Paige Trabulsi Doula Services

03/27/2020

In light of COVID-19, several prominent health systems have issued policies to not permit a laboring person to have a single support person with them. This not only places an undue burden on the person in labor, but also on their care team and the healthcare system.

11/05/2019

What a gift to support birthing warriors like this one. ❤️

10/27/2019

❤️

I’m in my 8th year as a mother. If I’m not at a birth or teaching a class, I’m home with my kids. This is where I’m choosing to be and it can be incredibly beautiful. But I’m in a season where I’ve felt very alone, not always lonely, but definitely alone. Many of my fellow mom friends aren’t at home any more for one reason or another, and I have found my days becoming very monotonous doing the normal, repetitive tasks of a mother caring for her children. Sometimes I feel quite forgotten and overlooked, and almost never understood. So when I’m on a walk listening to a Voxer from a dear friend or plugging in a podcast, it’s because I’ve spent the day being as present as possible and now I need a moment. I know many of you mothers can relate! The grind of this daily work is real and very challenging. Mamas, I see YOU! I am thankful for you and your huge hearts that keep on giving way after you feel like you can 💞. Know that even though motherhood is very isolating, you are doing the most important work. And this season will pass, and we will move on to being wise, older women who can come around and support these young mothers like other are (hopefully) doing for us ✨.
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10/19/2019

Real talk, y’all. ❤️

09/10/2019

Yes!

Wow!! Imagine a hospital where vertical birth was not only practiced.... but preferred! The hospital in Otavalo, Ecuador has a 90% vaginal birth rate (vaginal!), of which approximately 75% are born vertically! The other 15% are birthed in a clinical room similar to North American standards. This means that only 10% of births are cesarean, which is 5% below the national Ecuadorian average of 15% cesarean births. Oh, and if THAT didn’t blow your doula mind... they are an intercultural institution where the Indigenous midwife (partera) has her own prenatal room, that resembles the inside of a home - with a fire place, beds, stove, and more! For over 20 years this hospital has been promoting these relationships and practices. The community feels supported, listened to, and connected through option and shared respect for their diversity.
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08/29/2019

The kneeling squat is a position that creates significantly more space in the pelvic opening, compared to being on your back. This makes the pushing stage easier for many women. Furthermore, woman can do this in all birth settings, even hospital beds.

08/02/2019

To improve access to safe birth at home, nationwide standards are necessary.

07/05/2019

06/29/2019

Do you know what I love the most about this photo?

The fact that no one is interfering with this sacred moment.

Mama is holding her baby close. No one is disrupting them. No one is checking if the cord is still pulsing, measuring babies head, weighing baby, putting a tag on baby, asking questions, giving baby a vitamin k injection, removing baby to a warming table... they are simply just left to enjoy the moment!

And that is my favourite thing ❤️

Photos Credit- Teresa Palacios

06/09/2019

Facts.

05/02/2019

Very cool.

If the feeling you get when you snuggle a baby could be bottled and sold, this world would probably be a better place—research basically proves. Between the way those snuggles release heartwarming oxytocin to the benefits they have on babies’ growing brains, let’s all agree there really is no ...

03/29/2019

Sleep training is often recommended to treat postnatal depression. Only, it doesn't work. Here's how to heal postnatal depression without sleep training.