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What a beautiful article. So happy to have Dad Jokes available to the community. Bronson is doing amazing things for dads in our valley!
“Dad Jokes” in Las Vegas was created with the goal of helping fathers become the ultimate support role for mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.
Welcome little May loves 🌸🪻
Seeking a full-time full-scope CNM to join our team. Salary commensurate with experience. Position includes scheduled time off, CEU allowance, full admin staff, supportive community relationships, and safe transfer options. Requirements include a commitment to the philosophy of community birth. Familiarity with birth center and the midwifery model of care. Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to learn new systems quickly and efficiently. Serenity Birth and Women’s Center is Nevada’s First and only accredited facility of its kind. We service 250 diverse birthing families a year. Our fast-paced birth center offers a calm and peaceful working environment. Our Serenity team is supportive, and we work with wonderful families.
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Please email Cheryl at [email protected]
According to the World Health Organization, there is a global shortage of midwives. They project that by “fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly 2/3’s of maternal, newborns and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year” because the skills of midwives are not prioritized.
Join .roy .doula for our monthly FREE class on all things pregnancy and beyond. They have been working hard to put together a fun, interactive program to offer the community. Join them to gain more knowledge and confidence on your journey!!
🤓Did you know more research is done on purchasing a car than having a baby. Let’s break that cycle!
Catch Choices In Childbirth the 2nd Monday monthly at 6:00 pm.
Join Gena Kirby for her upcoming training at Babys First Day!
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/genagarcia/880915?
Las Vegas, Nevada. Doula Training for Comfort, Connection and Care – Baby’s First Day 89106, Fri May 12, 2023 - Join Gena Garcia Kirby for a full day of instruction, laughs and tears. This workshop is unconventional - fun, silly, surprisingly profound, and very, very different. If you aren't rea...
Check out this spotlight on April from Frontier!!
Since 2002, FNU graduate April Clyde, CNM has dreamed of opening a birth center in her community of Las Vegas, Nevada. After years of gaining experience, pursuing higher education and advocating for new legislation in Nevada to accommodate midwives, her dream finally came true nearly 10 years later.
So many amazing classes in the works! There is something for every stage of your journey!
Long labor mamas-how long was your longest labor?
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Oh, this beautiful birth. I'm currently uploading their birth film. It is so full of love, connection, strength, and determination.
This was one of the longer births I've documented (definitely not the longest), but the beauty in spending so much time with this family is that there are so many inspiring layers woven throughout.
I am in awe of them. This mama spent time in and out of the water as she listened to her body and changed positions often.
I do have to say that I think that longer labors like this remind me of the importance of what I do. In the exhaustion and as the hours blur, having images to look back on and see all that beauty and strength is important in processing your birth.
My first labor was so long and I remember so little of it. What I would give to have images to look back on. That was well before documenting birth was a thing, but part of what drives me.
Do you have fuzzy memories from your labor and birth?
We welcomed quite a few birthdays yesterday! Lots of Aquarius energy 🌊 Thank you to everyone who has chosen us and thank you to our incredible team for each showing up and pitching in! Happy birthday to all the February babies so far, and the ones that were made yesterday, see you in November 😝
Welcome to all the January babies!! We’re grateful to start the new year with you!
This cutie came with a little extra to love!
This is a variation of normal for some babies. It’s called a Polydactyly, and actually runs in the family. Often one of the parents also had an extra digit at birth. More often than not they don’t have any bones inside and is just soft tissue. Because of this, it can easily be removed shortly following birth. According to Boston Children’s Hospital “About one out of every 500-1,000 babies are born with the condition, usually with only one hand affected. Black children are more likely to have an extra little finger, while Asian and white children are more likely to have an extra thumb.”
Were you born with an extra finger?
Okra water…
Good ole Tik Tok has helped this become a trend in the birth community with reports of making birth easier. While this is anecdotal, there are still some benefits to okra! We know okra is rich in vitamins A, B, Kand C (stay tuned for an upcoming post on C!). Full of fiber, magnesium and folate, you could def call it a nutrient powerhouse.
And on top of all the nutrients, it would also help keep you hydrated. All sounds like a win win! Maybe will help us all get more facts one day but in the meantime, what are your thoughts?
Have you included this in your birth prep?
