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Free Friday with Speckled Milk

PAXmommy Mel — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:00:26 +0000

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FREE Friday with PAXbaby & Speckled Milk!

Nianna, owner of Speckled Milk, started making breastmilk jewelry after her second birth, to honor her tandem breastfeeding journey. She makes all the custom made breastmilk jewelry by hand; her mom creates all the breastmilk soap from scratch! Check out her other jewelry creations made from umbilical cord, dehydrated placenta, first curl, first tooth, ashes, dried flowers and more. Send a message (or owl) to Nianna in sunny California for more details!

Today you can {tandem} win a breastmilk pearl (retail value of $65) and also a custom soap (retail $35 value!) If you are chosen for the prize, you will need to send in only 1oz of breastmilk is needed for any jewelry creation and just 3oz for 12 ounces of soap.
Shipping breastmilk is easy; shipping in room temperature for this purpose is perfectly fine.

Good luck, and thanks to Speckled Milk for this wonderful opportunity!

Please like, and share this post to spread the love!! <3

*****Shipping in the States will be free; International winner will pay exact shipping costs!

The winner will be emailed once the drawing comes to an end on Friday, September 9th, 2016!!
Shipping address must be confirmed via email within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen!!
For this reason, make sure to check your email(including your Junk folder!!)

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PAXmommy Mel — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:45:45 +0000

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We could go on & on about the benefits of placenta encapsulation : postpartum recovery, natural milk stimulant, added dietary iron, etc!!! The ingestion of one’s placenta has been used by Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries, but here in the United States, it is still a relatively new & *shocking* trend! Ask any mother who has compared postpartum experiences with & without the help of her placenta, you will hear glowing reviews! Read more at Placenta Benefits http://placentabenefits.info/index.asp or ask at PAXbaby.com!!!!

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You are not alone…

PAXmommy Mel — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:08:10 +0000

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PAXmommy Mel was recently interviewed for an amazing project called The Mamas Project:

(Post 1/2). Following her first two children Mel struggled with what she now identifies as postpartum anxiety. “I always thought that postpartum depression was about harming yourself or the baby. I didn’t realize that it could include anxiety and anger, and many other things. I felt so much rage at the silliest things, like my husband shhhh-ing the baby incorrectly and I didn’t realize that I wasn’t alone. In talking with friends later, I realized how common it was.” For Mel the anxiety was heightened with a baby that slept less than an hour at a time and a high energy toddler that needed constant attention. Sleep and patience seem to go hand in hand. “People would say, you should be happy, you have two beautiful kids. And I was like, no one chooses to feel this way.” #tbt #anxiety #postpartum #motherhood #truth #motherhoodmoments #ppd #themamasproject #octobermama

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Hearts 4 Africa and Hippi Kid

PAXmommy Mel — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:34:14 +0000

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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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200 women die in childbirth in Africa every single day. 200 is just a staggering, unbelievable number. What is more troubling is how easy and inexpensive it is to save these precious lives. $2.50 can purchase a vile of pitocin that can save a mother from postpartum hemorrhaging, a leading cause of maternal death. That’s right. Two dollars and fifty cents.

Imagine going in to the hospital to deliver your baby, and this is the scenario: You have to travel for days, mostly by foot. You are required to bring everything you will need with you, nothing is supplied, not even a bed and most certainly not linens or blankets or food or water. If you do not bring the supplies you need, you simply will not be provided them and if you don’t have money they will turn you away.

These are the obstacles many women in Africa face, in order to receive any kind of maternity care, but sadly, even after doing all they can to keep their babies safe, they are not always afforded the luxury of care, even in a life or death situation.

In a recent video I was sent, a mother was kicked out of the hospital and left on the side of the road bleeding to death because she did not have $50 to pay for the gas needed to transport her to the nearest hospital with up to date facilities. One of the midwives from Hearts4Africa stopped and saw this women dying and paid the $50 but it was too late, she had started bleeding several hours before and she and her baby passed away. When I say hospital, it is not at all what you might think. The hospitals that I have seen resemble a shabby garage, with dirty floors and women laying around, generally unattended fending for themselves, no sanitary supplies, no educated Doctors or Midwives. Almost more troubling than mothers and babies dying is the unimaginable fate of already living children whose mothers have just passed away. We have to work together to give these people a better life, better outcomes, and maternity care and support!

We are building a birth center in Uganda, to make this care more accessible. The land for the birth center has already been donated, the plans are drawn up and the head Obstetrician and midwife are already there helping women the best they can. Supplies are being stocked for the small onsite facility they have now and construction on the birth center will begin shortly.

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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/

Can’t bid on the auctions? You can still help!!
For every single purchase made from Hippilongstockings.com we donate a coordinating item to a child or mother in need.

With every purchase made from Hippilongstockings.com, we are one step closer to saving the lives of mothers and children in need. 200 women die every single day in childbirth in Africa. This is why our number one commitment is working to lower the maternal and infant death rate world wide.

On April 4, 2012, my daughter and I almost died. I suffered a severe placental abruption which has a less than 1% survival rate worldwide. I was spared because of my access to prenatal education and my geographical location. This event made me start thinking about women and babies who are not as lucky. After much consideration trying to figure out how we could help these women, my husband and I developed the Giving Tree Muslin Swaddle Blanket, and Hippi Longstockings was born. Every time a blanket is purchased, we donate $1 and 1 receiving blanket to help fund construction and stock the first life saving birth center in Iganga, Uganda.

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