or dear friends - people you want at your birth. Your midwife, the home birth specialist you have trusted with all your prenatal care will be there during the entire birthing process - along with her assistant you've gotten to know. You might have also chosen to have a doula attend for...
In high-income countries, births are often attended by family members or a doula. A Cochrane review of 51 articles described that labor companions supported women in four different ways. They provide informational support, act as advocates, provide practical and emotional support, and they helped ...
Many birthing people find that one of the benefits of hiring an independent doula is that the doula can team up with other family members (such as the partner) to help you push and give birth in upright positions (whether you have an epidural or not). To read the evidence on doulas, ...
So I called up my doula, who had mentioned that she does placenta encapsulation, and I ordered up an edible form of the afterbirth to ward off the very real possibility of falling prey to the dark side of new mama life. Tree of life: placenta print I had been hearing about placenta en...
inform and entertain you as you embark on this new phase in your life. Deb is the founder and director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC, a labor support doula, Lamaze childbirth educator, Spinning Babies Parent Educator, prenatal yoga teacher and mother of 2. Please visit Prenatalyoga...