Doula Chats: Home, Birthing Center, or Hospital?

 

I’ll never forget how my eyes widened when I found out as a 21-year-old student teacher that one of my students had been born at home ON PURPOSE. *shock and awe* Honestly, it had never occurred to me that birth happened anywhere BUT a hospital.

Doula Chats: Unmedicated Birth Mindset

An unmedicated birth happens one wave at a time. When each comes, you have a choice: believe that you can, or believe that you can't.

Doula Chats: How Fathers can Prepare

 

One of the things that I always stress with my clients is that I do not replace fathers. In fact, I have often heard of mothers hiring doulas specifically for the role they play in supporting fathers. So often they want to help, but they may not know where to start.

Here are some suggestions!

Doula Chats: Midwife or OBGYN?

Throughout all of history, Midwives have served women as they have entered motherhood, but within the last century or so, Obstetric Gynecologists (OBGYN) have become a normal part of birth. Though they both operate as medical caretakers for women, their method of care is very different.

Doula Chats: Fetal Monitoring

What is fetal monitoring? What valuable information do we gain from fetal monitoring, and what are the risks and benefits? What are my options with fetal monitoring?

Fetal monitoring is when providers use tools to measure the baby’s heart rate and/or the intensity of your contractions. How often this monitoring is done and how it is measured depends on your preferences, the policies of your birthing location, and the preferences of your provider.

Mommy + Me Minis 2022

I love being a mom. I love that I get to develop loving and intimate relationships with these little people who I admire just as much as they admire me - if not more. It's these looks of adoration that I love to have photographed.

The One Where I Almost Caught a Baby

You read that right... I almost caught someone's baby. And I am not a midwife. Let me tell you about it.