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02/01/2024

We moved! I decided to relocate back to Northern Ontario which means that Waves of Joy Doula Services will now be offering support in Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, and the surrounding areas!!

I'm excited to be here and hopefully meet the needs of the community. Postpartum and birth services will be offered on a sliding scale payment plan to ensure that everyone can receive the services they need.

Be sure to tell all your pregnant, postpartum, and soon to be pregnant friends and family to reach out for a free consultation! 💗🤰🤱🏻

12/18/2023

Got the chance to listen to a really great episode of The Mother Daze today talking about grief and pregnancy loss. What a great reminder that we can and should talk about our grief and lean into our village during hard times 💛💛

09/28/2023

I'm a big advocate for working puppies (or babies) into your life instead of trying to fit into theirs

Enter: Puppy wearing!

If it's good enough for a baby, it's good enough for my dog. Although Ernie enjoyed his time in the carrier, the benefits of wearing your human baby significantly outweigh the benefits of wearing your puppy!

Wearing your baby can:
- reduce crying in your baby
-give you more freedom to do what you want
-help with postpartum depression
-help breastfeeding
-increase social and cognitive development..and so much more!

As your doula, I want to provide you encouragement, education, and support as you begin, or revist, babywearing! 🤱🏻🐶🏕🥾

07/05/2023

Oh Baby! Welcome July! 🌻

I made these cookies a couple of weeks ago for a co-workers baby lunch. If there’s one thing we all agree on, it’s that there’s never a bad time for a treat! 🍬

Did you know that a baby’s taste buds develop in the womb? Studies have shown that mothers who eat a lot of a certain food, like garlic, will result in their amniotic fluid tasting and smelling like that food. Your baby could be swimming around in a garlic pool for 9 months!

This also means that the more variety in your diet, the more likely your baby is to enjoy a variety of foods!

05/14/2023

“Mothering takes on many forms. It is enduring empathy, kindness, and caring. The inherent desire to nurture and grow from a seedling. It is the ability to keep loving, unconditionally, even when you feel taken for granted. Motherhood is the strength it takes to love others.”

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms; with their babies, soon to be moms, moms who experienced loss, and to moms still on the journey to motherhood. And all the moms in between, especially mine! 💐🌷🥰

04/05/2023

This is a birth story from Your Zen Mama. I had mentioned earlier that Teresa Palmer, from The Mother Daze Podcast, is one of my favourites. Today I’m sharing the birth story of her newest addition! If you’re interested in hearing more, there is also an episode of The Mother Daze dedicated to this story.

“The shower was really where I wanted to stay, I felt relief in the heat of the water pounding on my back. The waves were considerably different than I remembered, instead of the tightening through the front of my stomach my back was bearing the brunt of the sensation. I had a few moments of feeling fearful in the shower and intuitively Mark suggested we get out of the shower and try the birth ball just to switch things up.”

To read the rest of the story visit Your Zen Mama: https://www.yourzenmama.com/new-blog/birth-story-prairie-moon

04/02/2023

As you welcome your newest addition, things can be stressful and uncertain. I’m here to take that stress and uncertainty away. You should have the opportunity to enjoy this new baby, whether it’s your first or your tenth! I can provide education such as soothing techniques, breast- and bottle-feeding support, and milestone information. I can talk to you about your recovery, your birth, and your anxieties. But most importantly, you can lean on me with those tasks that are too much to handle right now. I will help with housework, meal prep, and your other children. My goal as a postpartum doula is to make the transition seamless and let you and your family enjoy this new life.

For more information on what I can provide you as your postpartum doula, visit my website, email me, or send me a private message.

03/29/2023

To know me is to know that I love to cook. I completed a program in Baking and Pastry Arts and I never show up to an event empty handed. Today I have a simple, warming crostini to help you through those long days of breastfeeding. The best part about this recipe is that it can be adjusted to your tastes or the ingredients you have. As your postpartum doula, I can whip up a warming crostini or any other postpartum snacks and meals your body needs for healing. This snack is easy to make, delicious to eat, and can provide you with the nutrients the postpartum body needs!

Whole wheat baguette
Fig preserves (or any jam)
Brie cheese (or your favourite cheese)
Apple slices

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Slice the baguette into disks
Spread fig preserves on one side of the baguette
Slice pieces of brie cheese about the size of the baguette rounds and place on top of the baguette and fig preserves
Place apple slices on top of the cheese
Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and baguette is crunchy
Enjoy!

03/26/2023

Every birth is different and I’m trained to meet you where you’re at. If you’re having a C-section, home birth, medicated birth, or any other kind of birth, I’m there! Because every birth is different, I meet with my clients to discuss exactly what their needs are and how I can meet them. I will help you create a birth plan and provide you with evidence-based information so that you can make informed decisions. The only ‘right’ way to birth is the way that makes you most comfortable and I want to help you achieve that.

Right now, all of my services are on a pay what you can scale! To discuss your birth and how I can assist you, reach out through my website, email, or private message.

03/25/2023

Happy World Doula Week!
"Birth is not only about making babies, birth is about making mothers. Strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength"- Barbara Rothman

The magic and strength is in YOU!! 💪💕💫
I can help you every step of the way on your journey to motherhood and beyond. You got this!

03/22/2023

Birth and your experience can have a huge impact on you for the rest of your life. With a lasting imprint like that, shouldn’t we try to make it a good experience? That’s where I come in. There is nothing I want more than for you to be able to come out of your birth experience feeling fulfilled. I want to be able to support you through your pregnancy journey, labour and birth, and post-partum. My goal is to help you through those transitions and to ride the waves of life together! Contact me (website, email, private message) for more information on how I can help your mind, body, and spirit.

Ina May Gaskin or “the mother of authentic midwifery”. What I wouldn’t give to visit The Farm! To learn more about Ina May and her work in the birth community pick of one of her books today.

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