Friendly Doula

03/19/2019

Filling out my Birthingway practicum application, plan to have it in by Friday.

02/19/2019

02/19/2019

It's been awhile but I'm putting out my doula shingle again. This tme in PDX.

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03/14/2017

Birth has traditionally been an event of women coming together to care for and attend to each other. In modern times, however, birth is viewed as a medical event, and we've largely gotten away from women …

10/28/2016

To many, doulas represent a certain type of bourgie luxury. According to a new study, however, the health benefits of hippie-style birth coaching are biggest for low-income women.

10/27/2016

;) For the mommas, especially.

Great reading on mother/baby-friendly birth: http://astore.amazon.com/peacefparent-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=3

If you're expecting a baby, no matter where you plan to birth, you are welcome to join the Birthing Group as well: FB.com/groups/Birthing

08/11/2016

07/31/2016

Do we have any pumping moms that follow this page?

I finally finished with the 6th painting in the series for !

"Feeding Twins"
22"X28"
Water mixable oil

07/31/2016

I’ll come straight to the point – there is a severe lack of women on this planet enjoying the birthing experience, let alone walking away from it with a profound depth of empowerment. What is going so wrong? When I tried to talk to women in my life about birth during my first pregnancy, how it …

03/14/2016

Doulas give mothers emotional and spiritual support through pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences. Now, thanks to a Manitoban initiative, they'll also give indigenous mothers traditional support.

10/07/2015

A movement of black midwives is working to stem the rates of African-American babies dying every year for preventable reasons.