Everything you need to know about birth & postpartum doulas
The word doula conjures up many different images for those who have heard of them before. Maybe a hippie with long gray hair, trails of patchouli wafting behind her as she heads down the bumpy dirt road to support a neighbor’s home birth. Well, that is true in some cases! But in this modern day and age, doulas come in all shapes and sizes, with a wide range of expertise, specialties and evidence-based training.
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that only shows up around 3 a.m., feeding a baby for the third time that night, wondering if this is actually as hard as it...
If you've been scrolling for a "newborn sleep schedule," we want to save you some time: there isn't one. Not a real one, anyway — not in the first 12 weeks. What there...
When you're staring at a doula quote next to a baby registry, a maternity leave budget, and everything else pregnancy brings with it, it's fair to pause and ask: is...
If you've started pricing out doula support in Vancouver, Victoria, or the Sea to Sky corridor, you've probably noticed the numbers are all over the place. That's...
Pregnancy can be exciting, deeply meaningful and at times wonderfully surprising. It can also bring challenges you never expected. One of the things I loved most...
The Honest Answer A doula is a trained, experienced person who supports you during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. We don’t deliver babies, we don’t do...
