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By Welcome Baby Care As your doulas and lactation counselors, we are thankful for: Baby’s chubby toes. Dad’s fumbling (but ultimately successful) first diaper change. Mama’s hormonal outbursts and subsequent tearful apology. Coffee. Burping Baby by moonlight. Milky smiles. Every crazy family dog. That brownie…
By Doula Jen La Leche League. Maybe you know it and love it. Maybe you’ve been and didn’t quite connect. Maybe you’re curious but scared. Is it some kind of secret society? Do I sign my name in breast milk? I myself felt a little…
By Doula Jen Hey shiny new parents, First night home with your baby? Pretty scary, huh? We once knew a family who said of their first night home, “We shall never speak of this again.” See there? Wipe away those tears and temporarily ignore the…
By Carrie Palmer In a lot of ways, I was robbed of my early days as a mother. My twins came one month early and as a result had a few weeks in the NICU. It was hard to not bring them home right away.…
By Lauren Hasz from Healthline Among the many changes that occur during the perinatal time (pregnancy and up to the first year postpartum), a mother’s normal blood pressure is altered to support the work her body is accomplishing. While slight alteration is expected, anything too…
By Doula Jen Late one night, I was sitting with a new mom and dad during a breastfeeding session. I was observing the latch, answering questions, fetching snacks — you know, the doula standard. At the time the couple was also temporarily supplementing a little…
By Doula Karen D for doula? Nope. I’m talking vitamin D — which most of you have heard ALL about by now. Pediatricians, doulas, chiropractors and health magazines often tout the use of vitamin D drops for baby. Especially if Mama is breastfeeding, especially here…
By Doula Jen This is a one pan, one serving dish for one special mama. Easy for a doula to throw together and completely doable for the mama to cook while flying solo. Veggies, spice, immunity boosting garlic and protein. All the good stuff for…
By Welcome Baby Care Our educators have created, recreated and fine tuned our one-of-a-kind program. Here are JUST A FEW of the benefits: Private mentoring with our director of certification. She’s only the nicest person in the whole wide world and an AMAZING doula in…
By Doula Jen Dearest Mama, It’s your first day back to work! I’m sure you’re carrying a HEAVY bag of mixed emotions — anxiety, doubt, fear, excitement, relief… You’re tired, possibly still recovering from birth. You’re doubting your choice in child care. You’re doubting your…
