Birth Focused Doulas

02/17/2016

02/10/2016

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01/28/2016

Some fun names from last year....Jones (a little girl from Jones st.), Greta, Luca (two of them!), Finn, Dashiell (two of them!), Wilder, Helena, Sophia (two of them!), Theadora, Cillion, Wailan, Otis and Harvey. I love the part when I get to hear the name!

01/17/2016

Oh mom, hi! I love you!!

Image: JanaBrasil Fotografia

01/14/2016

12/03/2015

This could be wonderful for those of you out there with new little ones...

An online retreat to help postpartum mamas move through this transition peacefully.

11/30/2015

Beautiful words and a beautiful image. Strength+Vulnerability

Birth: a beautiful mingling of vulnerability and strength. We hold these seemingly distant states together in our bodies and our souls.

11/05/2015

Really fun to read about a Dude-la. Laura and I often joke that our husband's are on their way to becoming Doulas just by being exposed to so much birth culture. This guy has really run with it.

A man in a woman's world

10/27/2015

Last night's second prenatal with a wonderful couple who calls this their home. Pretty special spot! I know I can't get attached to anything but can we please do some laboring on this deck? At sunset or sunrise perhaps?

10/26/2015

" I can understand how directed, strong pushing could bruise a cervix. But I don’t see how a woman could damage herself by following her urges. In many ways the argument regarding pushing, or not is pointless because once the Ferguson reflex takes over it is beyond anyone’s control. You either let it happen, or start commanding the women to do something she is unable to do ie. stop pushing."
http://midwifethinking.com/2011/01/22/the-anterior-cervical-lip-how-to-ruin-a-perfectly-good-birth/

Edited and update: October 2015 Here is a scenario I keep hearing over and over: A woman is labouring away and all is good. She begins to push with contractions, and her midwife encourages her to f...

10/26/2015

This week we witnessed such a beautiful birth. The kind that reminds you how strong women are, and how an awesome partner and some rockin' doulas, can make a woman feel safe enough to find that power inside herself. They got to the hospital on Wednesday morning, started an induction on Thursday morning, and had a baby on SATURDAY morning. And she did it all without an epidural. Watching her be so present to each moment, so loving to all those around her, and so good at receiving love in return, was inspiring beyond belief.

10/23/2015

"This is the problem with overdue babies: there is very little evidence because so few women allow their pregnancies to go past 42 weeks. As US midwife Gail Hart points out, the most-cited statistic about post-dates babies (that their risk of stillbirth "doubles after 42 weeks") comes from a 1958 study – a time when mortality rates were 10 times what they are now. Also, as Hart argues, induction is hardly risk-free: it carries higher rates of caesarean section, uterine rupture, foetal distress and maternal haemorrhage."

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/01/pregnant-for-10-months

The idea that pregnancy becomes dangerous after 42 weeks is out of date, says Viv Groskop, whose own third baby was nearly three weeks late