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Brightly colored wrap scraps in the most unexpected places really do brighten your day!
Thank you to Gypsy Dream Shop for creating these adorable little wrap scrap mug rug/coasters for all of our #PAXretreat2016 attendees!

Start the day off right with one of these underneath your mug!

THANK YOU!

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Thank you to The Fuzzy Fox for providing these adorable squishy wrap scrap stuffies for PAXbaby’s NINTH birthday celebration!! #ToddlerCate was in loooove and not sure that she was willing to give up these sweeties! What an awesome way to turn your favorite wrap into a forever friend long after your babywearing days are done; contact The Fuzzy Fox for more details!

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There is something about wearing a Sakura Bloom ring sling that just makes you feel glamorous! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lynne and team, for these beautiful pieces of babywearing art! <3 These slings are not only gorgeous, but they are comfortable as well. Each #PAXretreat2016 attendee will be going home with a SB ring sling! Lucky duckies!!!

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Awwww!! Aren’t these custom t-shirts created by Puddefoot Dolls SO adorable? We absolutely love them! Which is YOUR favorite??
Thank you SO much for these cuties for our #PAXretreat2016!!

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Sugar & Dreams has made the most adorable wrap scrap flower clips for our #PAXretreat attendees!
If you have been looking for a way to wear your favorite wrap even when you are no longer wearing, THIS is the way!
Thank you, Sugar & Dreams for making our rainbow dreams come true, and making our hair just perfect too!

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We had the most amaaaazing donation for #PAXretreat2016 from Tekhni – RAINBOW headwraps!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Because of YOU, Alisa and friends, we will be rainbow-y from head to toe at PAXretreat this year! <3

#PAXretreat2016

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Happy birthday to The Carrying On Project!!!

PAXbaby has donated a gorgeous Vice Versa sling to help celebrate!

http://the-carrying-on-project.myshopify.com/collections/birthday-party-raffle

Learn more about what The Carrying On Project is all about here!
“For generations, the practice of babywearing has made caring for children easier while helping them develop or maintain life-long bonds with caregivers. The goal of The Carrying On Project is to help get carriers to the families of our military so that they may better obtain secure attachments with their children, something that deployment and injuries will often interrupt. We seek to assist both the service members and the families left behind in “Carrying On” while both home and away, to make something that is difficult for the whole family a little bit easier.”

How YOU can donate:
http://www.carryingonproject.org/#!donate/c1gtk

How YOU can apply:
http://www.carryingonproject.org/#!apply/c1at0

Resources:
http://www.carryingonproject.org/#!resources/cee5

Congratulations, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Keep on doing what you are doing!!!

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Will you be attending MILK: An Infant Feeding Conference???

Don’t forget to come find us and say HI!!! Look for the RAINBOW umbrella!!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/521804194635649/

Which speaker are YOU most looking forward to hearing from??

http://mommy-con.com/event/details/milk/

If you will be pumping at the event, and will not have your own baby there, Baby Sailor  and her mommy will be in attendance and accepting milky donations!! Read more about Baby Sailor here: http://paxbaby.com/milk-for-sailor/

Hope to see you there!!
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PAXbaby.comMilk for Sailor

“Sailor Avonlea was born via emergency c-section on June 13th in Las Vegas, addicted to and withdrawing from the effects of a pregnancy filled with heavy methenphetamine use, homelessness, and mental illness. After a 13 day long fight between the hospital at which she was delivered, Child Protective Services, and a large team of adoption professionals and lawyers, we were finally granted the right to adopt her and bring her home to California! We are the adoptive parents of her 18 month old full biological sibling, Lachlan, who was also born addicted to and withdrawing from meth, and while we were not anticipating adoption again so soon, when the opportunity was placed in our laps, we could not say no to another little love who would otherwise be lost to the foster system.

