Pregnancy Feelings Pregnancy is associated with a lot of emotional changes which can be credited to the change in hormone levels and sense of impending responsibility. Not every moment of your pregnancy will feel positive, and that is okay.  It’s normal for women to...

How to Help with Constipation During Pregnancy Pregnant or not, constipation can always be a nuisance and will make you feel bloated and uncomfortable all day. Constipation during pregnancy is defined as less than 3 bowel movements in a week, and it is unfortunately...

What to Expect at Your First Prenatal Appointment Expecting a baby? Congratulations! It's always good to come in for a prenatal visit as soon as you find out you’re pregnant. It helps prevent any complications and ensures a healthy pregnancy later on. Before you go in...

Infant CPR As parents, you hope for nothing bad to ever happen to your child. Still, you want to be prepared for the worst so you know what to do in instances where your child needs help. Learning how to do infant CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an...

Why Am I So Thirsty During the first few weeks of your pregnancy, you will feel your body undergoing many changes. You’ll find yourself experiencing things that can only be explained by the tiny human that’s growing inside of you.  While pregnancy-related nausea and...

Flat Spots - Should I Worry? Worrying about your baby is completely natural, especially if you’re a new parent. But not everything that’s unusual with your baby is a cause for concern. One example is when you notice flat spots on your baby’s head.  What Are Flat...

Importance Of Prenatal Vitamins In order to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby, you need to begin taking care of yourself as soon as you plan on conceiving, and really, even before that. In addition to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and giving up bad habits,...

What do Babies Learn in the Womb? You might have heard people encouraging you to talk to your baby while they are inside your womb. A lot of mothers underestimate this simple yet important gesture, mostly because they believe that their baby can’t hear anything...

Infant Massage When it comes to taking care of your baby, you will often find yourself overwhelmed with all the dos and don’ts of parenting. But here’s the thing: there is no right or wrong way to parent. So even if people recommend something and swear by it, it’s...

The Jada System Postpartum hemorrhage is a major cause of morbidity in the postpartum period. At Charleston Birth Place, we have invested in and are strong advocates for the Jada System by Alydia Health when it comes to controlling postpartum bleeding. What is the...