Canadian yoga instructor and doula compares her home births, talks tongue ties, concoctions for induction and nipple damage, nutrition for mothers and babies, and weaning - Jade Blackhurst

Listen to Jade reflect on her two home birth experiences; her first home birth was unplanned and took place during the early days of Canada’s COVID lockdown, while her second occurred once the world had opened back up. She recalls all of the struggles from her first experience with breastfeeding due to her first son having a tongue tie that caused her a lot of damage in the beginning, while her second child breastfed with minimal issues and was a nursing “champ!” Jade discusses her passions for self-care for mom and dad in postpartum, the importance of nutrition for a healing mother and a solid-starting baby, and also shares lots of resources on natural concoctions to be used to induce birth with a “midwife cocktail,” heal damaged nipples with Jack Newman’s APNO ointment, and more. She also delves into what the weaning process looked like for her first child that was still nursing when she became pregnant with their second.

Jade lives in Calgary, Canada with her WV native husband, Noah, and two sons, Barron and Ari.

Connect with Jade on Instagram: @jadeblackhurstyoga

Favorite Resources:

- The First Forty Days by Heng Ou

- The Fourth Trimester by Kimberley Ann Johnson

- Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett

- Solid Starts 

- The Belle Method 

- Kelly Mom

- Jack Newman's APNO nipple ointment