by Samantha Olivia | Aug 15, 2019 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips, Healthy Pregnancy
Your time is precious. And when you’re pregnant, it can seem like there are so many demands on your schedule. You have a hundred doctor’s appointments to attend. You want to plan a baby shower, and fix up the nursery. You need to pick a pediatrician and find daycare… ...
by Samantha Olivia | Mar 15, 2019 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips
“Do you want to see your placenta?” the midwife asks. We let our birth clients know that this is an option, and even that they can often take their placenta home with them (barring infection or other illness). But still, there’s sometimes a moment of indecision when...
by Samantha Olivia | Mar 9, 2019 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips, Healthy Pregnancy
When most people think of strep, they’re imagining a sore throat and staying home until you’re no longer contagious. But being a doula can give you a different context for a lot of things. And when I talk about strep, I’m usually referring to Group B Strep (GBS) that...
by Samantha Olivia | Dec 11, 2018 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips, Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips
I love working with our doula clients. They’re smart. They’re inspiring. They’re determined. And they are focused on being loving, dedicated parents. Many of them have spent much of their lives getting what they want: setting goals, making plans, and succeeding....
by Samantha Olivia | Nov 14, 2018 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips, Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Healthy Pregnancy
When clients call us afraid of childbirth and worried especially about how race may make their pregnancy harder, we do what doulas do- we listen, we affirm, we support. Doulas also educate though, and I want families to know that even though black maternal mortality...
by Samantha Olivia | Nov 9, 2018 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips
Sometimes when women call us looking for a labor doula, they aren’t worried about themselves. They’re worried about their partners. To be blunt, they’re worried the dads to be- husbands, boyfriends, and children’s fathers. (Women having babies together often have a...
