Doe & Dear Doula Services

07/29/2021

Hello! My name is Rivka Landsberg and I am a settler born on traditional Sinixt a… Rivka Landsberg needs your support for Smudge Kits for Indigenous Birthers

07/23/2021

Consent around birth and the birthing body is so important rarely spoken about. Thank you so much to for sharing this piece. Everyone in the birthworking space needs to read this! 💛 •
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04/09/2021

Spring is happening and the transition feels so good! 🌷 Here’s to the spring babies coming earthside 💛•
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03/18/2021

A happy baby me! A few days ago was my birthday and I am so grateful for all the love around me and for my mumma who brought me earthside. My mumma is so powerful, I had her in transition for 8 hours! I was born at home in the woods surrounded by my Aba, 5 sisters and Meema 💛
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02/06/2021

Beautiful doula necklace from 💛🌙•
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01/29/2021

A visual representation of your mucus plug escaping and leaving the cervix behind 👋•
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01/28/2021

As a doula accessibility is very important to me. I never want financial barriers to come between a birthing person getting the support and help they so deserve! Unfortunately, these barriers do exist all too often. In an attempt to make things a bit more accessible I have changed my service fees to a sliding scale model and also have payment plan options. If you want doula support and the sliding scale numbers are too high for you, reach out and we can work something out! •
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01/10/2021

GIVEAWAY! Beyond excited to offer up a 1 hour virtual tarot reading with ! These readings are such a wonderful opportunity to focus in on a question,issue and or intention for the year ahead! • To Enter Follow Tag a friend in the comments Share this post in your story for a bonus entry!

01/03/2021

Birth as Ceremony ✨ Birth is such a politically potent site of transformation! All communities have ceremonies around birth and it is so important that those are revitalized and supported in ALL birth settings! One of my personal favourites is to have a gathering called a blessing way a few weeks before the due date. At the blessing way you can have your closest support people with you and distribute a candle to each of them. When you go into birth, you or your birth partner can notify your blessing way group and they will all light their candle in honour of you and your birth to come ✨ What are your favourite birth ceremonies and traditions? •
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12/31/2020

The postpartum period is an intense time for rest, connection and healing. Here is a postpartum prep list to consider during pregnancy to support a restorative postpartum transition!•
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12/28/2020

Tips for being a great birth partner! My doula teacher taught us that your interventions should always match the energy and stage of labour. No one wants to be tickled during transition ;) Thanks Louise for being my model! •
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09/27/2020

Oh how I love Calendula! The queen of anti-fungal, anti-microbial and anti-bacterial! The wound healer! Calendula unlike arnica can be used on broken skin! It is wonderful in an ointment to soothe and heal the perineum after birth 💛•
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08/23/2020

Safe birthing positions with an epidural! •
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08/12/2020

Raspberry Leaf is an incredible herbal medicinal for the uterus! The leaves are healing for both menstrual uterine cramps as well as toning the uterus in preparation for birth! Try out the following infusion!•
Mix 1 1/2 teaspoons of dried raspberry leaf in a cup of hot boiling water and let infuse for five minutes before straining and drinking! I also love making a big batch and keeping it chilled in the fridge as an iced tea 💛•
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07/27/2020

🌟They told you about the contractions, but did they tell you about the expansion? Did they tell you how your body would open to make way for the whole universe to pass through? Did they tell you how your heart would explode with a love bigger than anything you’ve ever known as you pulled your baby to your chest?

🌟They told you about the ring of fire but did they tell you about the crown of stars? Did they mention that there’s a moment when your baby enters the world and you leave your body and touch the heavens and become the light of a million galaxies? Did they tell you how the pain of stretching to receive your child would be more exquisite than any sensation you've felt?

🌟They told you would scream but did they tell you about how would you roar? Did they tell you about the power that would rise up from your belly as you called your baby forth with your mighty voice? Did they tell you how you would embody the wild woman within you as breathe fire with your song?

🌟They told you would bleed, but did they tell you how that sacred blood wouldn't scare you? How you would feel grateful for that magical liquid of life as it trickled down your leg - how you would honour its flow and how it would help you heal a lifetime of hating your body's bleeding cycle.

🌟They told these stories and taught you to fear birth, to fear your power, to fear yourself. But you are stronger and wiser than that mama. You know that birth is your divine dance, your soul's song, your moment with God, and you walk fearlessly into her open arms.

Beautiful words and art by: Catie from Spirit Y Sol

07/16/2020

Get ready for Native Breastfeeding Week! August 9-15th, 2020.

