Introducing a new segment at the “It’s My Baby” blog…A Note from Your Doula. In time, this will feature love notes from all of the wonderful WBC doulas.  Doula Jen is kicking it off. Dear Mamas, Mothers-to-Be, Super Supportive Fathers, and Postpartum Wellness Advocates, Have…

At Welcome Baby Care we’re always striving to determine and develop best practices for serving and providing for women in the post-birth season. But we realize that the way we ‘do birth’ in the U.S. isn’t the only way and many times not even the…

At Welcome Baby Care we’re always striving to determine and develop best practices for serving and providing for women in the post-birth season. But we realize that the way we ‘do birth’ in the U.S. isn’t the only way and many times not even the…

Earlier this week I came clean about my disconnected relationship with the placenta, or the “afterbirth.”  Since it’s my job to deal with all things after birth, I’ve embarked on a mini-mission to get better acquainted with the placenta, and furthermore, decide whether or not…

When I gave birth to my daughter, nearly seven years ago, I barely knew what a placenta was.  Here’s what I thought, in a nutshell:  big lumpy organ, attached somewhere inside me, feeds the baby good stuff, filters out (some) bad stuff? My guesses were…