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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…
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…
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…
Let’s face it: even with our closest friends and family, communication can sometimes be a challenge. It can be even harder to communicate with your own young kids. Talking at, talking to, listening, asking questions, exchanging answers—it’s all a dance. Today over at Keeping Her…
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…
