Brave Birth Doula Care

08/22/2025

"Parenthood isn’t about becoming someone else—it’s about adding more to who you already are."
This summer taught me how to hold onto old me while embracing the new.
Blog → https://www.nicoleferrellbirth.com/blog/daycare-doula-life-and-motherhood
Class + Workbook → https://www.nicoleferrellbirth.com/store/p/childbirth-education-class-workbook

08/18/2025

"You don’t have to lose yourself to parenthood."
After 20 years in doula work and early childhood education, I thought I knew what to expect. Parenthood still surprised me.
Blog → https://www.nicoleferrellbirth.com/blog/daycare-doula-life-and-motherhood
Class + Workbook → https://www.nicoleferrellbirth.com/store/p/childbirth-education-class-workbook

08/15/2025

"Old me. New me. Still me."
Motherhood didn’t erase who I am—it added to it. This summer of daycare gave me space to stand strong in both.
Read the full story → Read the blog
If you’re expecting, my childbirth education class + digital workbook are on sale here → Check them out

A doula’s honest take on balancing motherhood, daycare, and identity—plus why I built my childbirth education class and digital workbook.

07/11/2025

"Want to feel more ready and less... rattled?"
Real talk: You need more than a hospital tour. Brave Birth’s small-group class prepares you for birth and what happens after, including the ‘both/and’ of parenting.
📆 Next class is coming fast: www.bravebirth.com/childbirth-class
🖤 Blog: frank truth, no fluff.

Prenatal group and private childbirth education and breastfeeding taught by our team of doulas, Lamaze educator, and lactation consultants.

07/10/2025

What if you don’t cry when daycare starts? What if you actually breathe easier? Let’s talk about the real feelings that come with becoming a parent.
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📖 Read more: www.bravebirth.com/blog
👶 And yes—this is the kind of prep we do in class: www.bravebirth.com/childbirth-class

https://www.bravebirth.com/brave-birth-faqs-blog/2025/6/24/savoring-her-by-letting-go-a-little

I didn’t miss her. On her first day of daycare, I felt relief—real, full-bodied, guilty relief. I moved through my day without being pulled on. I had thoughts I finished. Emails I replied to without a toddler rage fit launching off my lap. For the first time in a long time, I breathed deeply wit...

07/07/2025

You don’t need to white-knuckle your way through parenthood.

Preparation isn’t just about knowing what to expect.
It’s about building the kind of internal scaffolding that makes the unexpected less destabilizing.

Brave Birth classes are capped at 6 couples so you have room to ask, reflect, and rehearse the unknown.

This blog post? It’s a story from the other side of that kind of preparation.

Cracked Open: On Daycare Drop-Off, Soft Returns, and the Space Between Us My baby didn’t care when I dropped her off at daycare for the first time. Not even a little. No tears, no hesitation, just a confident toddle toward the toys like she’d always belonged there. I stood there, stuck in the do

07/02/2025

✨A key part of early parenting:
Being in tune enough to trust your baby’s readiness.

This is true at 4 months, 14 months, or 4 years.

It’s a through-line in the work I do — in Brave Birth classes and beyond.

This blog post is a story about daycare drop-off.
But it’s also about how we build confidence as parents.

Cracked Open: On Letting Go, Coming Home, and What Our Baby Already Knew Our baby didn’t cry when I dropped her off at daycare for the first time. She walked in like she’d been there for months. Like the room had already whispered “welcome” to her in her dreams. I stood in the doorway, watch...

06/30/2025

Being a childbirth educator doesn’t mean I get a gold star at parenting.
It means I notice things. I prepare. I trust.

And when it came time to let go just a little… I knew she was ready. Because we were ready.

This month’s blog touches on that space between growing and releasing.
I hope you read it. I think you’ll feel it.

Cracked Open: On Daycare Drop-Off, Partnering Through Postpartum, and the Quiet Confidence That Comes from Knowing Your Baby My baby didn’t cry when I dropped her off at daycare for the first time. She didn’t even look back. No hesitation. No dramatic pause at the door. She just walked—confide...

06/27/2025

I think a lot of us are afraid to feel cracked open.
But what if that’s not breaking?
What if that’s becoming?

The blog is raw. But it’s also about trust. About the quiet knowing that comes when we’ve built something strong.

💬 “My wife, as a new dad, loved this part of the journey.”

Read it →

Cracked Open: On Daycare Drop-Off, Partnering Through Postpartum, and the Quiet Confidence That Comes from Knowing Your Baby My baby didn’t cry when I dropped her off at daycare for the first time. She didn’t even look back. No hesitation. No dramatic pause at the door. She just walked—confide...

06/25/2025

I didn’t cry.
Not at drop-off, not in the car, not even when I got home.
Because she was ready — and I trusted that.
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There was a time I wouldn’t have imagined feeling that sure. But this? This was a soft landing. ⁠
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🌱 Read how we got here — and how this transition opened something in me:
https://www.bravebirth.com/brave-birth-faqs-blog/2025/6/24/cracked-open-on-daycare-drop-off-soft-returns-and-the-space-between-us
https://www.bravebirth.com/brave-birth-faqs-blog/2025/6/24/cracked-open-on-daycare-drop-off-soft-returns-and-the-space-between-us

Cracked Open: On Daycare Drop-Off, Soft Returns, and the Space Between Us My baby didn’t care when I dropped her off at daycare for the first time. Not even a little. No tears, no hesitation, just a confident toddle toward the toys like she’d always belonged there. I stood there, stuck in the do

06/17/2025

This class isn’t just for the one giving birth.
It’s for the person standing beside them, too.

Whether you’re a dad, a mama, a partner, or the best hype human alive—this class will help you show up and step up.

💡 Understand what’s happening and how to help
💪🏽 Learn what support actually looks like in labor
💬 Ask the questions you didn’t even know you had

One of our past attendees said:
“My wife, as a brand-new dad, loved this class.”

It’s the perfect June gift—for yourself or your growing family.
👥 Only 6 couples per session
🗓 Sunday, June 16
📍Milwaukie & virtual
🎯 Link in bio to register https://www.bravebirth.com/shop

06/05/2025

✨ What if you walked into your birth feeling calm, informed, and actually ready?

That’s what this class is designed to do.

Led by doula and educator Nicolette Ferrell, Brave Birth’s one-day intensive is rooted in real experience—not just textbook talk.

🫶🏼 You’ll learn how labor works (and how to work with it)
🤝 Your partner will walk away knowing what they can do
👶🏽 You’ll get practical prep for the hospital, postpartum, and everything in between

Only a few spots left—and this class won’t run again until summer’s nearly over.

🗓 Sunday, June 16
🎯 Link in bio to sign up https://www.bravebirth.com/shop