Megan Ross - Doula

11/07/2021

“All we want is for people to come out feeling supported and not traumatized,” says Kitchener-based doula Amy Perry

08/04/2020

"I’ll meet you where you are."

Today, we're reflecting on this beautiful phrase and powerful image from Emma of This Mama Doodles.

Because new motherhood is a shock.
It's relentless.
It's painful.
It stretches your heart and makes you question who you are.
And it's lonely - the kind of loneliness you didn't know existed until you're awake rocking a baby at 3am or going on yet another long pram walk.

Never underestimate the power of showing up for your new mum friends.

In these strange times, it may not be having wine on the couch while they cry from sheer, pure exhaustion - despite how we might ache for it.

It might simply be checking in regularly, holding them from afar, letting them know that you're there. It's telling them if they want to, need to, they can call and sob down the phone - and that you'll hold space for them while they do.

It's saying, "I'll meet you where you are."

Wherever that may be x

https://www.cope.org.au

05/26/2020

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04/09/2020

if you know, you know.

04/04/2020

"Pain mixed with love."

02/28/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/health/pelvic-medical-exam-unconscious.html

Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients.