GentleBirth
@GentleBirth
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Best Pregnancy App for a Positive Birth.
Joined May 2009
Fear of childbirth may impact breastfeeding duration - new research. #gentlebirthapp #mindfulbreastfeeding #breastfeeding #lactation
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Thrilled to announce that we have had our 100th waterbirth @OLOLMat_Unit 🎉 Baby Esme born to delighted parents Amy & Chris. Congratulations 🥳 A special thank you to all the staff for supporting this project & to the families who have trusted us to provide the service #together
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Hoping 🤞our research moves the needle for people who want a #VBAC and face barriers, often due to structural racism and anti-obesity bias. Free to read! https://t.co/5RKLT0bexk
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Can we have a conversation about light biology and the development of Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes? Too much blue light in the day in offices that block red and NIR wavelengths leading to suppression of melatonin and mitochondrial function. https://t.co/FDfciDbeDs
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major health issue in Saudi Arabia. Prevention of DM and its complications requires an understanding of the disease and modifiable behaviors (e.g., physical activity—PA)....
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What is the Winner Flow and how is it helping moms have more positive births and shorter labors? #pregnant #winnerflow #midwifery #doula
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https://t.co/HbNF1KVAI4 Increased risk of cesareans, preterm labor, gestational diabetes, longer more painful labors… Just go get some sun (and if there’s no sun keep blue light to a minimum) after dark. #pregnancy #bluelight #metabolism #sunlight #midwifery #gentlebirthapp
blog.tracydonegan.org
In today’s digital world, blue light is everywhere, on our phones, computers, TVs, and even in artificial outdoor lighting. While blue light is part of the visible light spectrum and naturally...
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A fantastic resource for anyone with an interest in how a woman’s brain changes throughout pregnancy.
5 years ago, on the heels of 28andMe, our team designed a new precision imaging experiment: scanning an individual’s brain throughout her entire pregnancy. We are excited to share that these findings are out today in @NatureNeuro!
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The GentleBirth app and 8+ hrs of online evidence based childbirth ed is now FREE to any mom eligible for medicaid. #pregnant #gentlebirthapp #medicaid #positivebirth
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New RCT demonstrates superior pain management and healing of the perineum using red light therapy compared to ice therapy. #pregnant #midwifery #perineum #episiotomy #postpartum
https://t.co/RkjgbBxC3E
blog.tracydonegan.org
The New Breakthrough in Postpartum Healing: Why Red Light Therapy Beats Padsicles for Perineal Recovery Updated November 2025. Postpartum recovery can be challenging no matter how your baby arrives....
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🚨New Paper Alert! Over 8 years in the making (including 2 in peer review 😬) - I could not be happier to share our genome-wide association study of #HumanMilk Oligosaccharides in the @CHILDSTUDY - published today in @NatureComms. 🧬🤱🏻🫁 #Tweetorial 🧵 https://t.co/5ZRctg6AZ5
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My first co-authored academic paper. ♥️ https://t.co/32LLNZD8Km
#mindfulness #positivebirth #midwifery
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My first co-authored paper has been published 🙌. We now have empirical evidence on the impact of GentleBirth ‘brain training’ on birth outcomes. #midwifery @MidwiferyD #positivebirth #gentlebirthapp
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blog.gentlebirth.com
It’s an exciting day for the GentleBirth Team! Our research has just been published in the International Journal of Perinatal Education. In a nutshell - the more time you spend using the GentleBirth...
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Takes me back to my midwifery training days at @MidwiferyD ♥️
Congratulations to everyone who has accepted an offer to join us in DkIT. We are looking forward to meeting you all very soon 😊
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MIDWIVES! We thought you’d be interested in this Sharing • @MollytheMidwife via Instagram & @MidwiferyNetwrk How to you support physiology? Do you share information that can help women understand and connect with their bodies during birth? Do you enable freedom to move?
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When we give up the struggle against our internal experience, we free up energy to act in ways that move us closer in alignment with the things that matter most.
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More on the Poop Smoothie https://t.co/on8F274Yqy
#microbiome #pregnant #metabolichealth #obesity #asthma #diabetes #midwifery #doula
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Poop Smoothies and your Baby’s Microbiome 💩 https://t.co/UHUA8BK3eA
#microbiome #poopsmoothie #cesarean #midwifery #gentlebirthapp
blog.tracydonegan.org
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing microbiome expert and documentary maker Toni Harman on my podcast. It’s where I first heard about ‘poo milkshakes’ as a way to restore baby’s gut microbes...
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UK GPs we need your help with this research on postpartum hypertension. Do you have 10 mins to complete this short survey? Please complete and reshare #research #womenshealth
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Why are more women birthing outside of the system? In this episode Midwife Maria Velo Higueras shares her new research and recommendations. How can we earn back the trust of mothers traumatised in the past? #freebirth #unassistedbirth
https://t.co/Pc0YDCkChv
@mariavelohig ♥️
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