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Birth and Postpartum Doula Support and Placenta Encapsulation Services

04/11/2026

Pain when feeding your baby is a sign that something just isn’t quite right. ⁠
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It could be an easy fix! Sometimes it is just a small adjustment with your or baby’s position. A little drop of the elbow or tilt of the chin. ⁠
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Other times it is something a little harder to recognize that might be worth seeing a lactation professional about. ⁠
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04/10/2026

A family-centered cesarean, also known as a gentle cesarean or family-centered surgical birth, aims to create a more inclusive and supportive environment for parents during the birth of their child via csection. ⁠
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Here's a checklist of what some things that could include!⁠
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Discuss Preferences in Advance:⁠
Have a thorough discussion with your provider and birth team about our desires for bonding, involvement and any special requests you may have!⁠
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Birth Plan:⁠
Create a birth plan specifically outlining your wishes for your birth. Chat this plan over with your OBGYN and hospital staff before you get into the OR. ⁠
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Support Person Presence:⁠
Make sure that your partner and/or doula is allowed to be present and when the will join you.⁠
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Clear Drape or See-Through Drapes:⁠
You can request the use of a clear or see-through surgical drape, or for a lowered drape so that you and your partner can see the OBGYN and your baby. ⁠
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Sound Preferences:⁠
Bring your own music to be played during the procedure. You can also request the staff to be quiet or involve you in convo.⁠
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Delayed Cord Clamping:⁠
Delayed cord clamping allows for more blood to transfer from the placenta to the baby, providing additional iron stores and potential health benefits.⁠
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Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact:⁠
Request immediate skin-to-skin contact with your baby, this can often be done while still in the OR but we often have to ask! ⁠
Skin-to-skin contact promotes bonding, regulates the baby's temperature and can help initiate breastfeeding.⁠
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Family Bonding Time:⁠
Request uninterrupted family bonding time after the birth. This allows you, your partner, and your baby to bond and establish connections in the immediate postpartum period.⁠
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Photography and Videography:⁠
If desired, arrange for a photographer to capture moments during the birth and immediately afterward. Make sure to discuss this with your healthcare team beforehand most won't allow video in the OR.⁠
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04/08/2026

Playing with your baby also promotes healthy binding for both of you!⁠
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Be as silly as you want to be. ⁠
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As soon as you start getting those encouraging smiles and laughs, you won’t even notice the rest of the world.

04/06/2026

Look at all this positions you can get in during labor!⁠
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Most of these can be done in the hospital without too much anxiety from providers.⁠
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You can screen shot this image and send it to your partner and doula to encourage movement throughout birth.⁠
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04/05/2026

“Imagine what might happen if women emerged from their labor beds with a renewed sense of the strength and power of their bodies and of their capacity for ecstasy through giving birth”⁠
Dr. Christiane Northup⁠
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The idea of ecstasy is often associated with or****ic birth or s*x. ⁠
What does ecstasy actually mean?⁠
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According to dictionary.com:⁠
- rapturous delight⁠
-van overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling⁠
- elation, bliss, delight⁠
- the frenzy of poetic inspiration⁠
- mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things⁠
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These things being options in experiencing birth is absolutely not what our culture tells us is possible, but what if….⁠
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04/04/2026

There are SO many options out there for bottles and the ni***es that go along with them. ⁠
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HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHICH ONE IS BEST?!⁠
HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE?!⁠
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We would recommend getting only a couple types to have on hand and waiting until you better know what your goals and baby’s needs are before investing too much into one style. ⁠
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Sometimes the baby is who decides which ones they like. ⁠
Some little bubs have very strong opinions!⁠
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04/03/2026

Cervical Exams are often offered to gather information. ⁠
Information is great when making a decision.⁠
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But they often are NOT comfortable and they can really get your doubts going. ⁠
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It is important to remember that the cervix is not a crystal ball. ⁠
It only tells us what your cervix looks like in that moment. ⁠
They can change slowly or surprisingly quickly and both are normal.

04/01/2026

So many people say they would love a waterbirth, but currently in our area, the only place to have one is at home. ⁠
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A couple of the local hospitals have a few rooms with birth tubs that you can labor in, with strict guidelines, but you gotta get out when that baby is coming!⁠
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Data shows that laboring in water can:⁠
- decrease pain, and as a result the use of pain medications⁠
- decrease the need for artificial oxytocin (Pitocin)⁠
- shorten labors⁠
- decrease perineal damage/tearing⁠
- decrease the chance of episiotomy⁠
- increase the chance of a “normal” birth without intervention such as forceps, vacuum or csection ⁠
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Photo via doulawisdom

03/30/2026

You get to actively participate in your own birth experience. ⁠
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You get to have a say!⁠
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And yes, that can feel like pressure to know what you want. ⁠
You may not know until you are in the moment. ⁠
You may need to change your mind. ⁠
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That is normal and okay!⁠
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03/29/2026

Our area doesn’t yet have the option of a birth center, so our options here are hospital or home. ⁠
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We are not ever going to pressure someone to have a baby where they do not feel safe.⁠
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If there is a part of you that is curious about having a baby at home, we do encourage you to meet with some midwives to help you decide. ⁠
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03/28/2026

“No." is not something many of us are comfortable saying.⁠
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In part because we are afraid of how comfortable the person who is hearing it will be. ⁠
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Saying no does not mean you are starting conflict. ⁠
Saying no is just communicating what you are okay with.

03/27/2026

One of the choices you may have while creating a cesarean birth plan, is where baby goes while you are still in the OR.⁠
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Do you want the baby held by your partner?⁠
Would you like baby skin to skin on your chest?⁠
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You still get some say when babies come out the belly way.⁠
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Specializing in Emotionally Empowered, Judgement-free Birth and Postpartum Doula Support, GentleBirth Childbirth Education and Placenta Encapsulation Services in Reno, Carson, Truckee, Tahoe and surrounding areas.

How you feel about your pregnancy, birth and postpartum period is important. We work together, as a team, towards comfort, connection, empowerment and your emotional and mental wellbeing.

Proudly supporting people and their families with Childbirth Education and Birth and Postpartum Doula Support for natural birth, medicated birth, epidural birth, cesarean birth, vbac, homebirth or hospital birth. Experienced and Educated Postpartum Doula Support covering Placenta Encapsulation Services, breastfeeding, bottle feeding and newborn care.