Author: Alyssa
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Asthma Connection to Infant Gut Bacteria
This is not polite dinner conversation. However, it is fascinating information and could be very important to understanding and possibly even preventing asthma in young children. This article outlines some new research out of UBC that found “children gain protection against asthma if exposed to four types of gut bacteria by the age of three…
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Who Should Come to My Birth?
As with many things in life, there is not a cut and dry answer about how many support people a woman needs in labour. The birth of a child (to quote Call the Midwife) is an ordinary miracle – a sacred and uniquely personal event that happens every day, all around the world. In planning…
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Research to Improve Preemie Survival Rates
I saw this article today highlighting a research review that found mortality rates in preemie babies was cut in half simply by blocking light to their IV nutrition solution. Half! “Currently, Lavoie believes no Canadian hospitals fully photo-shield parenteral solutions for preemies. The solutions need to be blocked from when they are prepared in the pharmacy to…
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Welcome
Welcome to Baby Steps Birth. My name is Alyssa Sampson, and I am a DONA-trained doula based in Scarborough, ON. I believe that giving birth can be one of the most empowering and exhilarating experiences in a woman’s life, but it is also a position of stark vulnerability and tenderness. I passionately believe that with the right support,…