family Archives - Fourth Trimester

Spring Childers Demystifies All Things Placenta

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: March 4, 2018March 11, 2024

Even Kourtney Kardashian ate her own placenta. Some women eat their placenta because they believe the organ contains the nutrients being transferred from mother to child while the baby is in the womb. Some benefits could include increased breast milk production and a decrease in post-natal depression.
Listen to hear everything you never knew you TOTALLY WISH YOU KNEW about placentas, including:
what is the placenta
what prenatal foods and practices can benefit the placenta
what is placenta encapsulation
what are some of the ideas and benefits around the practice
how have women historically used their placentas
what are some of the placenta traditions in other cultures
where to go to find someone to make capsules for you
what happens with the placenta after birth – how transported to person doing encapsulation – how to store
other beautiful things done with the placenta (e.g. artwork prints)

Sleep

Example Sleep Schedule For The Fall Time Change (From A Sleep Consultant)

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: October 29, 2017December 3, 2022

With the time change approaching, Sleep Consultant Dr. Angelique Millette shares how parents can help their babies, and toddlers transition to the new time without upsetting their child’s sleep. Example schedule included!

Fatherhood

Dad Real Talk: How First Time Dads Can Become The Father They Want To Be

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: January 12, 2017March 11, 2024

Episode 18 is the Fourth Trimester Podcast episode that is all about Dads. We talk with an at-home Dad, Andrew Gentry-Law, who shares his personal experiences with newborn twins, and about his work in helping other new dads in their roles as fathers. Listen to hear more about a real life “Dudes Group”.

Birth , Recovery

Covering the Basics for the First Few Weeks with a Newborn

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: December 30, 2016March 11, 2024

What does every new parent need to know for their first few weeks with a new baby? We directly and specifically look at the first days and weeks after baby comes and speaks to the needs of recovering parents and how those dovetail with their baby’s. The social-emotional experience and how it is effected is considered thoroughly.

Postpartum Support

Preparing to Enjoy the Fourth Trimester

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: December 11, 2016March 11, 2024

There is a lot to think about when you’re expecting a new little one, especially for the first-time parent. Episode 2 of the Fourth Trimester podcast helps answer the following question: What advice do we have for new parents-to-be before they give birth, so that they can make the most of their 4th trimester?

Postpartum Support

Fourth Trimester Traditions – Lisa Chin Shares Her Confinement Story

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: November 20, 2016March 11, 2024

Cultures around the world recognize and honor the precious first months a new mother has to heal after having a baby. Traditions include providing a new mother with food, warmth, a clean house, and emotional support. Basically, the idea is that new mom doesn’t have to do anything other than eat, feed her baby, sleep and recover.

Recovery

Lessons of Labor

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: October 24, 2016March 11, 2024

Imagine that you’ve just had your baby, and you can’t sleep because you’re so excited. What do you do? Do you grab a pencil and paper and write down every last detail about the labor and birth experience?
That’s what Julia Aziz did. Three times, in fact: once for each baby.
Years later, Julia compiled her writing alongside learnings she gathered from 20+ years working with parents as a social worker and teacher. The result was a book of four-page chapters that each include a birth story, a lesson, and guidance on applying the lesson in daily life.