A Love Letter to My Mother
A Love Letter to My Motherby Liz Martin I often get asked why I named my business Mama Jane Massage, or sometimes I need to clarify when I get an email that starts “Hello Jane.” My mother’s name is Linda, but her middle name is Jane. My sister likes to come up with cute nicknames […]
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Reflexology FAQs
Five Reflexology FAQs By Liz Martin If you’re thinking about getting a reflexology session, you might have some questions about what to expect! Here I’ve answered the most common questions about reflexology. What is reflexology? It is a form of bodywork where the entire body – organs, glands and body parts – are reflected in […]
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Liz’s Birth Story, Part 2
Liz’s Birth Story, Part Two If you read the first part of my birth story, you know that I had a fairly straight forward birth, up until I had a postpartum hemorrhage – you can read my birth story here. After being treated for my hemorrhage, I had to stay one night at the hospital. […]
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Seven Ways Being a Doula Prepared Me for My Birth
Seven Ways Being a Doula Prepared Me for My Birth By Liz Martin I gave birth in September 2017, about five years after I became a doula. I had a low-risk pregnancy, so was able to have a low-intervention and unmedicated birth at Baby+CO, a free-standing birth center run by nurse midwives. Click here to […]
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Liz’s Birth Story
Liz’s Birth Story, Part One My birth started on Sunday September 10, when I was 40 weeks and two days. While my husband Andrew and I were at his friends’ house for lunch I got my first contractions. About once an hour I got a mild pressure wave that wasn’t painful, but it required my […]
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About Mama Jane’s New Logo
About Mama Jane’s New Logo By Liz Green You may have noticed that I am in the process of rebranding Mama Jane Massage & Doula Services. I have a new (still in progress) website and new logo – both beautifully designed by Nina Petteys at 602 Creative. Nina and I put a lot of work […]
Read MoreRachael Grace Photography Captures Motherhood
Rachael Weaver of Rachael Grace Photography is doing something special. While many family photographers focus their work on posed shots in idyllic locations, Rachael captures beautiful, natural moments in the lives of families. Below she shares in her own words about the work she does. — There’s a phrase I heard a lot before I became a […]
Read MoreTeaching Labor Massage to Doula Clients and Birth Partners
By Liz Green, CD (toLabor), LMT, CR The Gate Control Theory tells us that touch can override pain sensations in the body – sensations from touch reach the central nervous system faster than pain sensations. We instinctively hold an area when we injure it to calm pain. Massage is a naturally effective technique to use […]
Read MoreMama Jane Massage Updates Spring 2014
This year has been super busy for Mama Jane Massage! I am booked with clients until July. In addition to my full-time massage practice at Natural Balance, I am doing two prenatal appointments and one or more postpartum appointments, plus additional massages as needed, with my doula clients. Every family’s birth is beautiful and difficult […]
Read MorePadsicles for Postpartum Folks
Padsicles (frozen pads) are great for postpartum mamas that are healing from tears, episiotomies or just general inflammation from the work of pushing their baby out. I found a couple instructions online that are great, and kind of made up my own as well. For all padsicle instructions, start out with super-absorbent extra-long overnight pads. […]
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- Birth and New Mom Affirmations - Free Printables
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- How To Massage Your Baby--wish I had learned how to do this with my first. But he was so squirmy, not sure it would have worked...
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- Every woman finds her best positions- and it can change during labor. Keep moving.
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- [10 YOGA BASICS FOR PREGNANCY] Try these 10 yoga basics for pregnancy, even if you've never done yoga! For full instruction and free prenatal yoga online visit: www.stretchandglow.com.au
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- Cardinal Movements of Birth Got to educated on whats happening to your body.:
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