Doula Pat Soliman - Sta. Rosa, Laguna Doula

28/03/2026

Dive back to preparing to welcoming your baby this 2026 after the Holy Week!⁣
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Slots still available for our April classes. 😉⁣
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June and August 2026 classes are also open for registration! If your guess months are between May to September, these are you class schedules. 😊⁣⁣
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See class schedules below and link to register. ⬇️⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣⁣⁣
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𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: ⬇⁣⁣⁣⁣
🖱 http://bit.ly/LearnWithDoulaPat⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Can't go to any of these dates? Private classes are available!⁣⁣ Send me a DM or check the link above for availability. See you in class!⁣
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back to preparing to welcoming your baby this 2026 after the Holy Week!

Slots still available for our April classes. 😉

June and August 2026 classes are also open for registration! If your guess months are between May to September, these are you class schedules. 😊⁣

See class schedules below and link to register. ⬇️
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🤰🏻 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣⁣
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𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: ⬇⁣⁣⁣
🖱 http://bit.ly/LearnWithDoulaPat⁣⁣⁣
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Can't go to any of these dates? Private classes are available!⁣⁣ Send me a DM or check the link above for availability. See you in class!
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24/03/2026

One of my favorite tidbits about birth. 😉

Happy World Doula Week!

It's officially World Doula Week (WDW) 2017!!! The purpose of WDW is to empower all over the world to improve the physiological, social, emotional and psychological health of women, newborns and families in the birth & postpartum period.

To honour this special week, the are bringing you a fun birth fact each day!

So, what does "gossip" have to do with birthing anyway?! Gossip. Old English godsibb "sponsor, godparent," from God + sibb "relative" (see sibling). Extended in Middle English to "any familiar acquaintance" (mid-14c.), especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth, later to "anyone engaging in familiar idle talk" (1560s).

Stay tuned March 22 - 28 for more fun facts and giveaways!

Have a fun fact about birth and doulas?! Comment below - we'd love to hear it!!!

25/02/2026

"Confidence in birth isn't about feeling strong the whole time. It's about staying when it gets hard and having the supportive people to help you through those moments, as nothing lasts forever."

In birth (and in any difficult feat), there are moments of “feeling like giving up”, “hitting the pain barrier” or thinking “I can’t do this”. This is what Rhea Dempsey (midwife & birth educator) calls the “crisis of confidence”.

It’s the point or multiple points as there isn’t always just one moment where a woman says:
“I can’t do this.”
“This is too much.”
“I want to go home”
“I can’t keep going.”
“Get me the epidural.”
“Just get this baby out.”

It’s NOT because she is failing.
It’s NOT because her body isn’t capable.
It’s NOT a sign of escape.
BUT it’s a sign birth is unfolding.

- It’s shifting gear… moving her through physiological and psychological peaks
- It’s when labour is intense, powerful and hormones are surging.
- Her mind is processing so much information at once and sometimes throws her off balance.

Which to the untrained eye looks like self-doubt, not coping, giving up.

1. Firstly, these “crises of confidence” are normal.

Physiological birth takes physiological pain and with the right encouragement and support, women can work with that pain.

1. Secondly, that functional pain has a role in normal birth to stimulate endorphins as part of the hormonal cascade.

And endorphins provide amazing pain relief, sedative effects and euphoria.

So often after these crisis of confidence moments, women are often seen in in an altered state, commonly called “Labour Land”

So how do you move through it?

➡️ Expect it. When you know it’s normal, it loses its power.
➡️ Stay in your breath. Slow exhale. Relax your jaw. Soften your shoulders.
➡️ Lean in — to your partner, your midwife, your anchor words.
➡️ Take it one contraction at a time. Not the whole birth. Just this wave.
➡️ Change position. Water. Touch. Sound. Movement. Massage.

Confidence in birth isn’t about feeling strong the whole time.
It’s about staying when it gets hard and having the supportive people to help you through those moments, as nothing lasts forever.

And sometimes, on the other side of “I can’t do this” is “But you just did.”.

