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Our Heads, Our Hearts, and Our Hands Need Support Too
As labor doulas, we often say that our favorite and essential things we bring to births are our heads, our hearts, and our hands. We bring our heads which are full of wisdom, information, and knowledge pertaining to birth to help in each unique birth setting. We bring our hearts as caring advocates for our
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Adjusting in the 4th Trimester—All Hands On Deck!
As a doula agency owner, I have the privilege of speaking with 30 or more new and expecting parents each week. I hear their stories, their struggles, their excitement, their worries and a slew of myths and lies that they have been told and believed. The lie that gets me every time is: EVERYONE DOES THIS ALONE!
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Sitting the Month – The Chinese Confinement Period
As a Malaysian postpartum doula of Chinese origin, a large proportion of my clientele are Asian (Chinese). I have supported quite a few Asian clients who observed the traditional practice of sitting the month or Zuo Yue Zi or Zhor Yuit. I am sure a lot of postpartum doulas are aware of this tradition, but
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