by Samantha Olivia | Feb 13, 2023 | Healthy Pregnancy, Hospital Birth
For the last week or so, I’ve been sharing about a new mini-course, focused on Black maternal health. Expecting Excellence is new, but it’s based on experiences over years with Black women seeking out a doula. Listen to Musings of a Black Doula-...
by Samantha Olivia | Sep 13, 2022 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips, Healthy Pregnancy, Uncategorized
We often hear a statistic that women aged 35-40 will spend a year+ before conceiving and will often fail. But that data on what medical professionals call “advanced maternal age” is from a French study in the 1700s. What’s more relevant than 300 year old...
by Samantha Olivia | Feb 9, 2021 | Healthy Pregnancy
When you look at pictures of pregnancy, Black women, plus-size women, queer families and older folks giving birth are not the norm. This is one of the first things that usually happens when we talk to families that hire us as their doula- we reassure them that they’re...
by Samantha Olivia | Jan 26, 2021 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Healthy Pregnancy
Finding unbiased information during pregnancy or as a new parent is hard. Everyone has an opinion, and all opinions are not created equally. Lots of people (loved ones and even strangers) will share their own experiences or beliefs, and they may not be right for...
by Samantha Olivia | Sep 9, 2020 | Healthy Pregnancy
You’ve known you were pregnant for a little while now. Perhaps your boobs were sore and you felt queasy, and then you realized you’d missed a period. Or maybe you had an embryo transfer and can pinpoint the exact day. Either way, you’re pretty settled into...
by Samantha Olivia | Jun 9, 2020 | Healthy Pregnancy
As we continue to deal with the impact of COVID-19, and take steps to move towards a new normal, we want to make sure that we’re doing so in as healthy a fashion as possible. Being doulas gives us access to awesome professionals like Dr. Bryant Harris, owner of...
