by Samantha Olivia | Aug 4, 2019 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Motherhood & Life
Dear Doula, I want to stop breastfeeding. I’ve never really said that out loud, but honestly, I just don’t like it. I’m not one of those women who has a bad latch. I don’t have a low supply, and my baby has taken to nursing just fine. I pump about once a day...
by Samantha Olivia | Aug 2, 2019 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Newborn Care & Postpartum Doula Tips
The idea that you need to prepare to breastfeed might surprise you. Maybe you thought “Hey, I’m a person with boobs” (or chest tissue with mammary glands, depending on how you identify). “I’m having a baby, and breastfeeding is natural. I’ll be able to do...
by Samantha Olivia | Aug 1, 2019 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Motherhood & Life
We don’t talk enough about the realities of breastfeeding in the US. And it’s leaving new parents totally unprepared. Oh sure, we encourage breastfeeding. Hospitals have nurses trained in lactation. Many hospitals have a lactation consultant...
by Samantha Olivia | Jul 19, 2019 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Motherhood & Life, Newborn Care & Postpartum Doula Tips
You’re having a baby. Congratulations! And you already know that you don’t want to handle the nighttime parenting by yourself. Maybe you have a demanding job, a medical condition, or (God forbid) you just don’t want to sacrifice yourself on the altar of...
by Samantha Olivia | Jul 12, 2019 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Motherhood & Life
Dear Doula, I feel absolutely terrible. Last night, my baby just wouldn’t stop crying. I think that’s supposed to make me feel sadness, and sympathy. That’s how I normally feel. But I was exhausted. I just went back to work a week ago, and waking a...
by Samantha Olivia | Jul 6, 2019 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips
Most of our clients who breastfeed need to pump at some point. They’re going back to work after maternity leave, exclusively pumping from the beginning, or they just know that at some point they’ll want to be away from their infant, and they want their...
