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CAPPAPedia: Patrick Hutchins – Childbirth Educator & Postpartum Doula

/ 26 minutes of reading / CAPPApedia / 2 Comments

While sitting in a Community Action Network meeting in Maricopa County, Arizona three years ago, Patrick Hutchins was stunned to learn that the infant mortality rate among African Americans in Phoenix at the time, was 6 percent higher than in white communities. Healthcare professionals at the meeting attributed the data largely in part to absentee […]

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The Importance of Exploring a Multitude of Birth Options

/ 5 minutes of reading / Birth

During a recent virtual one-day intensive childbirth class, one of my students, at 36 weeks pregnant, during introductions told us that she had given birth 12 years ago by C-section and was excited and somewhat anxious about having a vaginal delivery, this time. When she’d indicated where she was giving birth, I knew that VBACs

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Trauma-informed Approach

/ 6 minutes of reading / Birth, Doula, Educating, Lactation, Parenthood, Postpartum, Pregnancy

What is trauma-informed? Be trauma-informed is to recognize that trauma is very common in people’s lives. Simply put, “There’s a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they are the way they are. They aren’t just like that because they want to be. Something in the past created them, and sometimes it is impossible

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Supporting Labor Doula Clients Expecting Twins

/ 6 minutes of reading / Doula, Labor Doula / 1 Comment

I began my Labor Doula career when my sister-in-law found out she was expecting twins. She was getting frustrated with her doctors sharing various opinions about how she should birth these babies. Some doctors said the safest option was to schedule a Cesarean at 36 weeks. Other doctors in the same practice said she could

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Motivational Interviewing

/ 5 minutes of reading / Educating / 1 Comment

Communication is a topic that spans every profession and enhances every relationship. Effective communication is imperative for expressing thoughts and opinions in a healthy way. In the healthcare profession, good communication can be a matter of life or death. Motivational Interviewing is very well established and uses a series of foundational skills to accomplish favorable

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What’s in the Bag?

/ 3 minutes of reading / Doula

It’s a question that comes up at every doula training – “What do you carry with you to a birth?” On message boards and doula support forums, there are so many options and ideas and lists of suggestions for things that doulas may want to purchase or may need to carry to support someone in

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The Importance of Sleep in Pregnancy & How We Can Help Clients Optimise Their Sleep

/ 9 minutes of reading / Doula, Educating, Pregnancy

Many pregnant persons say it’s hard to sleep because they can’t get comfortable, need to run to the bathroom constantly, have leg cramps, and are excited and anxious about their baby’s arrival. They often joke that it is to prepare them for things to come…the arrival of their newborn and more sleepless nights and sleep

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How to Teach Meditation for Childbirth Preparation

/ 4 minutes of reading / Birth, Doula, Educating / 2 Comments

After teaching childbirth preparation classes and working as a doula for many years, I often ponder the question what do parents really need to know before birth? I’ve had so many clients come through my classes; some with notebooks and pens, some with stories from friends and family and some with such fear and anxiety

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Top Five Tips for Growing your Doula and Birth Business

/ 4 minutes of reading / Business

Many doulas start their businesses with a deep passion and excitement for this incredible work! Doulas are often caring, loving, thoughtful, passionate and educated, but unfortunately not always business minded! This can become quite a challenge as many doulas work independently and need to find their own way in this field.  Although being passionate is important

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What’s Holding You Back? Fear of Failure and Imposter Syndrome

/ 7 minutes of reading / Business, Inspiration

With ever-changing COVID restrictions, birth businesses are struggling. We can’t work the way we used to. The whole way we interact with society is in flux. But is the shifting cultural climate the only thing that’s holding us back?? Or is there something else? Let me share with you “A Tale of 3 Gyms”. These

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