Written by guest blogger Amanda Michaelson Bodies are truly unbelievable! The first 12 weeks after childbirth are often referred to as the 4th trimester. Is it a time of immense physical and emotional change for both parent and baby. As a mom, you are healing and adjusting to having a new addition to your family, (maybe even for the first …
In this time of uncertainty, you may feel a little apprehensive about your birthing. If this is your first baby, you might not know what to expect and new hospital or birth centre protocols may have you even more confused. If this is baby number two or more, this birth may be very different from your previous experience and you …
I was a frail and grey ninety pounds when my husband carried me into the emergency room for the third time in a week. After several hours of being sick that morning, I couldn’t even pull myself off the bathroom floor. This pattern had gone on for weeks and by this day we knew something wasn’t right. We were young, …
You’re pregnant and expecting and the local Facebook group is raving about the support doulas can provide. You’ve heard about how doulas can support home birth, or water birth or birth with midwives. But you’re planning to have a caesarean. Surely a doula can’t too much for you right? Wrong! Let us blow this myth right out of the water. …
There are many blogs that have been written about what to pack in your bag for the hospital or birth centre. We often find there are a few important things missing from those lists. Of course, when packing for your labour and birth it’s important to bring the essentials such as sanitary pads, clothes for baby and diapers, but here …
Working as a doula for nearly nine years, I’ve seen every side of this work. I began my career working almost entirely as a birth doula. I felt compelled to support pregnant people and their families through all the twists and turns that pregnancy and birth had to offer. While I still do plenty of births and love them just …