22/02/2026

April, June, August 2026 classes are now open for registration! If your guess months are between May to September, these are you class schedules. 😊⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣⁣
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Of course, our March classes still have slots available!⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣
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𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: ⬇⁣⁣⁣
🖱 http://bit.ly/LearnWithDoulaPat⁣⁣⁣
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Can't go to any of these dates? Private classes are available!⁣⁣
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18/02/2026

I hope you enjoyed your weekend. 😉⁣
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Don't forget to take note of these months on when to take your classes!⁣
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𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 are for your one-day classes, i.e. 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴. 🤰🏻🤱🏻 ⁣
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🖱 Register here: http://bit.ly/LearnWithDoulaPat⁣
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𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 are your 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 months. 🧘‍♀️⁣
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🖱 Register here: http://bit.ly/HypnobirthingWithDoulaPat⁣
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See you then! 🤭⁣
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17/02/2026

𝐈𝐂𝐘𝐌𝐈 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!⁣⁣⁣
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What is it? It's a childbirth preparation course aimed for pregnant couples to help you welcome baby in a calm and positive birth experience with the use of visualizations, affirmations, relaxation techniques, and self-hypnosis.⁣⁣⁣
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Course sessions are scheduled every first or second Saturday of the month, and continued every Saturday thereafter, totaling four sessions.⁣⁣⁣
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As it is a new class offering, the course fee is at a 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 of ₱8,000 per couple for a private course. While the group course fee is specially offered at ₱6,000 per couple.⁣⁣⁣
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🧘‍♀️ Course start dates for the rest of the first half of 2026 are:⁣⁣⁣
• March 7, 2026⁣⁣⁣
• April 4, 2026⁣⁣⁣
•June 6, 2026⁣⁣⁣
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So grab this chance to take the course and learn techniques to help you create your positive birth experience at its introductory rate! 😉⁣
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🖱 Register for your course start date here: https://bit.ly/HypnobirthingWithDoulaPat.⁣⁣⁣
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Not sure if hypnobirthing is right for you? Don't worry. There's always a free taster offered to help you decide if this is the course for you or my regular childbirth preparation class Embrace Your Birth is a better fit. ⁣⁣😊⁣
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14/02/2026

Some of the scenes from our January 2026 Embrace Your Birth class!⁣
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Both couples, especially our mommas, enjoyed the "exercises" we did as the dads learned some comfort measures they can practice now and do when it's birthing time!⁣
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Come and join me on the next set of classes:⁣⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣
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𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: ⬇⁣⁣⁣
🖱 http://bit.ly/LearnWithDoulaPat⁣⁣⁣
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Can't make in any of these dates? Private classes are available!⁣⁣
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10/02/2026

📣 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! 📣⁣⁣
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This is a chance for you and your partner to know what hypnobirthing is and if it is something that you feel would help you in creating a positive birth experience.⁣ 😉⁣
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It's going to be a quick, one-hour session and we will be going through:⁣⁣
📖 Introduction on how the uterus works⁣⁣
🤔 How our mindset affects our labor and birth experience⁣⁣
🧐 What is hypnosis⁣⁣
❓ Q&A session⁣⁣
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Details:⁣⁣
📆 Thursday, February 19, 2026⁣⁣
🕢 7:30PM to 8:00PM⁣⁣
💻 Online via Google Meet⁣⁣
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Register here:⁣⁣
🖱 https://bit.ly/HypnobirthingTaster⁣⁣
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31/01/2026

Three couples were with me last Sunday for the first 𝗪𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭?! Class! ⁣
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They took turns practicing and getting a feel on what it's like to have a baby with our demo doll.⁣
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Come and join me on the next set of classes:⁣⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣⁣
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🤱🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣⁣
We Have a New Baby, Now What?⁣⁣
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𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦: ⬇⁣⁣⁣
🖱 http://bit.ly/LearnWithDoulaPat⁣⁣⁣
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Can't make in any of these dates? Private classes are available!⁣ ⁣
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And if you didn't know it yet, 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘵 is open!⁣
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24/01/2026

Thank you to these two couple who spent their Sunday with me!⁣
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What a day that was as we held the first Embrace Your Birth class this 2026! They learned that have the same OB and they also live in the same area! ⁣
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These parents were very engaged as we went through what our uterus does and what positions they can do during labor.⁣
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Come and join me on the next set of classes:⁣
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🤰🏻 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟎𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐏𝐌⁣⁣
Embrace Your Birth: Build Calm and Confidence for a Positive Birth Experience⁣⁣
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23/01/2026

What is full term? 🤔

01/11/2025

Don't miss out and catch the last childbirth preparation group class in Laguna for 2025!⁣
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Learn how our bodies work and how to support it during the birthing process!⁣
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