• Breast Milk Storage Guidelines

    FRESHLY EXPRESSED MILK REFRIGERATED MILK FROZEN MILK FEEDING EXPRESSED BREAST MILK

  • 10 Steps to Have an Amazing Birth

    Educate yourself at an independent childbirth class Eat healthy, nutritious foods. Exercise. Walk, swim, or do yoga Choose a midwife Select a supportive caregiver.

  • Top 10 Labor Positions

    Standing allows you to sway and move, alleviating pain. Walking – activity helps the baby to descend Sitting – allows gravity to assist in bringing the baby down Sitting on Toilet – helps you to relax the pelvic floor muscles which are crucial in allowing baby to descend down through…

  • Birth & Postpartum Providers

    HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER Midwives IBCLCs Doulas

  • Community Awards

    Each year B.I.R.T.H. is proud to recognize and award community members who seek to practice in a way that treats others with respect and compassion and who honor the natural processes of the body, before and after birth. They also go the extra mile to care for the health care…

  • Professional Organizations

    Links to Professional Organizations websites and resources

  • Ten Reasons (among many) to “Wear” your baby

    1) To add functionality and ease: A carrier can act like a bonus set of arms and relieve a hardworking back, shoulders, neck, or wrists. 2) To manage and monitor your little one’s body more easily: And worry less about breakables, public restroom walls, and personal space invaders, plus offer…

  • Local Houston Resources

    Midwives and Birth Centers Baylor College of Medicine Certified Nurse-Midwives – Offers an alternative in women’s health care North Houston Birth Center – (Kathleen Vande Giessen, CNM,MSN,MBA) (713) 699-4211 North Houston Women’s Health Care – (Kathleen Vande Giessen, CNM,MSN,MBA)Providing well women health care throughout your life cycle ( 713) 742-6070  Bay Area Birth Center – (Jacquelyn Griggs RN,CNM) Specialists…

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