We have some amazing classes and workshops coming up this month and next!
Slide through to see what you would like to join in on!
Don’t forget:
- Milk Bar meets every Thursday 10-11:30
-Dad Jokes every 2nd & 4th Tuesday @ 5:30
So many in the Las Vegas community have found healing while in Alyssa’s care. Join her tomorrow to learn about pelvic floor health!
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Did you know your pelvis begins to open and get wider during pregnancy. This can lead to muscular imbalances that can contribute to low back pain, pelvic pain, sciatica, and pelvic floor dysfunction (leakage, pain during in*******se, prolapse, etc). Likewise, these issues can occur postpartum as the body adjusts back to its pre-pregnancy state. Join me to learn what is normal, and when to ask for help. Plus get some free tips and handouts to help any current issues you may be having.
Here are our stats for 2022!
Thank you to everyone who included us in your journey. Looking forward to all the wonderful things to come in 2023🥳
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2799900
The rate of home births in the US reached the highest level in 30 years in 2021, according to a National Vital Statistics report.
Holy guacamole everyone!
What an incredible honor this is, we WON silver!!! Thank you and for bringing our certificate and seeing the birth center! We are independently owned and ran, what was once a dream, won silver, against major facilities. How incredible!As a small business, we owe you all so much gratitude for your support. Thank you to everyone who voted and thank you to everyone for choosing us for your care.
Here with this amazing team we are improving health outcomes for parents and babies. Supporting families with evidence based care. Empowering our community through choices, education, respect and support.
With immense gratitude,
The Serenity team
Befuddled by breast pumps? K + K Lactation’s pumping education class covers all the pumping basics, including how to use the pump, fl**ge sizing, and milk storage guidelines. Set yourself up for pumping success, whether that be at work, as an exclusive pumper, or just for a night out.
Register for the class here: https://form.jotform.com/kplusklactation/pumping-education-class-serenity
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The holidays are the season of proposals and baby-making! 🎁👶
If you are thinking about trying to conceive at anytime, this post is for you ✨
The journey can be really beautiful and easy for some, and unbearably difficult for others. Here’s some things to keep in mind. Swipe through to learn more ➡️
And for those of you struggling with infertility, know that you are not alone. There are many different avenues to parenting, including IVF, IUI, adoption, surrogacy, and alloparenting. All journeys are valid. 💖
It’s back! Join Lynn to learn skills to help you feel prepared.
Very very excited to share our first fertility awareness class is here!!! If you have been interested in learning more about your body and it’s insightful messages, don’t miss this class. Deepen your relationship with your body and overall health as you discover your fertility goals.
Taught by an OBGYN PA, Fertility awareness educator, birth assistant and student midwife. She has been studying tracking and charting methods for 8+ years. Janelle is passionate about helping all womb holders achieve harmony with their cyclical rhythms, confidence and success in either avoiding or achieving pregnancy.
Please DM or [email protected] to sign up.
Happy Fall y’all!
We’re so happy you’re here!
The real cost of birth. Due date: November 8th on ITunes, Amazon, Google Play, and your favorite streaming platforms.
Thank you Congresswoman Susie Lee for touring Serenity! We are grateful for your support!
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Join us on Tuesday at 5pm!
Feel free to ask any questions on this post for Sarah that has to do with working with midwives or the here in Las Vegas! 🥰
See you Tuesday!
⚠️ ⚠️ We have decided to reschedule to tomorrow due to high winds expected today! Please join us us tomorrow, same place, same time, but more enjoyable weather 🍂
Our trunk or treat is approaching! Here are the details for our first Serenity babies trunk or treat! Join us in your Halloween best. We CANNOT wait to see all the adorable costumes and have some fun together!
⚠️ If you are planning to decorate your trunk, join us by 2:00 to safely park your car and decorate! We will be located on the west side of the park, near the tennis complex.
⏰ Trunk or treating will run from 2:30-4:30
🏆 We will have prizes for:
-best trunk 1st, 2nd & 3rd place
-best group costume
-best pregnant belly costume
We are so excited and can’t wait to see everyone!
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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be hosting a free 5-series infant massage course at Baby’s First Day. Families will learn a series of workable and evidence-based techniques for massaging their baby while enhancing the relationship between parents and their infant through nurturing touch.
