instinctive birth – placenta services kelowna Sara Spada 2019-02-03T03:41:25+00:00

WELCOME TO INSTINCTIVE BIRTH.

Need a little something for postpartum?

We have been proud to offer Placenta Encapsulation Services in Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley for 5 years,
and have proudly worked on over 220+ placentas!

We are NOW proud to announce that we are permanently partnered with All Birth . Kelowna
to ensure that placenta services continue to be broadly offered and of the highest excellence for all families.

More information can be found on the following Placenta Encapsulation page.

ALL BIRTH . PLACENTA SERVICES

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Kathleen Baker
1617 Pandosy Street
Kelowna, B.C

info@kelownabirth.com
250.317.0400

If you are pregnant, this is not to be missed. Hap

If you are pregnant, this is not to be missed. Happening in two days, contact Melissa to get your spot. @mommyberrieshealth @communitymidwiveskelowna @allbirth
#pelvicfloorhealth #pregnantinkelowna

If you are pregnant, this is not to be missed. #mo

If you are pregnant, this is not to be missed. #mommyberries @mommyberrieshealth @communitymidwiveskelowna @allbirth
#kelownapregnancy

Skin-to-skin contact benefits mom and baby so much

Skin-to-skin contact benefits mom and baby so much. The benefits cannot be understated.
The benefits of immediate skin to skin between mother and baby are: ❤thermoregulation and temperature maintenance
❤temperature synchrony between mother and newborn
❤cardio-respiratory stability
❤facilitates self-attachment for breastfeeding
❤higher blood glucose levels
❤infant's hands and feet warmed within 90 minutes of initiating skin-to-skin care. ❤long term benefits for the breastfeeding relationship
❤ increased levels of oxytocin which helps with bonding ❤ increased levels of oxytocin which signals milk production
❤️increased maternal satisfaction
#allbirth #allbirthdoula #doula #abetterbirth #allbirthkelowna #kelownadoula #birth #skintoskin #oxytocin

#repost @birthbecomesher 🙌🏻🙏
“Breathing in new life skin to skin. She already knows the sound of your heartbeat mama. Your voice already sings the cords to her life’s soundtrack. You’ve found your rhythm, and it feels like serenity.” @birthbecomesher @birthwithoutfear @empoweredbirthproject @stopcensoringmotherhood .
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#canadianbirthphotographers #birthbecomesher #birthwithoutfear #empoweredbirthproject #birthstory #birthphotogs #birthphotographer #ldnont #hamont #nikond750 #lookslikefilm #birthofamama #carriagehousebirth #skintoskin #motherhood #mama #thebirthhour #stopcensoringmotherhood

ALL ABOUT BABY • Look at these soon-to-be new pa

ALL ABOUT BABY • Look at these soon-to-be new parents practicing. We spent time together learning all about our newborn babies.
Infants are kind of amazing and are born with basic needs but it can be a lot to figure out when it is all so new. We unpacked it all and normalized the infant care piece.
But mostly, look how great they all are! Way to go guys and gals! You soooo got this.
#allaboutbaby #allbirthallaboutbaby #newborn #infant #swaddle #breastfeeding #haakka #bottlefeeding #milestones #primaryreflexes #allbirth #allbirthkelowna

Our last Mom Hub gathering this year. Thank you to

Our last Mom Hub gathering this year. Thank you to all the amazing women, babies and big toddler babes that came to play.
Thanks for the good foods, drink and most of all, solid talks. We unpacked the postpartum journey in new ways.
Here are a few highlights. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 See you in January 💛👶🏼👶🏽
#momhub #allbirth #abetterbirth #postpartum #fourthtrimester #breastfeeding #infant #transition #ihavethebestjobever

Here’s a group of most recent fine folk who have

Here’s a group of most recent fine folk who have just finished A Better Birth (one couple not pictured).
We covered all the things relating to birth and postpartum and more. Thank you to you all for the day together and best of birthing and feeding and postpartum-ing!
#allbirth #allbirthdoula #abetterbirth #allaboutbaby #pregnancy #postpartum #breastfeeding #fourthtrimester #breathingforbirth #oxytocinhigh

