Spilt Milk Doula

11/24/2021

Fundraiser for Northern birthing people and Families being displaced due to staffing crisis at Stanton Territorial Hospital DONATE HERE There are approximately 120 NWT and Nunavut individuals/families who were set to give birth in Yellowknife between between December 10 - February 21 who are now bei...

07/15/2021

Variations of normal.

A gorgeous, artful capture of two variations of *normal* birth;
En caul birth (when the amniotic sac or “bag of waters” doesn’t break before the moment of birth or even after. This is somewhat common in homebirth, and most midwives who attend birth at home will say they’ve seen quite a lot of these. It is said these babies carry special emotional capabilities and are destined to be healers 💗💦
and
Nuchal cord (NOO-kul), which is when the cord is looped around the baby’s neck at birth. This is quite common - up to 1/3 of babies have this variation. Longer cords and more active babies seem to have it more often. Some babies have many loops of cord and sometimes it wraps around other parts of the body as well. (I’ve seen 5x around the neck and another wrap on the chest. Baby was born uneventfully at home.)

Beautiful photo,
😍

07/02/2021

Community support by community members is always a win. Beautiful story, imagery, and outcomes here.

One in five babies born in East Arnhem Land are born premature. But this community has a plan to change that.

06/09/2021

Back to two birth support people in Labour and Delivery province wide.

Starting today (June 9) Nova Scotia Health will begin easing restrictions to allow more opportunities for family caregivers and primary support persons to visit patients. http://www.nshealth.ca/news/nova-scotia-health-ease-visitor-restrictions-phases


Effective, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, we will ease visitor restrictions to allow:
TWO family/support people for intensive care units (ICU), for critically ill patients in the emergency department and for labour and birth.
During Phase 2 (earliest date June 16), visitor restrictions will ease further to allow:
ONE designated family/support person for all inpatients.
ONE designated family/support person for patients in emergency departments.
THREE designated support people at a time for palliative patients and others nearing end-of-life.

During Phase 3 (earliest date June 30), restrictions would ease further to allow:
TWO designated family/support person for inpatients.
FOUR designated support people at a time for palliative patients and others nearing end-of-life (private room and at the discretion of healthcare team).
During Phase 4, (starting when the province moves to Phase 4 of the reopening plan), restrictions would ease further to allow:
ONE designated family/support person for ambulatory appointments.
Details for each phase could change and will be confirmed at the time of implementation.

Nova Scotia Health sincerely thanks Nova Scotians for their patience throughout the pandemic and as we work to safely welcome more family members and caregivers back to our facilities.

06/04/2021

We’re kicking off Pride Month by launching the Q***r Doula Toolkit! ✨

We teamed up with our fabulous partners Wellness Within: An Organization for Health and Justice, Tegan and Sara Foundation, and many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community to build a toolkit of resources for 2SLGBTQ+ birthing folks and their support systems!

This toolkit is part of a larger partnership with Wellness Within’s Doula Program.

We will be partnering with Wellness Within for two doula trainings to be offered in the fall, one session for 2QTBIPOC folks and another sessions for 2SLGBTQ+ folks! More information will be available at a later date.

To access and download the toolkit, visit nspirg.ca/toolkit or select the link in our bio to be redirected to the website.

✨ Stayed tuned for the official launch!✨

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Many thanks to our partners, Wellness Within and the Tegan and Sara Foundation, for their passion, work and support in making this project happen.

Thank you to many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community for their collaboration on this project. We are so grateful for all the support, feedback and labour provided throughout the whole process.

Finally, a big thank you to Nicole Marcoux, Jordan Roberts, Audrey Chan, Julia Hutt, and Clark MacIntosh for all the work and passion you folks put into the project.

04/03/2021

When you teach hip squeezes to dad but it’s vocalized that mid back is still burning, you get this.

Gold star.

I shared this in a doula group and people went WILD with gratitude. 2k and climbing. ♥️

My doula account on IG is

03/29/2021

A little over a month ago, Sherri Collins gave birth at home to a son, during a worldwide pandemic. The idea of having a home birth was a given. Collins, who grew up in Gambo, N.L., but now lives outside Calgary, A.B., says she loved the thought

03/25/2021

As it should be.

The measure, believed to be among the first in the world, would apply to couples who lose a pregnancy at any point.

03/19/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/iwk-health-centre-emergency-care-less-than-20-weeks-pregnant-1.5953617

A Nova Scotia couple is opening up about the trauma and grief of pregnancy loss, and the frustration of waiting hours to receive care at the Maritimes only women's and children's hospital.

03/16/2021

This is perfect, Jessie Harrold.

That are completely, 100% normal.