The course is limited to 10 families, so don’t delay! Sign up for the course here: form.jotform.com/222716314846154 We request that all registrants commit to the full 5-week course. Please reach out at [email protected] with any questions.
October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month.
Today is known as the Wave Of Light, a day to light a candle in honor of those gone too soon. Please light a candle, speak their name or share a story.
Remember to offer love however it feels right, to those grieving. The grief carried from pregnancy and infant loss should not only be acknowledged today. Check in on your people. This month is dedicated with intention to bring awareness, to honor those lost, always.
Analyzing data from nearly 150,000 children with prenatal antidepressant exposure in two healthcare databases, a recent study finds no association between prenatal exposure to antidepressants and risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. In a recent commentary, Dr. Lee Cohen, notes that over the last 1...
We mentioned we would be celebrating National Midwifery Week a bit longer.
This years theme is “Midwives for Justice”, but we think this should be recognized always, as the midwifery model of care was built on that principle.
Working towards justice and access to quality care is the epitome of what this woman has done in this community. The magnitude of her hours, energy, and sacrifice put into this is so vast, it truly is a labor of love. It takes a village, but she has inspired many on this journey, and has definitely moved mountains.
Thank you April for your dedication
Happy midwifery week to Sarah (hey that’s me!).
Supporting women through varying stages of life and motherhood journeys is something I have known I wanted to be involved in since I was young. I always refer to this work as soul work, and I feel that deeply in every aspect of this calling. Thank you to the families I have crossed paths with for allowing me to share in this passion.
We’re going to stretch National Midwifery week a little extra long to share a few more from our team.
Morgan came to us during her nursing school journey with a long background working with women. She had worked as a doula and a lactation consultant with WIC before moving to Las Vegas. Upon graduating as an RN and becoming a birth assistant with us, she immediately began down her path of CNM school. We are so happy to have Morgan’s calming energy, dedication and attentiveness to detail involved in clients care.
Happy Midwifery Week!
Happy international Midwifery Week to Carol!
Carol served in the Air Force prior to starting her nursing career where she gained hospital experience in many different departments. Her passion for women’s health later led her to midwifery.
Happy National Midwifery Week to Lydia! She is a hop skip away from her CNM title, as she wrapped up her schooling this year. We’re so grateful to have you in this community with all your knowledge and experience!
Happy International Midwifery Week to our student midwife Alexyis. She has been an amazing support to many as their doula and has made the shift to enter midwifery. We already know you are going to offer incredible care to this community! Yesterday was also her birthday 🥳
We are so happy to have you on this team!
Say hello to Dani for National Midwifery Week. Dani started her career working as an ER nurse across the US, being a military family. She returned to school for midwifery and had a super fast VBAC at home, prior to graduating as a CNM.
We’d say she’s quite the rockstar, wouldn’t you?
We would love to see your photos involving midwifery care this week for , remember to tag us!
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Do you know that feeling when you love something SO much you just want to squeeze it or even eat it? Or when something makes you so happy, it makes you cry? There’s a name for it! It’s called the dimorphous expression🥰 There is still a lot of research being done on this topic, but we all know that feeling. It happens when you are overwhelmed with joy, love and other positive emotions. Our response is to want to “eat”, squeeze really tight, pinch, etc, whatever it is making us feel overwhelmed with cuteness or love, but not actually wanting to hurt it. Causing us to feel these two different emotions, coming from the same origin. But for some reason the brain reacts with an opposite effect when it’s something that we are intended to nurture. And this response actually helps regulate our emotions. 🌞 When have you noticed this feeling?
