Tag Archives: birth

25Jun

A Better Birth Through Optimal Fetal Positioning

Educate yourself on how your own movement and posture impact your baby’s position in utero!

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13Jun

A Doula’s Birth Story

The one question I get asked in all of my interviews is “Why did you become a doula?” The answer to that question lies in the journey I took to and through my own birth experience, and the incredible support I received from my doula and wonderful husband. When I became pregnant, I did what [...]

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01Apr

A Doula’s Reading List

Doulas are natural information-seekers (and information-sharers!), and perhaps the primary way we educate ourselves is by reading books. Lots and lots of books. Though I’m still early in my doula-ing journey, I’ve already discovered a number of favorites which I recommend as bedside-table standards to my clients and friends. Here they are, in no particular [...]

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15Mar

My Mom’s Birth Experience

This is the story of my birth, as recorded by my mother in a  journal that she kept while she was pregnant with me. I was born in a hospital in 1978 in western Massachusetts. My mother’s ob/gyn was one of the few female doctors practicing in the field at the time, and was a [...]

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07Mar

Birth-y Tweets Worth Twittering About

There were quite a few beautiful birthy tweets flying about the Twitter-verse this past weekend. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy! From@Thinkbirth: Babies know how to be born: Excellent mechanism of breech: bit.ly/gw6rfI via @purpleanvil #midwives #doula From @KathyAMorelli: #Depression After Miscarriage Common, Even Years Later | Psych Central News: http://bit.ly/gNayrL #pregnancy #doula [...]

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28Jan

What Will My Husband (or, Wife, or Partner) Do if I Have a Doula?

Perhaps the most common question I hear from potential clients and people who find out that I am a doula is this: “Why do I need a doula if I have the support of my husband (or, wife, partner, or parent)?” It’s a very common misconception that having a doula at your birth means that [...]

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21Jan

How to Choose Your Doula

Finding the right doula for my son’s birth was a lot easier than I thought it would be. In fact, my husband and I knew right away when we met our doula, that we’d be working with her. She was the first doula we interviewed, and after we got in the car following the interview, [...]

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