Birthing in Bowness-The Event

Beautiful pregnant bellies and a mix of birth support professionals-so perfect for a Friday night! We were excited to host a Birthing in Bowness night at our office to support our community of birthing moms in our little town in the city. 

Look how lovely the evening turned out! It was largely in part due to support from local businesses and individuals. We had both gift bag and door prize donations, with contributions from local businesses Rumina Naturals, Routine natural deodorant, Peaceful Slumber Paediatric Sleep Solutions (Ali), Ryder and Reece, Ellie Ears, Tuscany Hot Mama Fitness, and Young Living Essential Oils (Sandra Catania), local doulas Emilie Sanmartin, Kate Hunter and Amanda Ernewein, and Elan's own practitioners Lisa Chepil (Registered Massage Therapist), Sandra Catania (Holistic Reflexologist), Margaret Kennedy (Registered Acupuncturist) and myself for Prenatal and Paediatric Chiropractic care. (Links included for those with websites!) 




Front Door Check In Station! 


Yummy and Nutritious Food for those growing babies! 


We started the evening with some one on one chats. We had an Icebreaker Cheat Sheet in case we were completely stumped about what to talk about-would you choose a baby shower or a blessing way? Would you sooner spend money on birth photography or the nursery? 

Sandra led us in a chat about Reflexology for Pregnancy, Labor and Post Partum, followed by a demonstration. 



Amanda, a local Doula and Midwifery student shared information about how Midwifery care differs from medical care.  



The last short presentation was with myself, Dr Josephene Juell, on Prenatal Chiropractic, including some home tips to make pregnancy feel better and to help how the pelvis is functioning. We touched on infant chiropractic care-which we find is so amazing for our little practice members for so many things! 

Our evening wrapped up with draws for our fun door prizes, and more chatting and snacks. It was a great evening for all us, pregnant and not! and we hope the information provided helps to ease some of the concerns that pop up as our bellies pop out. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

We Appreciate- It's Patient (and Community!) Appreciation Day Soon

Image
It's only days away- Elan Family Wellness Centre's Patient Appreciation Day!  We hold this as an annual event to thank our Practice Members for being part of our life and our office-whether they've been with us for a few days, or for the 8+ years that we've been in business!  In the last few years, we have also invited our Community to join us, so regardless of how you know us, we'd love to see you... You're Invited!!  (and some Luck O' The Irish to You!)  Join us March 16th from 10am - 1 pm.   Entrainments/ Adjustments for Current Practice Members Reflexology & Health Coach Sessions by Appointment or Drop In as available. In exchange for a donation to our charity Made by Momma !  * We'll have snacks, live music (from 12-1), face painting, and amazing door prizes and fun!   A HUGE THANK YOU!!!! to all of our incredible donors!   The Seed Event (two all day event passes). Stonespeaker  (jewellery!) The Rebm
Read more

Clay and The 12 Senses

Image
This past weekend was the 4th Annual Waldorf Gateways Conference, with keynote speaker, Dr. Adam Blanning.  Dr Blanning is trained in family practice medicine and in anthroposophically extended medicine.  I enjoyed learning about Health and Well-Being for Children and Families, and especially enjoyed my two workshops.   The clay...wonderful for our 12 senses!  Hopefully that's making you think a little, are you familiar with our 12 senses?  The first 5 are easy... vision, smell, taste, hearing, and touch.  And then?   Imagine working with clay-first you will see the clay, and then reach out and touch it.  You may bring it up to your nose to smell, but hopefully you don't stick your tongue out to taste it.  The clay may feel cold, or start to warm up as you work it in your hands.  You probably won't hear too much from the clay, except the quiet of the room, or other voices.  If you hear voices, you may hear words being spoken; you may have thoughts about those words
Read more

Outdoor Inspiration

Image
We went to Banff this past weekend. Absolutely one of the best things about living so close to the mountains, and also something we rarely take advantage of.  Beautiful mountains, fresh air, excellent sushi (don't we all go to Banff for sushi?), healing, mineral hot springs. Sounds lovely, yes? While I was there, I checked my email and coincidentally, had one commenting on the benefits of being outside (kids and adults) for 2-3 hours per day. Yes, 2-3 hours a day.  I don't think commuting in the car counts.   Are you outside this often? Are your kids? So many benefits of being outside: Fresh air Better sleep More exercise (unless that's lying on a beach, or in a hammock) Ability to explore our natural world-trees, bugs, animals, mud... More neurosensory stimulation (like waking on uneven surfaces, balancing on logs, new textures) Family time Unplugged time Did I find enough reasons without looking up any research articles?  I know the resea
Read more