We have two older biological daughters whom I breastfed well into their first year; I was actually such an overproducer that I ended up donating several thousand ounces of breastmilk to a local milk bank over a period of several years. When we decided to adopt initially, I knew immediately that I wanted to feed our new baby with donor milk, as I fully believe in its amazing powers to heal the damage inflicted on a newborns tiny body and brain. When I initially approached the milk bank that I had so lovingly handed thousands of ounces of breastmilk to years prior, I found out quickly that I’d have to be made of money in order to afford their “non profit” price of $3 an ounce for breastmilk! Not satisfied with this answer, I turned to the internet, and quickly found “Human Milk 4 Human Babies” as well as “Eats and Feets.” Through both of these peer to peer sharing forums, we were able to provide breastmilk to our son for 13 months! Despite being born a drug addicted baby, he is now 100% free of health issues and is developmentally completely typical, things that I believe the power of breastmilk has made possible.

We hope to provide these benefits for our Sailor as well, especially given the abuse she suffered at the hands of so called medical professionals; for the first fourteen days of her life, she was fed formula, left in a plastic bassinet, and only held every 3 hours to be fed and changed. If she cried for milk before those 3 hours were up, she was left to cry, alone and hungry until her scheduled feeding time came along. No one was allowed to see her or even touch her for 14 days,  and when she finally was allowed to leave the hospital, she weighed a full pound less than when she was born. Our sweet girl has had a very hard time transitioning due to her drug dependency, but she IS gaining weight quickly and eating like a champ on all the milk donated by friends. Our freezer supply is quickly diminishing however, and we are feeling desperate to provide her with the nourishment she needs to heal and grow. We have witnessed firsthand the power of breastmilk to heal the damage that drug addiction, lack of prenatal care, and dangerous maternal behavior can have on a baby, and we desperately want our daughter to be the recipient of as much of this liquid life that she can.”

– Robert and Kirstin
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Please consider milk sharing with Sailor in any way possible! Her family lives in the Bay area but has set up milk drop off points in Southern California as well! Email Kirstin to set up a donation at milkforsailor@icloud.com, and thank you for keeping this amazing family in your prayers! Much love from the PAXmommies <3
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We shared this last year, but are going to share it again because PAXfriend Jane is just so amazing!!! This World Breastfeeding Week, let’s not forget our pumping mamas!!!
– PAXbaby would like to give a HUGE congratulations to our friend Jane and her son Kayden, on TWO YEARS exclusive pumping!!! Kayden was unable to latch, but his mother’s tremendous dedication allowed him to continue to receive her milk through his second birthday, and Jane even donated milk to many other babies in need, including PAXmommy Brianna’s Corrina. What an amazing thing you’ve done, Jane!!! 

Are you a pumping mama??? Keep up the awesome work!! WOW!!

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PAXbaby.com and Uppymama have been working hard on a very special collaboration, and we are SO excited to show you After Midnight, in 100% cotton!

We’ll be selling these highly sought after wraps by auction, starting TODAY, Monday March 24th at 8:00 am PST, with 100% of the proceeds above the retail price, going directly to some of our very favorite charities.

To bid on any of our amazing wraps, follow the links below!

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Best for Babes

Auction #1:  http://paxbaby.com/best-for-babys-uppymama-after-midnight-auction/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/best-for-babes-uppymama-after-midnight-auction-2/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/best-for-babes-uppymama-after-midnight-auction-3/

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The Carrying On Project:

Auction #1: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-1-the-carrying-on-project/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-2-the-carrying-on-project/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-3-the-carrying-on-project/

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Giving Diapers, Giving Hope:

Auction #1: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-1-giving-diapers-giving-hope/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-2-giving-diapers-giving-hope/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-3-giving-diapers-giving-hope/

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Commonsense Childbirth:

Auction #1: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-1-commonsense-childbirth/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-2-commonsense-childbirth/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-3-commonsense-childbirth/

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Hearts4Africa/Hippi Kids:

Auction #1: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-1-hippi-kidhearts4africa/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-2-hippi-kidhearts4africa/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-3-hippi-kidhearts4africa/

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We are SO excited to be able to give back to some of our favorite charities in this way, and owe a big thank you to Uppymama, AND YOU for making this all possible!!
THANK YOU!!!!

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PAXbaby.com is proud to host THREE  Uppymama *After Midnight* Auctions, to benefit Hippi Kid and Hearts 4 Africa!! 

100% of the proceeds from these auctions, beyond the opening bid, will be sent to Hippi Kid to provide midwifery care and desperately needed supplies to the women of Africa.

