Marline Doula Care

17/05/2021

When comparing traditional pushing positions to neutral spine pushing, we can notice a difference in the direction of force!

When curling around baby, the diaphragmatic angle is directed towards your back making pushes less effective. In addition, pulling yourself towards your legs tends to cause the shoulders to lift and directs the push upwards.

When we compare this technique to neutral spine pushing, we find that the diaphragmatic angle is directly downwards, making pushes more effective. In addition, pulling our legs to us encourages the engagement of the back and directs the force of the push downwards!

Try both of these positions and feel which seems to create more downward pressure in the perineum!

Learn more pushing techniques in our online self paced childbirth education courses!

This Tuesday, May 18th at 730pm EST, we will be teaching a webinar all about pushing! Recording will be available! Sign up at Mamastefit.com/webinars

24/11/2020

26/08/2019

Prodromal: adjective. relating to or denoting the period between the appearance of initial symptoms and the full development of more diagnostically specific signs and symptoms. Derived from...

06/07/2019

How a doula can make your home birth experience better than you imagined it could be. Birth local. Hire a midwife. Then, hire a doula.

23/06/2019

Have you heard about postpartum depletion? A growing baby taps on the mother's nutrient reserves for development, and continues to do so while breastfeeding. During pregnancy, birth, & the postpartum periods, a mother's body is depleted of many vital nutrients which often shows up in symptoms like exhaustion, poor memory / concentration, anxiety & constant fatigue.⠀⠀
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We learned a lot about this topic from our friends , who have written some excellent articles and have been featured in podcasts you might enjoy (links below). ⠀⠀
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Read all about postpartum depletion and how a little planning during pregnancy can help you avoid it (keep an eye out for the link to download a free guide to make your postpartum nutrition plan too!).⠀
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01/05/2019

Researchers from Augusta University have detected the presence of immune cells called innate lymphoid cells, or ILCs, in human breast milk.

31/03/2019

now officially has a friend in NJ, as of Thurs, when signed SJR-120/AJR-184 making March 22-28 Doula Appreciation Week in NJ! Ty Assemblywomen & others who sponsored this bill.

08/03/2019

Client Testimonials for Marline Dyer


Maysa Andujar

After a traumatizing 1st birth experience I knew I needed a doula. We wanted to do a vbac with all natural labor. We discussed what she could have contributed to our first birth and knew Marline was our match. We met with her a couple of times before my due date, came to our home, discussed breathing exercises and physical ones to do before and during labor. She guided my husband in ways he could assist during labor. She’d check in on me after all my appointments. Past my due date 5 days my labor started at 8am, 7pm and contractions were stronger, at midnight they were intense and she came over. She coached my husband to help relieve pressure and pain. At 2am we moved to our bedroom, she had me lay down to rest between contractions, gave us time to connect and checked in with us. At 6 am I was ready to go to the hospital. Marline was supportive in translating what was going on, we checked in with her if we didn’t understand the why. I was 10cm and ready to go, I accomplished my goal of laboring at home. 3 hours after arriving at the hospital my midwife advised to get ready for a c section. We weren’t ready to give up, Marline moved me in different positions and supported me through breathing, if I needed her close she was there and if I needed her to advice my husband she did so. After 26 hrs of laboring we did the c section, at this point I was happy with getting so far and was ready to have the baby. After labor she assisted me with BF and accompanied me while my husband took a break to eat and clean up. A few weeks later she checked in with us at home. She’d made us feel comfortable and secure throughout the whole process. We had a good birthing experience and had been everything we needed. I definitely would recommend her to anyone looking for a doula. Thank you Marline for your amazing support, you will always be part of the birth of our little Penelope.

20/01/2019

Elephant Panel is meeting monthly now! MSU center in Little Falls Facilitated by Compassionate Postpartum Care and MilkWell Lactation

12/08/2018

Fantastic infographic on the ARRIVE study, created by some smart colleagues who would like this to get out everywhere. Please share!!!

Credit: Birthing Rights Bay Area and Aptos Village Creative