Carrie D Doula Support

11/22/2025

These labor positions can help take care of the business of bein born 👶

Believe it or not, your baby is doing just as much work as you are during labor!

They are in your belly, moving, twisting, turning, and navigating the tight bony spaces of your pelvis, so they can come meet you!

movement during labor can help your baby through each one of those bony levels of the pelvis and release tight pelvic tissues, so they can find their way down with ease.

This diagram shows a few of my favorite movements, many of them are accessible with an epidural and the support of your birth team 🙌

Mothers: Did you find any of these help during your labor?

Moms to be: do you feel confident labor + childbirth movements, or do you feel like you might need some guidance?

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11/22/2025

Japan’s new “night hospitals” are changing how healing works — by treating sleep as a form of medicine itself. Instead of waking patients multiple times each night for routine checks, these hospitals use silent robotic carts, red-spectrum lighting, and wearable sensors that track vitals without disturbing rest. Nurses only enter a room when the system detects an actual change, allowing patients to sleep deeply through the night.

Doctors now confirm what many suspected: uninterrupted sleep boosts immune function, speeds recovery, lowers stress, and reduces complications. Patients report waking up clearer, calmer, and far stronger than in traditional hospitals.
Japan is proving a powerful truth — sometimes the body heals fastest when doctors do less, and sleep does more.

11/16/2025

The relationships I build with my clients bring me joy beyond measure.

I truly love getting to know my families and what they value most, in order to serve them to the best of my ability throughout their pregnancy and in their birthspace.

It is an honour to be invited into someone's life and into the space of their birth - one of the most reverent and sacred experiences on earth - and I don't take that invitation lightly.

When we work together, you will receive my heartfelt attention, care and communication - and my utmost trust in you as your own powerful being.

Reach out to me at carrieddoulayyc@gmail.com if you are looking to feel safe, confident and fully supported in your birth.

Much Love,
Carrie 💜

11/16/2025

Physiology first doesn't always look like what you think it 'should'.
It's much more about connecting with your underlying values and intentions. 💜

11/16/2025

3 out of 3 of my kids were early risers...please, tell me what it's life to have kids who sleep in! 😄

When do I do what, now?

Via

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10/12/2025

“Dating pregnancy is not an exact science and there is considerable variation between women.

It is normal that some women naturally have longer pregnancies than others.

The idea that something terrible will happen if a woman remains pregnant for a moment longer than 42 weeks just isn’t true.

The baby doesn’t turn into a pumpkin at midnight.”

It’s so important that women have full information and are able to look at the pros and cons of different courses of action before making the decisions that are right for them.

Part of that is sorting the myths from the facts.

This quote is from my book, “Inducing Labour: making informed decisions."

Find out more about that and my other books and explore birth-related information and decision making at www.sarawickham.com/iol

07/13/2025

🧠 Fear of childbirth? There’s something that actually works.

A new study found that mindful self-compassion helped first-time moms reduce fear dramatically—from a score of 77 to 46 in just 8 weeks.
No hype. Just real tools that rewire the brain for confidence.

At GentleBirth, we’ve seen this transformation every day.
Fear doesn’t disappear—but it becomes something you can move through with strength, calm, and support.

💛 Birth is a mind-body journey. And the way you think impacts the way you birth.

💬 Read the blog here: https://www.blog.gentlebirth.com/home/reduce-fear-of-childbirth-with-this-one-mindful-practice