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Squatty Potty!
We know that squatting helps to push a baby out. It makes sense to align the baby directly over the outlet it is supposed to come out of instead of laying like a dead roach in the bed. Well western and...
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HER Journey
I have a doula who once shared that she had been supporting a mom in labor for a couple of days who eventually ended up having a cesarean. Another doula- not in my company- asked her, “Don’t you wish...
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Magical Births Don’t Just Happen
Well… I guess they could, but it is really rare. Sometimes women come to us as doulas and begin to detail their dream birth. They tell you how they want it to unfold. And then we ask them what they are...
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4 Births in 4 Days… What I learned
My first birth was a client who was in my very first BOLD weekend back when it was called Fear to Freedom. The mom had an early labor that was fairly mild. Her partner had called me and when I reminded...
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Hardest Thing About Being a Doula
I used to think it was being on call that made my job hard. The never knowing when a mom may go into labor- realizing those theater tickets or that concert ticket that was costly was not going to...
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Hands and Hearts
These are the two things that I feel are most important as a labor doula: Hearts and Hands. Hearts to hold the love and caring that is needed to support women in their journey to motherhood. Hearts to...
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