Doula Blog
Guidance, resources, and wisdom from a team of doulas and childbirth educators to help prepare you for a safe, healthy, and empowering pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and beyond.
Push It Real Good
In childbirth, pushing positions are game-changers. Opting for gravity-friendly positions, like hands and knees or side lying, enhances comfort and pelvic alignment. Comprehensive childbirth education and doula support empower informed choices aligning with personal preferences. Water births provide unique benefits, offering pain relief and supporting movement. While epidurals offer pain relief, they limit movement, emphasizing the need for advocating position changes. Chiropractic care and pelvic floor therapy ensure optimal pelvic alignment. The key? Empowerment and advocacy, shaping a positive birthing experience through informed decisions and personalized choices.
Nurturing Your Body and Easing Pregnancy Discomfort
During the remarkable journey of pregnancy, your body undergoes remarkable shifts and transformations to accommodate the growth of your little one. While some of these changes may bring about discomfort, making everyday activities like sleeping more challenging, it's important to understand that stress can often play a significant role in intensifying these discomforts. Indeed, stress has a tangible impact on our physical well-being.
How to write an effective and meaningful birth plan
Exploring the Assumed Norm and Gaining a Fresh Perspective for Optimal Safety and Health. Writing a birth plan is important but the process of creating your birth plan is where the true value and growth exists. You may have heard someone say "Birth plans are pointless!” or “You can't plan your birth, so why have a birth plan?”. We are here to tell you that I agree with part of that statement. You can't 100% predict or plan your birth but you can reduce your fear and uncertainty and increase your confidence as you prepare for your upcoming birth.
7 Reasons to Hire a Doula
A doula is a person, typically without formal obstetric training, who is employed by the birthing person to provide guidance and support during pregnancy, labor, and birth. A doula is a person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a birthing person before, during, and just after childbirth. Doula’s help to support birthing families through the life changing experience of having a baby.