Ridge Meadows Doula Services

11/01/2025

We are so honoured to share that Ridge Meadows Doula Services has been voted an A-List Winner in the

Thank you to our amazing community for your continued trust and support whether you’ve invited us into your birth space, joined a class, or shared our name with a friend, you’ve helped us grow and serve more families each year.

We also want to give a special shoutout to our local midwives , who took second place! While doulas and midwives work closely together, our roles are beautifully different, midwives provide medical care, while doulas offer emotional, physical, and informational support throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Together, we make a strong team supporting families in our community.

From our whole doula collective- thank you, Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows, for your trust and love!

09/30/2025

Today, we pause to honor Survivors of residential schools, the children who never made it home, and the families and communities forever impacted by this harmful history.

The impacts of residential schools are not just in the past, they are carried through generations. They live in our bodies, our parenting, our communities, and in the ways we work toward healing.

At Ridge Meadows Doula Services, we recognize that birth and parenting journeys cannot be separated from the history of colonization. Supporting families means acknowledging these truths, listening deeply, and walking alongside both Indigenous and non-Indigenous families with respect, compassion, and commitment to reconciliation.

For education, reflection, and pathways to action, see:

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR): https://nctr.ca/

Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS): https://www.irsss.ca/

Today and every day, we commit to truth-telling, honoring Survivors, and creating pathways to healing.

In solidarity,
Ridge Meadows Doula’s

09/25/2025

✨What’s getting us through September ✨

September is a whirlwind with back-to-school drop offs, activities starting back up, and even navigating family medical emergencies. We are all working parents balancing everything from daycare drop-offs to 10th-grade homework help. We do this all while holding space for our clients.

What keeps us steady is the same care we encourage for the families we support: taking care of ourselves, so we can take care of you.

We’re grateful for the strength of our collective. We lean on each other when schedules collide, when unexpected life moments happen, and when the calendar gets a little too full.

Because when doulas support doulas, we show up as our best selves for the families we serve.

09/23/2025

Tylenol does not cause autism.

Correlation does not equal causation. Bikini sales and ice cream sales both rise in the summer, but bikinis do not cause ice cream sales.

Autism was being diagnosed before Tylenol was even invented. Autism was recognized in 1946, while Tylenol was invented in 1955.

Research supports this:
• A 2024 Swedish sibling-control study of over 2.4 million children found no evidence that acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy causes autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability once genetic and family factors were controlled.

Listen to your healthcare provider. Follow the evidence, not trending TikTok videos or people that have no business making medical announcements.

09/19/2025

RMDS is so excited to share our newest doula in our collective with you.

Kehew-Neepin is an Indigenous Doula, honored to be supporting families as a guest on the unceded, shared territories of the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie) and qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen) peoples. By holding space with compassion, respect, and cultural awareness, Kehew integrates Nehiyaw (Cree) traditional knowledge with modern birth support.

As a doula, Kehew’s goal is to empower birthing people, honor their choices, and provide emotional, physical, and informational support every step of the way. She believe’s birth is not just a moment, but a ceremony, a transformative experience that connects family, community, and culture.

Kehew is here to walk alongside you, celebrating your strength, honoring your journey, and nurturing the generations that come after.

09/13/2025

RMDS has space for those winter pretences. We support home and hospital birth in the lowermainland. Feel free to DM us for a free consultation.

08/20/2025

✨ We’re Hiring: Doula to Join Our Collective ✨

Ridge Meadows Doula Services is excited to welcome a new doula into our collective! If you’re passionate about supporting families through pregnancy, birth, and beyond, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements:
• Doula training completed
• Experience supporting at least 5 births
• Reliable car and reliable childcare (if applicable)
• Ability to be on call 2–4 days per week on a rotating schedule
• Willingness to work collaboratively with a team

What We Offer:
• A supportive team with hundreds of births of experience and 14+ years serving the community
• Flexible on-call rotation, allowing time for family, self-care, and continuing education
• Work primarily in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Langley, and the Tri-Cities, with occasional travel for the right families

If you’re ready to grow in your doula practice while working alongside a strong, supportive team, we’d love to connect with you.

📩 Send your interest and details to ridgemeadowsdoula@gmail.com

08/06/2025

“Some say it's nature's "Liquid Gold",
A gift more precious than anything sold.

Some say it forms a bond like no other,
Of connection and trust between baby
and mother.

Some say the milk babies get from their mamas,
Is the super food you can make in your pyjamas.

Some say it's unique and cannot be matched,
Its secrets imparted when baby is latched.

Some say, from Hera's breast, the spray,
Formed what we still call, The Milky Way.

Some say it's a powerful healing elixir,
A mysterious, milky, all around fixer.

Maybe it's a little of all of the above,
Or maybe it's simply Liquid LOVE.”

~ Gráinne Evans, “Breastmilk”
https://www.facebook.com/grainne.kerr1?mibextid=D4KYlr

Art: Lucia Dovicáková, “Milky Way”
on Instagram

In honor of World Breastfeeding Week!
(Aug 1 through Aug 7)

08/06/2025

It’s world breast-feeding week and although I haven’t breast-fed in well over a decade, most of this still stands true.

-Nicole

https://ridgemeadowsdoulaservices.com/what-i-miss-about-breastfeeding/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMAo4dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpn8PuOsTXrSqU0ZXRZZ_cC782NljZ6XZVY78P_uRqF49TZN3GIktDVYWRtz_aem_hoo2E9kbcxw-P71uAehqaQ

10 things I miss about breastfeeding July 31, 2013   To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week I thought I should blog…. But I wasn’t breastfeeding anymore?! What do I blog about? I miss breastfeeding…. Wait, I miss breastfeeding. Brilliant. It was hard for me to determine why or what parts of br...

07/19/2025

RMDS is so excited to share we’ve added a new doula to our team.

Meet Edith. Edith is a proud Mexican-Canadian full-spectrum doula with over 8 years of experience and more than 200 births supported. She was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, in a family of healthcare professionals, which sparked her lifelong passion for helping others and improving access to care. After moving to Canada in 2006, she earned her BA in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, with a double minor in Labour Studies and Latin American Studies.

Her journey into birth work began after the challenging birth of of her daughter, Elena. Navigating postpartum without strong community support gave her a deep appreciation for how difficult that time can be especially for newcomers and those without extended family nearby. That experience inspired her to become the kind of support I wish I had: compassionate, informed, and culturally aware.

Since then, Edith has trained with leaders like Penny Simkin, Barbara Harper, and others, and she is certified in birth, postpartum, and water birth support. Edith is also a Blissborn Educator and a Pathway 3 IBCLC candidate. She proudly offers inclusive, evidence-based care to growing families, and continues to advocate for migrant and maternal health through my work with FHA and Maxxine Wright.

Ediths goal is simple: to help every family feel safe, seen, and supported during one of life’s most transformative journeys.