Doula-la Birth and Postpartum Services

11/10/2015

March 31, 2011 "If I were at home, I would have died" — The trouble with extrapolating hospital birth events to homebirth A midwife in North Carolina was recently charged with practicing midwifery without a license because her state does not offer licensure for  Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs…

11/02/2015

11/02/2015

A new study released by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, says that women are no longer at risk for aspirating if they eat food while in labor.

10/28/2015

If you look at scientific literature, you find over and over again that many interventions increase risk to mother and child instead of decreasing it.

10/28/2015

10/27/2015

Great to hear. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) announced this weekend that most healthy women can skip the fasting and, in fact, would benefit from eating a light meal during labor. http://asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2015/10/eating-a-light-meal-during-labor

09/09/2015

Too many women keep silent about the terror of postpartum depression.

09/03/2015

09/02/2015

This is so neat!

08/31/2015

To produce breast milk, mothers melt their own body fat. Are you with me? We literally dissolve parts of ourselves, starting with gluteal-femoral fat, aka our butts, and turn it into liquid to feed our babies. Before and after giving birth to my daughter 10 months ago, I was inundated with urgent di…

08/20/2015

Everyone knows that birth is scary. The word for the debilitating fear of giving birth is Tokophobia, and one in seven women is thought to suffer from...

08/20/2015

As one might expect, I think everyone deserves doula support as part of a strong, cohesive birthing team. I know the benefits of a trained professiona...