News From Your Doula

  40 weeks.  DUE date.  Overdue. All these terms make us think of our unborn babies as having an expiration date. The truth is, giving a baby a due date of 40 weeks is not evidence-based for determining when a baby should be born.  (For more information on this, go here:  http://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-inducing-labor-for-going-past-your-due-date/)  Gestation has to … Read more

Photo courtesy of Erica Chick Photography Breastfeeding Beach Party I was privileged to be a part of something amazing this week.  21 women came together on the beach and breastfed their children while being photographed.  Some of us knew each other already and some of us met that day.  It didn’t matter though, we all … Read more