth).
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Jun 16, 2021
- 6 min
Celebrating and Empowering Fathers
Why not acknowledge, more often, what a challenge it is to be a man, let alone a father, in a system that does not support parents, and does
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Coconut Flour Pumpkin Pancakes
A recipe for nutritious postpartum coconut pancakes. They can be eaten one-handed, if you can't grab a moment to sit down....
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Molly Levin Rouse
- May 6, 2021
- 6 min
5 Steps for Setting Boundaries for a Healthy Postpartum
“I thought I had set clear boundaries prior to my son’s birth, particularly around the initial moments right after he was delivered. That...
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
Simple Scrumptious Sponge Cake
Sponge cake is such a delight and perfect for springtime when chickens start laying more eggs. The cake in the photo above was made with...
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
The Root Cause of Perinatal Mood Disorders
This past week, I read an article about postpartum depression in our local newspaper. At first I was pleased about the growing awareness...
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Nourished or Depleted: 5 Tips for Postpartum Diet
Do you want to be deeply depleted or deeply nourished? There is a saying from the Ayurvedic tradition that the way you live your first 42...
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
The Power of Ritual and Belonging
This past weekend, I participated in a community blessing of a couple on the brink of giving birth to their first child. It was simple...
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Molly Levin Rouse
- Jan 9, 2021
- 4 min
Why Prepare for the 4th Trimester?
Sometimes the intense impulse to learn as much as possible in order to avoid a stressor can cause more stress than we seek to alleviate....
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Judie Brock
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
A Midwife's View of Postpartum
Judie is a new friend of mine and has been a Certified Nurse Midwife for over 40 years. She was trained at Downstate Medical Center in...
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