Valley Doula Collective

07/01/2021

Please donate and share! https://gofund.me/eed94a63

The Kili'la Birth Keeper Collective is reaching out to our c… Kilila Birth Keeper Collective needs your support for Lytton Fire Emergency Funding for Fleeing Families

03/28/2020

Anyone have some to spare? 💛

Help needed! Do you have a baby heart rate monitor (fetal doptone) at home? Or a home blood pressure monitor? are looking for donations during the COVID-19 crisis to lend out to our midwifery clients. This will allow midwives to monitor patients at home with mild symptoms and provide at-home assessments for people who are self isolating. If you have a monitor please contact your local midwifery practice to coordinate a drop off: https://www.bcmidwives.com/find-a-midwife.html?map_search=

Thank you!

03/20/2020

💛 All our love to people birthing in this hard time, as well as midwives, OB’s, nurses, and birth workers. You are strong and capable. 💛

The current Covid-19 crisis does not discriminate, however some of us are more vulnerable than others. This is particularly true for pregnant women. As health care workers we need to ensure that we are able to continue to perform our vital roles and support and contribute to a safe birthing environment. Please help our Midwives and Doulas by keeping your family home and avoid interaction within the community. We are doing the same. Feel free to share this message.

03/03/2020

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11/08/2019

😂💛

09/27/2019

Great visual on some of the differences between Midwives, OB's, and Doula's!

09/21/2019

Loved this!!

08/26/2019

What a great visual on how the Haakaa works! Save for your newest mommy friends or yourself!

https://www.grassrootsbabystore.com/products/haakaa-silicone-breast-pump-with-suction-base-5-oz

08/10/2019

As I stood there at dusk last night watering and picking my blueberries from the dozen or so bushes... I though of how carefully nature grows fruit.

Can you see all the different “gestations” of berries? Some of these are bright purple. Some are green and some are a purple/green. Imagine if people assumed that all blueberries would be right on the very same day. Imagine picking the berries because it was “the berry due date” even if the berries were green? Imagine not picking the ones that are barely hanging onto the branches?

No one expects nature to know exactly when the fruit will be ripe, we just assume that the blueberry bushes are healthy, loved, cared for and will ripen when they are ready. Cause, you trust Mother Nature knows what to do!

Pregnancy term is anywhere from 37-42 weeks, your “guess date” is on the 40th week. I often share with my clients that they are either due at the beginning, middle or end of the month. Only a tiny percentage of babies are actually born in their due day (GUESS day!)

Trust your body.... and pick your berries when they are ready.

08/03/2019

So important.

Doctors sound dire warnings about having a baby, even though most overweight women give birth without a problem.

06/19/2019

How relatable is this ;)

Haha! Love this. So true. 😂

{comic by Anna Denise}

05/30/2019

Highly recommend this course to help ease new parents’ anxiety and give you tools to help your baby in an emergency!! 💛

We are thrilled to say we have confirmed five venues for a June Okanagan/Interior tour! We will be teaching at the following locations at the end of June:
📍 KAMLOOPS
▪️2-hour Infant/Child CPR, Choking and Injury Prevention
@ Modern Nest - Kamloops' Premier Pregnancy & Parenting Centre Saturday, June 22nd, 1:30pm-3:30pm, $40+GST/participant
Registration link: https://safebeginnings.ca/product/2-hour-infantchild-cpr-class-modern-nest-kamloops/

📍 KELOWNA
ALL THREE COURSES ARE SOLD OUT! Waitlist here: https://safebeginnings.ca/waitlist

📍 PENTICTON
▪️2-hour Infant/Child CPR, Choking and Injury Prevention
@ Purple Lotus Yoga, Sunday, June 23rd, 6:00-8:00pm, $40+GST/participant
Registration link: https://safebeginnings.ca/product/2-hour-infant-child-cpr-class-purple-lotus-yoga-penticton/

📍 VERNON
▪️2-hour Infant/Child CPR, Choking and Injury Prevention
@ The Health Nest, Sunday, June 23rd, 6:00-8:00pm, $40+GST/participant
Registration link: https://safebeginnings.ca/product/2-hour-infant-child-cpr-class-the-health-nest-vernon/

📍 SALMON ARM
▪️2-hour Infant/Child CPR, Choking and Injury Prevention
Namaste Yoga & Wellness Centre Salmon Arm, Sunday, June 23rd, 1:00-3:00pm, $40+GST/participant
Registration link: https://safebeginnings.ca/product/2-hour-infant-child-cpr-class-namaste-yoga-wellness-centre-salmon-arm-2/

05/12/2019

Happy Mother’s Day. You are seen, and you are loved. ❤️

05/04/2019

05/03/2019

Yes! So important ❤️

When a woman is pregnant the number of comments she receives about her body multiplies. The pregnant body becomes a public body, one that everyone believes that they have the right to comment on and touch.

04/30/2019

Squirrel birth!

03/10/2019

THIS RIGHT HERE. This is why during the postpartum time it is so so important that the parents have all the care and love they need. 💛 And also why I am so passionate about photographing that raw postpartum time 💛 - Abbie Rose

02/26/2019

My cutest little date at our doula meeting this morning. What a pleasure to work the the best ladies! Emma Wheeler Abbie Rose