06/28/2020

The doula mobile is ready to go!•
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@ Fernie, British Columbia

06/20/2020

Abortion is healthcare! Access to safe abortion is vital and many females do not have the privilege of having that access. One of my passions as a doula is destigmatizing and demistifying abortion. Check out my story for info on what an abortion is, what your options are and what to expect.•
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@ Fernie, British Columbia

06/10/2020

Support Black Mamas!
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I AM MAMA is a movement bc us mamas are moving. Don’t stop! We fight til we win. ———— George, we heard your cry for Mama! We wept as we listened, and we realized that Mama was also justice, air, and love. Black mamas understood and white mamas stood and declared I AM MAMA! We are all running to answer you. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - I am bold. I am bold enough to challenge and confront any and all racism and fear with in my own heart. I recognize that this is the most important work I can do.⠀
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I AM MAMA - I speak. I fearlessly speak, challenge, and confront all acts of racism in my home, my place of worship, my work, in my grocery store, and any place where I am present. My voice cannot be silenced because of fear or thoughts of inadequacy. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - I protect. I fight to protect those who are in danger. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - l comfort. I seek to comfort the pain and the lamenting of others. Because I am a mama I instinctively know when my shoulder is needed to cry on, and when my arms are needed to hug. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - I listen. I listen to opinions that are uncomfortable and unlike mine for the sake of my children. ⠀
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I AM MAMA- I see. I see the differences in others. I am not color blind, however, I am color aware. Blindness leads to unawareness, unawareness leads to inaction. I act because I can see. My awareness of our differences empowers me to truly love unconditionally and appreciate every uniqueness. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - I learn. I take the time to learn the world outside of my own, realizing that the experiences of others are valid and real. I do not discredit what is unfamiliar to me or what makes me uncomfortable. My teachable heart cultivates wisdom in my actions. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - I teach. I teach my children to love others as we love ourselves. I teach my children through the example that I AM. ⠀
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I AM MAMA - I heal. I tirelessly pour out my love to assurethat every child, of every color, has the same privileges as the next.⠀
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I AM MAMA - because of my love - and loving is what I do best. ⠀
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This is our battle cry! … I. AM. MAMA! ⠀
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George, we hear you. And we are here.⠀
I AM MAMA!⠀

06/05/2020

05/28/2020

💫Louise and I want to do another giveaway!

✨This time I want to gift one of my new services; either a placenta print or belly cast! The winner of the giveaway can have it for themselves or gift it to one of their friends! I will send a gift certificate for whichever service you prefer and it will have no expiration date! People anywhere in the east or west Kootenay’s are eligible!•
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To Enter Giveaway:
Make sure you follow me!
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Thank you all for your continued support!•
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@ Fernie, British Columbia

05/25/2020

Service Announcement!• I am now offering belly casts and placenta prints! These services can be added to your birth package with me or as separate service! I can do the belly cast as part of a gathering or one-on-one! I will reenforce the cast, sand it, and paint it whichever color you like! For placenta prints I can collect the placenta from wherever you are birthing and do a print with added watercolours or without✨•
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@ Fernie, British Columbia

05/24/2020

Hi lovely humans! I wanted to introduce myself to you all especially now that I have a bunch of new followers (thank you!).

✨My name is Rivka Landsberg and I am settler from Nelson BC. I am the youngest of 6 daughters and have had the joy in supporting many of my siblings during the births of their children. I went to Quest University Canada for my undergrad in Liberal Arts & Sciences focusing on indigenous feminism.

👩🏻‍🎓I moved to Victoria and did my birth doula training and MA in Political Science & Indigenous Nationhood at UVIC. I am currently living in Fernie BC and doing my MA research on the resurgence of indigenous birthing practices in Canada and more specifically Sinixt and Ktunaxa territory.

🌱I am also currently doing a herbalist certificate through Pacific Rim and I am super excited to include herbal offerings in my doula practice!

🐕I live in Fernie with my wonderful partner Kevin and our sassy doggy Louise!

💛I am incredibly passionate about birth practices and politics and ultimately supporting females with with their reproductive five and sexual health.•
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05/16/2020

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 ✨
𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 💙 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

#𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤

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05/12/2020

GIVEAWAY TIME ⚡️ to celebrate the launch of Doe & Dear and all of your wonderful support we are giving away some treats! The giveaway includes beautiful dried rose petals from Organic Matters, Good Life pure essential oil blend and Rest Assured roll on from Giveaway Instructions! 💛 Like this picture.
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05/08/2020

Book a consultation through our website doeanddear.com!

What’s included in a birth package?
The birth doula package includes;

~Initial meet and greet

~Extensive resource list and support for making a birth plan

~2-3 One hour meetings during your 3rd trimester

~24/7 Email and phone support

~Use of my birth balls, massagers, cooling and heating packs

~Continuous labor support from whenever you need me at the onset of labor until about 2 hours after your baby is born

~Postpartum herbal care bundle

~2-3 One hour postpartum visits, including breastfeeding support

Birth doula services in Fernie BC and the East Kootenays. Childbirth education and breastfeeding support.

05/07/2020

I believe doulas can play a vital role in advocating for their clients who don’t identify as women ✨ This wonderful chart is from •
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05/07/2020

This weeks reproduction reading! The most current edition of focuses on sexuality and reconnecting with intimacy! •
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04/26/2020

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