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Birth is Movement – September 2024
A birth preparation course in Luxembourg to help you (and your partner, if they wish to attend as well) navigate and enjoy your labor and birth. I am very happy to announce that I am opening the registrations for the next edition of my Birth is movement course! It will take place on Saturday September 28th at 14h15 at Aeroyoga Luxembourg. This is is a birth prep course thought to give you tools to be able to live fully that unique moment. We will learn about the physiology of birth and how to facilitate its natural development, as well as confort techniques and the importance of movement. We will get…
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July 7th Babywearing Workshop at Centre Lunata
On July 7th 2024 I will be offering a babywearing workshop at Centre Lunata, in Bertrange, Luxembourg. The workshop is open to parents with small children and expecting families. On July 7th I will be offering a group babywearing workshop at Centre Lunata, in Bertrange, Luxembourg. Due to general demand the language of the language will be english, but I will happily clarify in French or Spanish when needed. The workshop is open to parents of small children and expecting families. On this two and a half hours long workshop we will: Participants are also welcome to bring their own carriers, if they already have some, to try on during…
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May Back Carrying Workshop
On May 16th I will be offering a babywearing workshop in Luxembourg, with focus on learning to carry your kid on your back. Do you love carrying your child, but you feel they are getting a bit heavy? Does your kid like to be carried all the time, and it is getting in the way of your household chores? Do you wish to go hiking with your toddler and be able to safely carry them when they get tired? In any of these cases, this workshop is right for you! In a small group, I will help you get confortable carrying your kid on your back, so that you can…
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Birth is Movement – June 2024
A birth preparation course in Luxembourg to help you (and your partner, if they wish to attend as well) navigate and enjoy your labor and birth. I am very happy to announce that I am opening the registrations for the next edition of my Birth is movement course! It will take place on Sunday June 30th at 14h15 at Aeroyoga Luxembourg. This is is a birth prep course thought to give you tools to be able to live fully that unique moment. We will learn about the physiology of birth and how to facilitate its natural development, as well as confort techniques and the importance of movement. We will get…
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Some thoughts about preparing for birth
During my first pregnancy, I was super in tune with my body. I kept dancing, flying, training, and I enjoyed every second of it. And I was very naive, for I believed that that was enough. I thought I didn’t need to prepare much for birth, since I was so connected with my body, so used to using it, to listening to it, to responding to it. I wanted to have an unmedicated birth, and I thought that I was used to pain, I was used to breathing through it, so I should be fine. Gosh was I wrong ? That is why, 4 years later, I put together a…
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Breastfeeding breaks in Luxembourg
Women who breastfeed their children in Luxembourg are entitled to reduce their working hours by taking breastfeeding breaks or pause d’allaitement. Read below to find out more about how this works, and my personal take on this topic. Breastfeeding breaks: a right for every breastfeeding mother In Luxembourg, every woman that breastfeeds their child has the right to reduce their working hours by taking the so called “breastfeding breaks” or “temps d’allaitement”. This might be shocking to some, and some might even say think it is unfair or unnecessary. But when looking at the numbers, breastfeeding for a year takes approximately 1800 hours. A full-time job with three weeks of…
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Esferodinamia: a way to move through pregnancy
Esferodinamia: Weekly movement classes in Luxembourg for pregnancy, to move and connect with your body and your baby. A technique to help you move and connect During the spring I was lucky to be able to take a training that I had been wanted to take for a long time, and I became an Esferodinamia Instructor for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum. Esferodinamia is a technique in which one move (dynamis) with the help of big balls (sphaerae) and other elements such as smaller balls, suspensions and chairs or barres. Classes, particularly during pregnancy, are much more than a workout: they are meant to help women reconnect with their bodies, acknowledge…
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Protecting birth is protecting families
International Week for Respected Childbirth May is the month in which the International Week for Respected Childbirth is ‘celebrated’. It was a few weeks ago, and the theme for this year is “Protecting births is protecting families”. And it really is. Protecting birth is protecting their entering into this world, is giving them a warm and loving welcome. Protecting birth is protecting the bond between the child and the mother. A birth where the woman feels respected and empowered, and where the natural processes are respected as well, is the best way to promote attachment and bonding in the immediate postpartum. Of course, having had a good birth does not…
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Movement during Labor and Birth
“Movement is the only intervention with no risks and proven benefits.” Let’s go a bit deeper into understanding what this phrase really means. Movement is the only intervention with NO risks and proven benefits Ok, so you probably heard me say it a few times already. Movement is the only ‘intervention’ with no risks and proven benefits. Ok, but what does this mean exactly? Let’s go deeper into understanding the role of movement during labor and birth. It is not uncommon during labor, specially in hospital settings, that a practitioner might (for many different reasons) suggest a medical intervention, such as artificial oxytocin to speed up labor, or even an…
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Carrying older children
Sometimes I hear parents say things like “yes I used to carry them a lot when they were babies, but of course now with X kgs I can’t carry them anymore”. And although of course I respect each parent’s own experience, it makes me a little sad to think that they stopped carrying if they both enjoyed it because of the weight. As I was saying on a recent post, children tend to need physical contact even well beyond the newborn stage. And in every opportunity where you would have taken your kid in arms, you could carry them on a sling or carrier, and your body would be thankful!…
