Along the Way Doula

09/26/2018

Wonderful read: "Team Birth Project" - 2 local hospitals are piloting this!

South Shore Hospital is attempting to lower its rate of Cesarean births. One couple let WBUR sit in on their birth of their twin boys to see the plan in action.

05/06/2018

Happy International Day of the Midwife!!

03/26/2018

Great visual!

Better visuals support our minds to blossom our babies down through labor 🌸🌻🌼

03/22/2018

Happy World Doula Week!

11/27/2017

https://womenshealthtoday.blog/2017/07/30/how-cultures-protect-the-new-mother/

What can we learn from the cultural postpartum rituals of low-income, developing countries?

10/21/2017

Definitely bring a meal and tidy up (wash dishes, sweep, etc.) New moms rarely ask for the help.

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09/16/2017

L&D nurses are the best! I have the most fond memories both personally and professionally with them. Thanks for all you do

07/21/2017

We schedule our work and leisure dates, why not the birth dates of our babies? Anthropologist Barbara J. King looks at this trend in evolutionary perspective.

07/07/2017

Big win for our state

Listen Listening...

07/04/2017

Such a great product!

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06/28/2017

What if we stopped telling women to push when they’re in labor? That’s the philosophy behind a new program at a U.K. hospital, and the results are amazing.

05/13/2017

Such an important topic

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

05/06/2017

Happy International Day of the Midwife to all of you midwives. You touch many lives!

05/03/2017

Great article

May is International Doula Month and I am delighted to recognize and celebrate this important member of the birth team today on Science & Sensibility.  A birth doula is a trained person (both men and women can be and are doulas) who supports a birthing person and their family during labor and birth…

05/03/2017

I just received my DONA recertification in the mail. Just in time: Happy International Doula month!

03/26/2017

Some wonderful pics!

What is a doula? There isn't an easy definition because what a doula does varies just as much as the birthing people she or he works with. Doulas are there to hold our hands, to reassure us with their words. They can suggest new positions or alleviate pain through counter-pressure and hip sque

03/23/2017

Who loves doulas?

03/13/2017

Love this!

Photographer Neely Ker-Fox knows what it's like to struggle with body image issues during and after pregnancy. After giving birth to her second child, sh...