Human milk for human babies. So incredible. This b

Human milk for human babies. So incredible. This baby is exactly where she needs to be. This is exactly where her comfort is.
Breastmilk is a life saver.
It is everything.
It is healing and strengthening this preemie and it is allowing this mama to feel strength in her body’s ability to care for her baby.
Thank you for sharing your story 🙌🏻 and props to you, mama. 🙏💛 ⁣
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"When Nellie was born I felt an overwhelming sense that I'd failed her. She was born 3 months premature, her growth had been extremely restricted and for a long time it was touch and go. That was my body, letting her down. From day one I've loved her more than I ever thought possible but for two weeks I couldn't hold her and once I could it was surrounded by doctors for 10 minutes at a time. That initially bonding wasn't there, the skin to skin all of it took time and work. During her 3 month stay in the neonatal unit I expressed milk. Very premature babies can only stomach breast milk, anything else can lead to a deadly bowel infection called NEC, even breastfed babies have a chance of developing it so all precautions are taken. Nellie at first was having less than 1mil an hour but within weeks I was expressing over a litre a day (swipe right) It was ridiculous, it was painful, I had numerous infections. But for some reason had an over production of milk. When it finally came to getting Nellie home from her three month stay in nicu we needed her to learn to latch. We knew for sure that she would need an oxygen tube until at least 8 months but we really needed to kick that feeding tube. So much hard work went in, adjusting a tiny 12 week 4lb premature baby to a flow as if I was feeding two 8 month twins was a bloody nightmare. But with the help of our amazing doctors and nurses, we got there."⁣
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📷 @sageandnellie

#breastmilk #colostrum #expressedmilk #premature #oxytocin #lifeforce #infant #baby

As a business owner and mom, a woman and a partner

As a business owner and mom, a woman and a partner, I was really struck by this image and sentiment. Fist in the air, moms. You got this.
#repost
If you are a mom who feels utterly defeated by 5 pm, like stand in the middle of the house and look around and wonder how did your clean house explode in 10 mins, you are not alone⠀
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If you are a mom who gets anxiety about the night time and over thinks all the sleep you're not going to get, or the how the bedtime routine will go, or pick up , or homework, or or or you are not alone⠀
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If you are a mom who is three steps behind in everything at the current moment you are not alone⠀
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If you are a mom who feels like they aren't the best mom at the moment, you are not alone⠀
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If you are a mom who wonders when "this phase" the phase that kicks your ass , the one you're not sure you can handle will pass , you are not alone⠀
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If you are a mom eye ball deep in keeping afloat and barely keeping all the balls in the air just to survive, you are not alone⠀
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If you are a mom who thinks they are totally alone and the only one not doing it right, you are not alone⠀
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And if you are a mom who looks at everyone else and thinks "I wish I had my junk together like them" , they are probably looking at you thinking they wish they had something about you......."⠀
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@catandnat #thisismotherhood #motherhood #motherhoodjourney #motherhoodunplugged #realmomsofinstagram
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This is homebirth. This beautiful capture tells pa

This is homebirth. This beautiful capture tells part of a story that feels intoxicating. Birth has the potential to be bonding and intimate. Stretching you into parenting, but in to new dimensions with your person. It is like nothing else, and changes each person that passes through.
📷: @southwales_birthphotographer
#thisisbirth #birth #homebirth #lgbtq #gayparents #infant #bonding #oxytocin #love #allbirthdoula #kelownadoula #doula 🙏💯👭💕 #repost @birthbecomesher
Heart be still. 😭😍 What a beautiful postpartum moment captured by @southwales_birthphotographer ! Shared by @danniellehale.thebirthlens for this weeks #birthbecomeshertakeover

This video is incredible. You can see so clearly h

This video is incredible. You can see so clearly how baby is exposed to fluids and poop and all the bacteria that, in turn, promotes a healthy immune system.
I talk about poop a lot in my birth classes because it is not only normal, but it’s kind of awesome. Nature and the design of birth continues to blow my mind 🤩
And these good words say it all: thank you 🙏 @badassmotherbirther 💥𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐌💥
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Most babies are born facing the birthers anus and there’s a perfectly good reason why nature has placed your rectum so close to where your baby exits.
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Massive bacterial colonization of the newborn occurs at birth upon exposure to vaginal, fecal, and skin microbiota. Babies pick up bacteria that helps to build a healthy gut and strong immune system from inside the birthers vagina, rectum and skin.
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B.infantis is found in the mouth and the gastrointestinal tract. It’s found in abundance in the colon. Babies who are born in vaginal births are typically exposed to B.infantis when the birthing mother passes a bowel movement while birthing. And since nature has thought this through, the purposeful and basic physiology of how babies are born puts the baby in direct contact with the birthers anus immediately so the baby has contact with birthers fecal material. Picking up fecal microbiota that is essential for the health of your baby.
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After birth, breast milk promotes the colonization and maturation of the infant gut microbiome.
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Risks when infants are not exposed to vaginal, fecal and skin microbiota?
🔻immune and metabolic disorders
🔻food allergies
🔻asthma
🔻infections
🔻obesity
🔻diabetes
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Our design and how we are born impacts the health of our children, short-term and long-term.
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Pooping during birth isn’t all that bad......#shithappensforareason

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