What is Skin to Skin?
You may have heard the term "Skin to Skin" many times during your preparation for Birth. Your Doula may have asked if you if its a birth...
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Alyia Cutler
- Jan 17, 2022
We Talk About Bruno
We're Encanto obsessed. We loved the movie, and the soundtrack plays every waking hour of the day. At first watch, the movie seemed so...
Alyia Cutler
- Nov 18, 2021
Do I Need To Pump & Dump?
Pump & Dump and Sleep When the Baby Sleeps are two of the most thrown around sayings in Postpartum- and both are MEGA EYE ROLL. Sorry,...
Meghan Hartman
- Nov 13, 2021
How Combo Feeding Saved My Breastfeeding
Breastfeed or Formula feed? What about both?! Did you know that was a thing because I sure didn't! She first latched about an hour after...
Alyia Cutler
- Oct 24, 2021
DO YOU
Living in a world that thrives on our codependency, anxiety, and deep need to feel accepted, makes doing “What Feels Right”, radical. An...
Meghan Hartman
- Oct 10, 2021
Postpartum Recipe - Baked Oatmeal!
One of our favorite Postpartum Doula tasks is meal prepping and preparing nourishing meals for our clients. Breakfast is one of those...
Alyia Cutler
- Oct 3, 2021
Never Say Never!
Something that comes up quite often in Childbirth Education is a Birth Plan- and the likelihood that things may not go as planned. Life...
Meghan Hartman
- Sep 26, 2021
Creating a Postpartum Plan
Preparing for birth can be all consuming. You go to your OB or midwife appointments, you do this scan and that test, you get the nursery...
Alyia Cutler
- Sep 16, 2021
When Parenting is Uphill
There are days (and weeks and months) when it feels like I’m swimming upstream. More money going out than coming in, more adults crying...
Alyia Cutler
- Aug 14, 2021
When Professionals Are Wrong
Have you ever experienced a time when you had a feeling something was wrong- off- not right- and you brought it up to a professional in...
Alyia Cutler
- Aug 8, 2021
Vacation with a Newborn? We Got You Covered!
Happy Summer Break! Or maybe you’re reading this over the winter as you prepare for a big trip with your newborn! Either way, we know it...
Meghan Hartman
- Jul 29, 2021
Setting Boundaries while Pregnant, Postpartum & Beyond
“Boundaries, what are they good for? Absolutely everything! Say it again!” From the moment you decide to have a baby everything shifts,...
Meghan Hartman
- Jul 18, 2021
How do I Breastfeed* with Raynauds?!
*we prefer to use inclusive language like Body Feeding in general. In this case we chose ‘Breastfeed’ due to the specific nature of...
Alyia Cutler
- Jun 26, 2021
What Should I Do?
We often say, 'Parenthood begins as soon as you decide to grow your family.' It doesn't always feel "real" until a few weeks/months into...
Alyia Cutler
- Jun 9, 2021
My Best Friend Had A Baby (Part 2)
Meghan had her baby two weeks ago. Since then, like most new parents, she's been oscillating between excitement and desperation, joy and...
Alyia Cutler
- Jun 6, 2021
My Best Friend Had A Baby (Part I)
There's a fun study from 2011 that has stuck with me all this time- It's from the Oxford Academic Journal of Public Health, on the...
Alyia Cutler
- May 24, 2021
Cloth Diapering 101
Full disclosure: I’m no expert on Cloth Diapering! Three kids and years of trial and error have led me to the point where I feel slightly...
Kristin Misik
- May 17, 2021
Baby-Led Weaning: What You Need to Know
Ready to introduce your baby to food? Curious to learn about baby-led weaning but you don’t know how it works? Here are some tips to get...
Meghan Hartman
- May 10, 2021
Postpartum Meal Ideas
As both Birth and Postpartum Doulas we know the value to good preparation. During Pregnancy we spend a lot of time preparing for Baby's...
Alyia Cutler
- Apr 19, 2021
How Do I Shower with a Newborn?
First off- Congratulations! Welcome to Parenthood! Isn’t it funny that one of the most simple and rewarding acts- a shower- is now...
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