Lauren DePaul, Doula

12/06/2022

🎊 GRAND OPENING 🎊

Saturday, 12/17 from 2:00pm-5:00pm

123 E Alvarado Street, Fallbrook 92028

Please join us to celebrate the final opening of our beautiful new birth center! We have been hard at work moving, unpacking, and organizing and are so excited to share this wonderful project with our community.

We hope you can make it, and we are looking forward to catching up with many of the families who helped us to reach this achievement.

Our deepest thanks to all of the Acorn babies who brought us here, and cheers to those who we’re still waiting to meet ✨

11/07/2022

Fun Fact Monday! (Is that a thing? Should I make it a thing??)

Home birth is an “intangible cultural heritage” in the Netherlands!

That means UNESCO considers it “a practice, representation, knowledge, or skill” that is part of their cultural heritage.

In the Netherlands, about 30% of births take place at home. 🏡
This is especially worth noting because they are ranked as one of the countries with the best maternal healthcare in the world. 🏅
In fact, in 2019 their maternal mortality rate was 5.3 per 100,000 births. (Much better than the US’s 17.4!) 🫣

If you’re interested in a home birth, I’m happy to help you find the tools and support you need! Because I know you can do it! 💪

11/03/2022

There are a lot of MYTHS and unrealistically expectations around babies and toddler’s sleep! 😴😪👶
If you think you NEED to get your baby sleeping through the night, or that you’re doing something wrong when they aren’t… thank again. Nature says otherwise 🌱🌿🪴

It felt easy to be gentle and responsive with a baby, she said. To welcome her baby into her bed. To respond to his cries. To feed him on demand.  But then her baby became a toddler. And things started to feel different.  Society’s white noise started to resonate a little louder and she felt [.....

10/26/2022

Hey San Diego! Have you considered midwifery care? Birth can happen in the hospital... and it can happen at a birth center or at home! Check all the options to decide what's right for you 😊

Thank you for all of the referrals! I am filling up but I do have a few openings. Let’s have empowering births together!

My website: Sandiegocountymidwives.com
has lots of great information. Check it out!

10/11/2022

Is it still 75F outside? Yes. Am I indulging in my annual obsession with apple cider anyway? YES 🥰🤤🫠

10/11/2022

What do you think, San Diego?

These hospitals met the Healthy People 2030 incremental goal to reduce unnecessary cesarean surgeries last year. That means they had fewer than 23.6% of low-risk first time births end in c-section! Is that number still high? Yes. Is it moving in the right direction? YES! Good work, Tri-City, Scripps Encinitas and Palomar Escondido. KEEP GOING!

10/07/2022

Some find the changes in their body during pregnancy to be ✨SO EXCITING✨

But for many, the changes, the weight gain, 🤰 the bump… (even though it means they’re doing to miraculous work of growing a whole new human🤯) triggers negative feels about their body image.
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You are not alone! And you're no less 🌟glowing🌟 because of those feelings.

And yes, after your baby is born you will still have a big belly. At least for a while. Any stretch makes you gained will probably stay. Whether you bottle or body feed your baby, you’ll probably experience some engorgement thus maybe more stretch marks. You may start to feel like a 🐯 You may love it. You may hate it. And it’s ALL NATURAL!

I’m not asking you to believe that every stretch mark and squishy spot is beautiful. But I am asking you to take some pressure off yourself with respect to body image. Your body is doing AMAZING things for you and for your baby during pregnancy and postpartum! Just take a step back and marvel at that for a minute 💫💫💕

09/19/2022

Check out Acorn’s new location!

09/15/2022

New post up on the collective website! Share with anyone who is considering hiring a doula for their next birth 💕

Whether your heart is set on having a doula or you’re still making up your mind, you’ve probably clicked on this article because you’re wondering how to pay for one. With Orange County doulas running an average of $1,500-2,500, we know it’s no small commitment. Luckily, there are a lot of wa...

09/15/2022

Connecting with peers and receiving non-judgmental advice is just what the doula ordered ;)

www.reachperinatalsupport.com
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Reach Perinatal Support

09/05/2022

A little inspiration from your birth doula 💕

“All you need can be found within.” By .gim