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Seven Steps to a Healthy Nursery A guest post by Stefanie Gomez Setting up a baby’s first nursery is an exciting activity for many new parents. Some parents decide to co-sleep or share a family bed with their baby for the first months or years of their baby’s life, while others opt to set their baby’s nursery up right away. Regardless of when parents decide to give their baby their...
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Adoptive Breastfeeding. A guest post by Lorene Foster, the babywearing mompreneur behind Frogmama We’d like to share a little-known but very interesting piece of information: you might be able to breastfeed your adopted child. We think that’s pretty amazing. Here’s Lorene’s story: I was nursing my biological son when we began our adoption journey. At the start of that journey, I’d thought about how amazing it would be to be...
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To wrap up World Doula Week, we’re sharing another guest post. This post is by doula Willow Brown, a doula practicing in Santa Cruz, California: Last week I helped my little brother and his wife deliver their first child into the world. I have been a doula for 10 years, and have assisted many couples through their transition into parenthood, but this time was different. It was personally significant for...
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The Real Reason I’m a Doula Part one in a two-part guest series by DONA-certified Doula, Tiffany Decker “Oh, you’re a doula! How exciting! It must be so wonderful to see babies being born.” When telling people about my career as a doula, I often hear comments like this. People are fascinated with life at its very beginning; with the idea of seeing cute little babies come into the world. I usually...
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In honor of World Doula Week, we’d like to highlight some of the many benefits of hiring a doula to attend your pregnancy, birth and postpartum periods. A doula can bring tremendous support and peace of mind to this special time in your life, and they can add incredible support to both the mother-to-be and her partner. So, when it comes to hiring a doula, what are the potential benefits?...
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