Arms Around Full-Spectrum Holistic Doula Services

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Arms Around Full-Spectrum Holistic Doula Services

Loving, non-judemental support for a wide array of reproductive health-related experiences. Also offering placenta encapsulation and TENS unit rentals.

Traditionally, a doula is someone who supports people through pregnancy, birth, and the immediate postpartum period. Having a full-spectrum practice means that I incorporate a wide range of reproductive health-related experiences into this offering, including pregnancy endings at any stage and for any reason. A doula is not a medical professional, and does not provide medical advice, diagnoses, or treatment. What a doula does do is to provide continual, personalized emotional, physical, and spiritual support throughout these experiences. As a holistic doula, I am aware that Western medicine and its focus on physical processes only address one aspect of any experience, and I do my best to bring love and attention to all the other layers of what makes us human. I have training in an array of healing modalities, such as herbal support, reiki (energy healing), and acupressure. I strive to keep my services as accessible as possible, which in part means that I do my best to use language that does not assume the identities of my clients or their support people. It also means that a certain percentage of my time each month is available for a reduced cost. Low-income individuals and/or families, Indigenous people, people of colour and queer and trans folks will be given priority for discounted services. I currently live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Lekwungen people (Victoria, BC).

11/26/2018

Thanks to Emily MacGregor of Tender Hearts Birth Services for being the best mentor doula and for capturing what is possibly my favourite doula-ing moment so far... guiding this lil helper to rebozo his mama!

07/13/2018

Placenta prints! These five are all from the same gorgeous placenta! Which do you prefer - ink or blood?

07/08/2018

just woke up after sleeping off a beautiful 55 hr birth experience! everyone involved was such a champ! I'm in awe.

01/31/2018

01/19/2018

CW: Description of a postpartum psychotic episode; mention of depression.

Many people don't know that pregnancy and the postpartum period are high-risk times for mental illness. Struggling with a mental illness does not make you a bad parent. There are lots of people around who want to support you, so please be honest about how you're doing with the folks you trust

12/13/2017

I'm so pleased to finally be sharing my website! On it you'll find more information about me, my services, what books and equipment I have to lend out, and a resources page. I'm particularly excited about growing the resources page, so please send suggestions my way!

Mega thanks to Alexis Lxs Ettner for sticking with me through all life's curveballs, for creating this beautiful, functional site in a way I never could have done by myself, and for teaching me how to maintain it!

I provide loving, non-judgmental support for a wide array of reproductive health-related experiences, such as pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, miscarriage, stillbirth and abortion, as well as menstrual extraction and placenta encapsulation services.

10/20/2017

It's true, doulas are not just for birth! This fabulous article from Birth Takes a Village walks us through how a doula can support you through miscarriage, planned abortion, and fertility awareness. As a full-spectrum doula, I offer all these services and more, so don't be shy to reach out, no matter what you're going through

Not Just For Birth: Doulas For Miscarriage, Abortion, and Reproductive Health by Jessica Austin on October 12, 2017 in Abortion, Doulas, Fertility • 0 Comments While doulas have been growing in popularity for their work related to childbirth and the early postpartum period, their value in all areas…

10/10/2017

A silent, silicone speculum with three bills instead of two and a more ergonomically-friendly angle to the handle... plus working with medical professionals to communicate more fully with their patients about the experience, and comfort measures such as socks, stress balls, and hangers for your clothes... there are a lot of good ideas here!

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Victoria, BC
V8T

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+15142959870

Website

https://www.armsarounddoula.com/

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