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educated, birth, LGTBQ+, people of colour

Guest Post: The Educated Birth

blueberries, turmeric, acai, health, wellness, nutrition

Guest Post: Acai Berry and Turmeric Smoothie

Confessions from the Doctor’s Office

pregancy, Webster, chiropractor

Guest Post: Chiropractic Care and Pregnancy

Guest Post: Acupuncture for Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond

transgender, LGBTQ+, breastfeeding, winnipeg, memoir, pregnancy, parenting, childbirth

Review: Where’s the Mother? Stories from a Transgender Dad

nutrition, health, walnut, fig, oat, birth, postpartum, doula

Walnut Fig Bars

Babywearing, Toronto, Postpartum

Babywearing 101

Postpartum Self Care Kira Liss Birth & Movement

How To: Self Care During Early Postpartum

Upcoming Events

8:30 am 60 Minute Virtual Movement/Yoga ... @ Your Home!

60 Minute Virtual Movement/Yoga ... @ Your Home!

Apr 1 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am

All levels, slow flow yoga inspired classes. Suitable for all bodies and experience levels. It’s ideal if you have a yoga mat, blanket/towel and blocks/books. Send an e-transfer for $3-20 for the unique weekly Zoom link (and if that’s not accessible, let me know and I’ll happily send you the link anyway).Read More

5:30 pm Instagram Live Prenatal Yoga @ Your Home

Instagram Live Prenatal Yoga @ Your Home

Apr 2 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

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7:15 pm Prenatal Movement Classes @ Modo St Clair West

Prenatal Movement Classes @ Modo St Clair West

Apr 2 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm

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12:00 pm Childbirth 101: Birth and Beyond @ West End Mamas

Childbirth 101: Birth and Beyond @ West End Mamas

Apr 4 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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Kira Liss is a doula, childbirth educator and movement teacher in Toronto, ON. She is passionate about supporting individuals as they transition into parenthood. Through education and compassionate support, you are in good hands when you choose to work with Kira.

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To find out more or get in touch, email me at hello@kiraliss.com.

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Teaching over IGTV yesterday was so fun, and such a nice way to feel connected. ✨ So, I’m gonna offer a weekly online class on Wednesday at 8:30am EST! All levels, slow flow yoga inspired classes. 💕 Suitable for all bodies and experience levels. We’ll use a yoga mat, blanket/towel and blocks/books. Send an e-transfer for $3-20 to hello@kiraliss.com for the unique weekly Zoom link (and if that's not accessible, let me know and I'll happily send you the link anyway).

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#socialisolation #diypilatesprops

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Hi friends! I have no doubt that you have tons of amazing options for fantastic live classes, but I thought I would jump in and offer something too. This Friday, join me for a ✨ FREE ✨ all levels, slow flow class at 12pm. My aim is to teach a class that’s appropriate for folks that are pregnant, have kiddos or not! See you on the mat? 💕

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For folks looking for childbirth preparation classes online, get in touch! Individual and small group classes available 💕 Link in bio ☝🏼

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Coming up in May with @fullspecdoula 💕✨🌈

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Reconnected with some little friends today 😍

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🙌🏼🙌🏼 Can challenge ourselves to work towards not only using more affirming and inclusive language about birth, but also about abortion care?! Perfect drawing by @liberaljane

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“Did you that modern C sections were invented by African women— centuries before they were standard elsewhere?

Midwives and surgeons living around Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria perfected the procedure hundreds of years ago. When a baby couldn’t be delivered vaginally, these healers sedated the laboring mother using large amounts of banana wine. They tied the mother to the bed for safety, sterilized a knife using heat, and made the incision, acting quickly as a team to prevent excessive blood loss or the accidental cutting of other organs. The combination of sterile, sharp equipment and sedation made the procedure surprisingly calm and comfortable for the mother.
After the baby was delivered, antiseptic tinctures and salves were used to clean the area and stitches were applied. Women rarely developed infections, shock, or excessive blood loss after a cesarean section and the most common problem reported was that it took longer for the mother’s milk to come in (an issue that was solved with friends and relatives who would nurse the baby instead). In Uganda, C sections were normally performed by a team of male healers, but in Tanzania and DRC, they were typically done by female midwives.

The majority of women and babies survived this, and when questioned about it by European colonists in the mid-1800s, many people in Uganda and Tanzania indicated that the procedure had been performed routinely since time immemorial.
This was at a time when Europeans had only barely started to figure out that they should wash their hands before performing surgery, when nearly half of European and US women died in childbirth, and when nearly 100% of European women died if a C section was performed.

Detailed explanations of Ugandan C-sections were published globally in scholarly journals by the 1880s and helped the rest of the world learn how to save mothers and babies with minimal complications.

So if you’re one of the people who wouldn’t be alive today without a C-section, you have Ugandan surgeons and Tanzanian and Congolese midwives to thank for their contributions to medical science." ~Juniper Russo
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