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🌿 Placenta Anatomy 🌿

Learn all about

Placenta shape & size
Two surfaces
Umbilical cord
Membranes
Placenta circulation
Placenta variations

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🌿 The Placenta 🌿

Did you know the placenta is like your pepi’s home while they’re in the womb? 🏠💖
The placenta is an incredible organ that a mama grows only during pregnancy and acts as a life-sustaining connection between mama and p

✨ Traditional birthing practices in aoeteroa ✨

Read more to learn about

Place of birth
Karakia
Muka tie
Burying of the whenua
Wahakura
Cultural framework in midwifery

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✨ Homebirth ✨

When becoming pregnant it is important to do your research and figure out where your ideal place of birth is.

If a mama has a low risk pregnancy then the safest place to give birth is at home or in a primary birthing unit. However th

✨ PLACENTA ACRETA ✨

Placenta accreta spectrum is a serious but rare complication in pregnancy.
It occurs when the placenta invades deeply into the muscle layer of the uterus (womb).
There are three categories:
* Placenta accreta
* Placenta increta
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✨ Acupuncture ✨

Acupuncture can be used in many settings for pregnancy & labour and birth, and the postnatal period.

Acupuncture during pregnancy has been proven to be effective in helping mama relieve common conditions such as:
* Nausea
* M

✨ Hands and Knees ✨

One of my favourite position to be adapted in labour and birth and I love catching a pēpi in this position.

* Gravity can help bring the baby down and out
* The uterus can contract more strongly and efficiently
* The pēpi can g

Group B strep✨ ✨
Group B Streptococcus is a bacteria that can be present in the vagina without causing any symptoms.
It is found in 15-25% of mama and is typically harmless.
This screening test is optional due to the low risk of infection, with about

✨ Peanut Ball ✨

What is a peanut ball used for???

During labour a peanut ball is placed between the knees or ankles to help open the pelvis which can allow the pēpi to find a more favourable position.

I suggest using this when the baby is in a po