#Repost @__ashleejones__ with @make_repost ・・・ Happy National Homebirth Day ❤️ I never ever thought I would want a homebirth. In fact I can remember a conversation with a friend who’s sister had one and said, “No way! She’s crazy. I would never do that!” But the more I researched and learned about birth, the more apparent it was to me, that giving birth at home was the way I was going to bring babies into this world. Thank you to these amazing ladies for being my support team and making our Homebirth experience the best! @serenitybirthlv @lexireeeid @newmoonmidwifery @vivalasbabies @aprilclyde_
Beautiful family centered birth #Repost @fckyahhhlolo with @make_repost ・・・ I am in complete awe of myself! I did it! I had a successful vbac home birth! I feel so empowered and amazing at myself and my body. I shouldn’t say i because i def needed my team that was with me. Ryan literally was my rock through this whole thing. He was def a little iffy with a homebirth at first but he listened and trusted me. He learned so much about the birthing process and knew our story could be different from the first time around. My amazing doula that helped support me through this journey. And my amazing midwives over at babies 1st day and serenity birth center! Also having londyn be there during the whole experience. Watching her sister be born and being so helpful and calm with me massaging my shoulders giving me cold rags and feeding me ice. She was so good! I could not have done this without every single one of you! Ever since I had londyn almost 8 years ago I knew I wanted a different experience. I was young uneducated and didn’t know all the options I had. So for the past 7 years I have been educating myself. Learning about the whole birthing process and all the different options us women have that we don’t even know about. Now there is NO WRONG WAY TO BIRTH! Every birth is special. But as birthing women we have options that we are not told about. We have choices and decisions that we should be able to make for our bodies and babies. Most doctors/hospitals see birthing women as a dollar sign and that’s the truth. Very rarely do you have someone who is truely on your side advocating for you and your choices. 90% of the labor/birthing stories I hear are traumatic. I remember telling mine and it being so negative and that is just not what I wanted the second time around. So I educated myself and changed the narrative for myself, my baby, and my family. Again there is no wrong way to brith just get someone who will listen to you and educate yourself with all the
#Repost @itsmorethanmilk with @make_repost ・・・ This is what milk ejection reflex (also known as “let-down”) actually looks like in the mammary glands! Many people describe their let-down as a zap or jolt of electricity - turns out that it looks exactly how it feels ⚡️ How would you describe your let-down? Tell me in the comments. #ibclc #lactationconsultant #liquidgold #letdown #oxytocin #breastpump #pumping #breastfed #breastmilk #ebf #zap
As we bid adieu to Fall weather we want to celebrate all the little turkeys that joined us this month. 🦃🍂🍁
Hellooooo October babies🍁 Many of you enjoyed your first Halloween without being able to kick your costumes off yet. You made it in time for the most perfect weather, pumpkin spice and everything flannel. We are so happy you are here! 🍂 🍎 🌰 🎃
#Repost @beccaholmesyoga with @make_repost ・・・ Hey mama-to-be!! Have you practiced yoga during your pregnancy yet?! I've been practicing yoga for almost a decade and I knew that my practice would shift when I got pregnant earlier this year. The body goes through so many amazing, difficult, fascinating changes in these, let's be real, 10 months 😋 If you already have an established yoga practice, this practice might bring a whole new experience for you. If you've never practiced yoga, you can absolutely start while pregnant, but I'd recommend doing it with somebody who can guide you in a way to avoid potential harm. Someone who can guide you to follow your intuition and listen to your body! Yoga is more than the Asana, the physical practice, I have explored the yamas and niyamas, the first two limbs of yoga, the moral path. Pranayama, the 4th limb, breath control, is a great way to begin your labor prep. Curious to learn more or try it out? I'm teaching at @serenitybirthlv Fridays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for the next two weeks before I go on maternity leave myself! (I am looking for subs!) You can also follow my journey here on Instagram as well as on my YouTube channel where eventually I'll be sharing tons of prenatal yoga classes! 🤗😁 See you on the mat mama!! #prenatalyogateacher #prenatalyoga #yogaeverydamnday #yogapractice #homebirth #empoweredbirth #naturalbirth #36weekspregnant #8monthspregnant
Sweet glimpse in a family centered birth. We try to include siblings as much as they are comfortable. This little angel had all three of her big sisters present at her birth.
Helloooo Fall babies! 🍂 Several of our intended September babies joined us earlier, in August. But that's how birth looks sometimes. We can always plan for things to look differently than we planned, right😉 Thank you to each of these families for being an absolute joy to work with.
Born right into Daddy’s hands. Birth should be family centered. With us close, but hands off unless needed.
Thanks @ktnv for sharing on our Grand Opening! We can’t wait to have our ribbon cutting amongst all this support! Tour is from 1-6 today and the ribbon cutting will be at 4 🎀 ✂️ 🎉
Little cutie caught dreaming 💭 😍
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