Serenity Doula Services

08/27/2022

A few tips if you are planning to breastfeed your little one. 💕

08/22/2022

🌈I would love to hear about your blessing

It's National Rainbow Baby Day. We'd love to hear your rainbow baby stories! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

07/09/2022

Absolutely!! More than "things" new families can use actual support to adjust back to home life after having a baby. It can be hard to get the chores done, shower, adjust to not sleeping, etc. Women may experience new issues after their body just grew another human and need some help to regain muscle strength or alignment. Even better, go in together on some of these sevices with other friends or family members.

05/05/2022

"In all cultures, the midwife's place is on the threshold of life, where intense human emotions, fear, hope, longing, triumph, and incredible physical power-enable a new human being to emerge. Her vocation is unique."

Sheila Kitzinger

04/03/2022

Let us give you the support you deserve 💕

03/27/2022

Birth is not neat and fast: it’s gritty and primal. But it’s nothing to fear, unless you also think we ought to fear women crying when they are sad or laughing when they are happy. If we stop viewing birth as an emergency – it’s NOT – then we can stop imposing anxiety on women about birth.

– Mayim Bialik

03/22/2022

Do you know a Doula? Send some extra love their way this week 💕

Today is the start of World Doula Week!

World Doula Week celebrates the empowerment of doulas all over the world as they work in their respective communities to improve the physiological, social, emotional, and psychological health of women, newborns, and families in birth and in the postpartum period.

Join with us in celebrating doulas everywhere by tagging your doula or doulas you know in the comments below!

03/07/2022

Have you heard of having a Doula to support you through your pregnancy and birth journey?

Here are some unique benefits:
* A personalized birthing experience to facilitate peace, relaxation & comfort
* Less likely to ask for an epidural or other pain management interventions during birth
* Consistent physical support, emotional support, evidence-based educational support & partner support
*Supports your wants, needs & desires
*Packages to fit your needs before, during & after birth

Have Questions? Schedule your free consultant with us today.

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Serenity Doula Services provides birth & postpartum support giving you the tools to make informed decisions about your birth. Offering physical, emotional and spiritual comfort to ease your mind during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum stages. Available in hospitals, birth centers or home.

02/23/2022

This is why we offer postpartum packages & gift certificates! What an amazing gift to help a new family settle in💕

After you have a baby, people often say, "Let me know if you need anything!" And while this is a beautiful sentiment, it's hard for you, as a sleep-deprived parent, to even think about what needs doing other than simply surviving.

Your job is to rest, recover, bond with your baby, and establish a good breastfeeding relationship.

Before you have your baby, start making a list of things you can delegate to other people, and even ask people ahead of time to do them.

You might call your mom and say, "Mom, I'm making a plan for postpartum, and I'd love if it you could come and cook us dinner a 3 nights a week for a few weeks. We'll have someone grocery shop for us, so the fridge and pantry will be stocked. Is that something you could do?"

You might call several women in your neighborhood and arrange for them to watch your older child(ren) in the afternoons so you can shower and nap.

What other things could you ask people to do for you so that you can focus on rest, recovery, and bonding?

02/21/2022

This is so important!

01/31/2022

Never Have I Ever: Breastfeeding Edition!

Give yourself 1 point for each thing you've NEVER done!

11/27/2021

Needing a fantastic birth class? Check this out!

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10/30/2021

This is Dave. Dave didn't attend a childbirth class with his wife. Don't be like Dave. Sign up for a Birth Boot Camp childbirth class so you know what to do.

Visit https://birthbootcamp.com/ for online childbirth classes, or for a directory of instructors teaching in-person classes!

10/28/2021

This or That: Seasons Edition

Would you rather be pregnant through the summer, or pregnant through the winter?

10/23/2021

I don't know about you, but my kids are already handing in their Christmas wish lists.

Make sure you put childbirth classes (and doula or postpartum doula services) on your Christmas wish list! Ryan says!

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10/21/2021

This or That: Babywearing Edition!

If you could only choose one type of baby carrier, would you prefer a structured carrier or a soft wrap?

10/20/2021

Today's partner tips is a fun one!

LOW SOUNDS

What does "low sounds" mean, exactly, and how will that help her labor better?

First things first, you should understand that the throat and vocal cords are sphincters. A sphincter is a ring of muscle surrounding an opening or tube that helps it stay open or closed.

When we practice vocalizing in low tones, that requires opening the sphincters in your throat to let the vocal cords vibrate properly. The throat and the cervix (also a sphincter) are directly connected. When one is tight, so is the other.

When you hear tension in her voice through higher and tighter sounds, remind her to use low sounds. Get close to her and vocalize those low sounds in her ear. Guide her down off that cliff of tension and deep into the open ocean of relaxation.

It might feel strange at first to be vocalizing right alongside her, and that's okay. But we promise that the more you can help her use low sounds, the better she'll manage the waves of each contraction.

10/15/2021

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. We join with voices all over the world to remember the little ones who are no longer with us.

"To the babies born sleeping, those we carried but never held, those we held but could not take home, and those who came home but could not stay: we remember."