Sage Family Wellness

April is Cesarean Awareness Month! The intent is to bring awareness and education to birthing families and make pregnant people aware that vaginal births can often be a viable option instead of a c-section. Currently, the cesarean rates in America are over 30%, evidence suggests that an ideal surgical birth rate of approximately 5-10% is best for positive outcomes for birthing persons and babies!

It’s all about perspective! If we can view everything objectively with gratitude, as a lesson, test, blessing and gift we can continue to grow and thrive and help make ourselves and others happier and healthier! We’ve all endured things that we thought we couldn’t, that we knew would break us, but we’ve persevered and learned! When your plans and world are completely skewed be thankful for the removal of the things that no longer serve and will help us to create new and better things!

Bowls are an easy solution to meal and snack time! Wild rice, quinoa, beans, avocados, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits, anything that sounds good and is filled with nutrition for you and your loved ones! Add sauces and seasonings according to your mood, ... Mexican, Asian, Indian, get creative! It’s a perfect way to sneak in new, unique or otherwise left out ingredients!

All vitamins, minerals and nutrients are beneficial and necessary from preconception through lactation, folate is one of the key nutrients to consume in pregnancy for your perfect baby recipe: So what’s folate and where do I get it? Folate helps to make DNA and other genetics material, allow your cells to divide, build red blood cells, baby's brain, skull and spinal cord, helps carry oxygen around your body, prevent anemia and all kinds of goodies! Folate vs Folic acid Fola...te is the whole food, naturally occurring version and folic acid is synthetic! Good sources of folate... Avocado - The folate in 1 avo has almost 50% daily recommended amount! Plus potassium and vitamins K, C, and B6 as Spinach - Folate in one raw cup is 15% of the DV, fiber and vitamins K and A Eggs - 1 egg has about 6% of the DV of folate and protein, selenium, riboflavin, vitamin B12, lutein and zeaxanthin Other great sources of folate: Strawberries Lentils Asparagus Nuts Beans Beets Papaya