Robyn Mara, Birth Doula

02/27/2022

“🤎🤍🅸🅽🅵🅾🆁🅼🅴🅳 🅲🅾🅽🆂🅴🅽🆃🤍🤎

Being educated and knowledgeable is absolutely vital ; informed consent and informed refusal are both so important in a birth setting.

Informed consent is NOT telling you what is going to happen, it is INFORMING you on the benefits and risks of your choices and letting you make an informed decision.

There are topics that need to be discussed and researched before you give birth, that way you are aware of everything that is going on and educated on the choices that may be presented to you.

"Well how do I do that?"
🤎Hire a doula
🤎Take a birth education class

You have choices; you have options. “✨


Reposted from Crunchy & Sweet Mama

09/19/2019

Every birth, I think of her. Every word, every concept, every time

Ina May Gaskin, MA, CPM, PhD (Hon), is founder and director of the Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee. The 41-year-old midwifery service is noted for its wom...

05/01/2019

Medicaltalks on IG provided this and it is truly one of the most beautiful displays I’ve seen.

03/11/2019

Yes 💜

Duchess Meghan is reportedly working with a doula during her pregnancy. So what is a doula? And why would a royal, or anyone, want one?

03/10/2019

Big things are happening

Had a great business meeting with Robyn who is joining my doula business team

03/10/2019

01/27/2019

Research based parenting for today's growing families.

10/13/2018

So good to hear

I really wish that all new mothers were told that the majority of newborns want to breastfeed much more frequently than every few hours. And many even want to stay latched on, suckling for extended periods of time. This can understandably shake a new mother’s confidence and make her second guess if she’s producing enough milk to keep her nursling satisfied. Women are usually just told that their baby should nurse ‘every 2-3 hours’, but frequent (and lengthy) nursing is a totally normal thing for newborns to do! It helps keep them close to mama while regulating her milk supply.
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Often babies won’t have these longer stretches between feeds until they’re a little older. Even then, there are several things that could make them want to nurse more, including (but not limited to) teething, sickness, unfamiliar surroundings, or feeling tired. I can’t imagine how miserable it would be to have a fussy baby in your arms but feel like you shouldn’t breastfeed again because it’s “not time yet”.
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This isn’t discussed often enough and new mothers need to be reassured. If baby is gaining weight, then there’s absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding more often than what you’ve been told is ‘normal’. The postpartum period is all about surrendering, so cozy up with your babe and forget the clock.

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10/07/2018

The beautiful powerful latch

09/30/2018

This is everything!

Expectant parents need to invest in independent childbirth education to be informed about their rights and choices in birth to be able to know what they are declining or consenting to. It is very easy for your partner to say they will advocate for you but they need to be educated on what their advocating for.

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It’s 2018 and I’m still constantly hearing women say they didn’t know they could say no, that they didn’t have a choice, that they were told something would be done not asked. None of that is ok.