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Recently I read an article highlighting Five Reasons to Hire A Birth Doula. Birth doulas are fast becoming a part of general social and cultural knowledge. However, a fair amount of confusion still exists around postpartum doulas and how they help new parents. The article…
This guest post was submitted by Patti Lustig, Mission Control: Productivity and Accomplishment. For more information go to http://www.lustiggroup.com/ or email her: patti@lustiggroup.com. You’re a new mom. Maybe this is your first child or your fourth child. You’ve chosen to stay at home or you’ve been at home for…
If there are a few things we consistently hear from new moms, it’s that they’re exhausted and they feel they never have enough time. Most of you don’t even have time to go to the bathroom, let alone think about how you might do something…
Every family that I work with as a postpartum doula is different. Every single day of work is different, even within a long stretch with a particular client. That said, if I could pinpoint a common thread, it would be the woman’s need to be…
Head Postpartum Doula at Welcome Baby Care shares her recent experience with maximizing output of breast milk following the birth of a baby: I recently worked with a mom of 3-day-old twins. She was worried about having enough milk for both babies. She was not…
As a new parent you stand on the cusp of your future. Your little one has arrived safely and you and your spouse are easing (or flying headfirst) into parenthood. Endless family fun is on the horizon. Now if you can get through the sleepless…
Sleep: such a simple thing and yet a complete preoccupation for so many new parents. What’s the magic formula? “Cry it out”? Get a sleep trainer? According to the Welcome Baby Care Professional Postpartum Doula team, getting babies to sleep isn’t rocket science. But these…
While many people are starting to get used to the concept of a birth doula as the woman who serves the parents-to-be during the labor and delivery process, at Welcome Baby Care, we find there are still a lot of questions around Professional Postpartum Doulas…
When Welcome Baby Care launched the It’s My Baby blog, the goal was to positively impact the birthing culture with expert advice and real-life experience. After learning of this website and activist endeavor, One World Birth, I started thinking about birth culture and activism and what…
Grandparents Day. In 1978 Grandparents Day became a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade a West Virginian who had first had an idea back in 1970 for a special day that would “honor grandparents, give grandparents an opportunity to show…
