Why are hospitals asking doulas to sign agreements that silence them? Over the past few years, a troubling trend has emerged in some hospitals across …
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Why student doulas are not free There’s a common misconception in the community and even with other birth workers that student doulas should offer their …
Doulas: She is the author while you’re just helping her hold the book “As a doula you are the binding that is holding the book …
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Essential oils have become somewhat of a craze in recent years thanks to companies like Young Living and doTERRA. It seems like there is an …
The curse of the due date and the eviction notice for your baby is clearly etched in every woman’s mind after she has confirmation of her pregnancy. She marks …
One of the things that women get told as they get towards their estimated due date (EDD) and in particular, post EDD, is that their …
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Why you the birth partner, needs to have me, the doula, on your birth team. You are happy to go with the flow, you think …
Hi, my name is Vicki Hobbs from Back to Basics Birthing and my business has been operating since 2004, so I consider myself a fairly …
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This is a book review for Active Birth – The New Approach to Giving Birth Naturally by author Janet Balaskas. This book review was written …
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Skin to skin is when your naked little, fresh-out-of-the-oven bub lays on a bare chest. In an ideal world, baby is on mum’s chest, however, …
