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 | Dec 9, 2018 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Newborn Care & Postpartum Doula Tips
Dear Doula, My baby spent a little while in the NICU when she was first born. I was induced for gestational diabetes, and eventually needed a cesarean (long story). When they checked our daughter’s blood sugar after birth, it was low, so she couldn’t stay in the room...
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 6, 2018 | Birth & Labor Doula Tips, Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Healthy Pregnancy, Motherhood & Life
For better or worse, many of our black doula clients first find out about doulas when they’re trying to feel safer while giving birth, after hearing about maternal and infant mortality rates for black mothers. And the most important thing I want to say (beyond the...
by Samantha Olivia | Aug 7, 2018 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Motherhood & Life
Becoming a doula and entrepreneur has taught me a lot about myself. Mostly it’s that being responsible to and for myself (and having other people depend on me!) has forced me level up on my adulting skills, post-haste. I have to get my to-do list done. ...
by Samantha Olivia | Aug 3, 2018 | Fourth Trimester and Postpartum Doula Tips, Newborn Care & Postpartum Doula Tips
As doulas, we’re naturally a little obsessed with pregnancy, and early parenthood. This sometimes means that we end up being the go to advisors for our friends when one of their friends becomes pregnant. Or, we hear venting sessions from friends, family and clients...
