Holly Zurer, Birth Doula

04/14/2025

09/30/2024

In case you know anybody..... Are you a certified birth doula that lives within an hour of Portsmouth Hospital? Portsmouth Hospital’s doula program is growing again! Come join our dynamic team and enjoy scheduled call and 12 hour shifts. Join a team working with evidenced based and consent based care. For more information about the positions and the program, please write to Holly.Zurer@hcahealthcare.com. To submit an application, please go to:

08/05/2024

Have you been wondering if your baby is getting the right amount of sleep during the day? 😴

When I first had my son, I was constantly wondering if I was using the right wake window for his age. Eventually, after a lot of investigating and comparing, I found what I was looking for. To be honest, it was my sleep consultant program that gave me the best information on wake windows.

So, I decided to create a version that has all the information I've learned, and I put it in one place. You can download it for FREE on my website. Let me know what you think!

Wake Window Guide: From Newborn to 3 years old!

https://www.discoverbettersleep.com/freesleepcontent

05/19/2024

Birth doulas: 24/7 call can be tough. Join a dynamic doula team with paid call and a shared schedule. Portsmouth Regional Hospital is looking to add to our per diem doula team. Are you experienced, certified, available to work nights and do you live within an hour of Portsmouth, New Hampshire? Portsmouth Hospital provides evidenced based care with a supportive team of obs and nurses. If you would like to learn more, please reach out to me at holly.zurer@hcahealthcare.com or apply here:

Doula Cert PRN in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States

10/22/2023

This looks great!

Join me for this free workshop on returning to work while breastfeeding! This webinar will help you: — get your partner, childcare provider, and employer on board with what you need — teach you the pumping hacks no one’s told you yet — prepare you to head back to work confidently It’s neve...

09/28/2023

If you'd like to see the birthing unit at Portsmouth Hospital and meet the providers, nurses and some of the doulas, head on over on Monday evening.

🌟 Join us for an Open House Event 🌟

Here are the details:

📅 Date: October 2nd
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
🏥 Location: Portsmouth Regional Hospital

What to Expect:

🤰 Guided Tours: Get an exclusive look at our Labor & Delivery Unit.
🍿 Delicious Appetizers: Snacks will be available as you mingle with fellow expecting parents.
👩‍⚕️ Meet Our Team: Connect with our experienced healthcare providers who are here to support you.
🤝Community Connection: Build a support network and share experiences with other moms and dads-to-be.
🎁Free Raffle: Just by attending you will be entered into a FREE raffle; prize value is $250. The prize basket is packed with Honest Goodies and so much more!

This event is all about you, our valued parents-to-be. We can't wait to meet you, share in your excitement, and provide insights into the exceptional care and support available.

Mark your calendar and drop a 💜 below if you plan on attending!

07/15/2023

This looks great.

Join me tomorrow for Prenatal Yoga!

When: Saturday at 10:30 am
Where: Gentle Harmonies 323 Gonic Rd in Rochester
Cost: $12 drop in/$55 for 6 classes
Register at www.gentleharmonies.com

04/24/2023

You are doing an amazing job!

I shared it on stories last week, but with my little one’s pending EI evaluation, I have felt those thoughts creeping in….especially with him being my third….

“I should’ve done more with him”

“Maybe it’s because he is the third kid, and I am more distracted”

Nothing new for me…the tendency to lean into guilt, spiraling into what I could have done differently in the past and what that may mean for his future…but here's where it got interesting…

I usually just sit with those feelings. Very rarely do I try to articulate them, but for some reason this time I did. & when I shared that internal dialogue with my husband, he said quite literally…

“It’s wild your mind would even go there. It would never even cross my mind that something I did or didn’t do would have contributed to this.”

just like that…and somehow, the simplicity of realizing I was completely putting this on myself, and for what?? was so eye opening, AND after sharing that in stories, I received SO many messages of solidarity from other moms that have felt that way/currently do, and it really got me thinking…

why is that? why is that often something isolated to moms?

Is it the mental load? Is it society? Is it personality? Is it a bit of all of it?

Because the reality is, at least for Jay & I, this convo tracks with our overall personalities…the quickest summary of which I’d say is that I LOVE to hang out in the past & future…all I could have done, the spirals of what the future may hold. And jay…well he sits really comfortably right in the present, something I have to be really mindful of.

So on that note….I’d love to hear your thoughts on this random ramble/revelation…have you experienced this? Any tips/tricks/advice if you’ve made it out the other side? I’d love to hear!