In today’s fast paced highly technical world, the journey of pregnancy has become a mixed bag of emotions for women.  With all of the doctor appointments and “routine” tests, it leaves many women feeling overwhelmed and fearful for the journey ahead. These feelings were very apparent during a recent  casual conversation with a friend whom I hadn't seen in a couple of years, and the conversation gradually shifted over to the fact that she was expecting her first baby in just under four months.  I generally have these types of conversations quite often with women, because prenatal chiropractic has been my focus for nearly ten years.  This conversation was no different from many of the others, but something she said really struck me: We were discussing who her birth provider was and where she was delivering, when she casually hinted that she wasn't really happy with her current doctor.  Her description of their relationship was, “I feel...

Latest research has shown that up to 95% of kids will have at least one ear infection before the age of 3. That in an of itself is a staggering number, but for a lot of kids it unfortunately doesn’t just stop after one, but turns into multiple bouts of them. 

Ear infections are so incredibly common, half of visits to a pediatrician are typically ear infection and respiratory related.  However, just because they are common, does not mean they are normal. If your kiddo is struggling with this, it's time we meet!

Instead of working backwards to just find better treatments for ear infections, pediatric chiropractors work on sorting out the underlying cause(s) and focus their care and attention there. With that approach, we start with two key questions: 

First, why is the occurrence of ear infections so high? And second, why is the reoccurrence so high as well?  

The explanation so many families get is that the Eustachian tubes that allow the ears to drain, are...

If you are anything like me, from the time you were little you played house, played with babies and instinctively played mom. God blessed us with an innate drive to care for and nurture those that need help so we can practice our mothering skills as we grow up. Somewhere along the way movies with screaming women, tv shows with women shrieking in agony and implications surround our young girls that childbirth cannot be done without intervention, a massive team of doctors, and enough medication to knock us out because childbirth is only meant to survive. What if you were meant to dominate childbirth?

During a two day labor where our dear friend’s doula was out of town, I stepped in as a back up and I spent a lot of time in the labor and delivery waiting room. I saw many women arriving in wheel chairs and sobbing. Not sobbing because they were about to meet this amazing little being they have spent 10 months growing and loving but because they were scared out of their minds....

"If I don't know my options, I don't have any." -Diana Korte

What do we do different that keeps our kids healthy, when so many kids are sick and have allergy flare ups this time of year? Hint - it’s not what you think!

“How do I keep my kids from getting sick when everyone else is?”

A question from every mom I’ve talked to! 

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