These auctions will run from Monday, March 24th, 2014 to Friday, March 28th, 2014.

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Auction #1: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-1-hippi-kidhearts4africa/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-2-hippi-kidhearts4africa/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-3-hippi-kidhearts4africa/

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http://hearts4africa.net/

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“Hearts 4 Africa is committed in the effort to reduce the mother and infant mortality and morbidity rates in Uganda Africa by providing clean, safe, loving environments for birth, improving the prenatal and postpartum care given by Midwives and Doctors, and by providing much needed medical supplies and equipment.”

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Care to donate?

http://hearts4africa.net/my-donation-to-hearts-4-africa/

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Maternal hospital and Healthcare Clinic in Uganda

http://hearts4africa.net/building-a-maternal-hospital-and-healthcare-clinic-in-uganda/

Contact:

http://hearts4africa.net/contact/

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PAXbaby.com is proud to host THREE  Uppymama *After Midnight* Auctions, to benefit Commonsense Childbirth!!

100% of the proceeds from these auctions, beyond the opening bid, will be sent to Commonsense Childbirth to provide midwifery care to women who cannot otherwise afford it.

These auctions will run from Monday, March 24th, 2014 to Friday, March 28th, 2014.

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Auction #1: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-1-commonsense-childbirth/

Auction #2: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-2-commonsense-childbirth/

Auction #3: http://paxbaby.com/paxbabys-after-midnight-uppymama-auction-3-commonsense-childbirth/

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<3 This cause is especially close to our hearts, as Jennie Joseph of Commonsense Childbirth was PAXmommy Brianna’s midwife during her pregnancy with her oldest daughter, Delia. <3

Thank you so much for everything you do, Jennie!

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Commonsense Childbirth: because every woman deserves a healthy baby.

Read all about Commonsense Childbirth and Jennie Joseph’s vision, here: 

http://www.commonsensechildbirth.org/index.php/overview 

Read the inspiring interview with Jennie Joseph from ImprovingBirth.org, here:
http://www.improvingbirth.org/2013/07/privilege/

“We started with the fundamental premise that every woman wants a healthy baby and every woman deserves one. When a woman sees that you firmly believe that, she too is motivated to do the best she can for herself and her baby.”

Jennie Joseph, LM CPM
Midwife, Founder and Executive Director

Our vision is that all women have a healthy pregnancy, birth and baby and our key principle is that no one is turned away.

Commonsense Childbirth’s mission is to ensure access to timely maternity healthcare particularly for minority, low-income, uninsured, and underinsured women; and to provide practical, social, educational and emotional support, resources and referrals as a means to improving the chances for a positive outcome.

Commonsense Childbirth currently operates a birthing center, known as The Birth Place in Winter Garden, Florida which incorporates a new concept, a community-based midwifery clinic called the Easy Access Prenatal Care Clinic. Our goal is to provide Easy Access Prenatal Care Clinic wherever we can partner with supportive agencies and/or practitioners.

Commonsense Childbirth provides an on-site outreach clinic day once a week. Maternity care is provided utilizing Jennie Joseph’s JJ Way® MCH health care system, as well as help with Medicaid applications and referrals to social services as needed. We see all women, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation or ability to pay, for full new-patient exams, repeat prenatal visits and post-partum care as needed. Education services encompass nutrition, childbirth preparation, breast feeding and parenting support groups. Referrals are made to our regional perinatal service at Winnie Palmer Hospital, Orlando for any high-risk patients that we identify. Healthy, low-risk women who are motivated to deliver naturally are offered the opportunity to deliver at our birth center, all others proceed to the hospital for delivery and return to our care for postpartum follow-up.

OUTCOMES AND DESIRED CHANGES

We have found that perinatal outcomes have consistently improved in the women who are currently being served by The Birth Place/CSC program. Women in our practice tend to reach full-term, have babies over six pounds and are more likely to initiate breast feeding than similar populations. (See our 2007 Study results). By providing easier access to this model of care in the targeted areas we anticipate being able to continue this positive trend.

Contact:

http://www.commonsensechildbirth.org/index.php/contact-us

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Read more about The Birth Place:

http://www.commonsensechildbirth.org/index.php/thebirthplace

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