childbirth preparation

A Breast Field-Trip

Many changes occur in a woman’s breasts during her pregnancy and after the baby is born. When new mothers come to me with breastfeeding difficulties, and I ask them if their nipples are “cracked”, they sometimes are not sure. “I don’t know what my nipples looked like before the baby started to suck on them. …

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Why I Am A Doula

I became a doula because I was a childbirth teacher who got curious and went to a “labour support” course thinking I would learn some useful things to teach the dads and partners in my classes.  This was way back in 1994, when I didn’t know the word “doula” and had a 5-year-old, a 3-year-old …

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