birth stories
Positive for Group B Strep? Here’s what it means for your hospital birth
By Jessica English, LCCE, FACCE, AdvCD/PCD/BDT(DONA) You’ve done your research and you know that laboring at home until strong, active labor could help you lower your risk of cesarean birth and other interventions. You’ve got your doula on board, you’ve prepped with a great birth class, and you’re ready to rockstar your way through an…
Read MoreGuest post: Five things I’ve learned in my rainbow pregnancy (35 weeks)
Like so many parents, Brittin Schumaker and her husband have experienced great joy and great sadness. We asked Brittin to share some of the lessons from her “rainbow pregnancy” — a pregnancy after a loss. Several of our doulas have special training in grief and loss (and many of us have experienced loss ourselves), so…
Read MoreJuliet’s birth: Joanna’s story
Early labor started for me around 2:30 a.m. on a Sunday morning. I was only having one to two contractions an hour that were strong enough to wake me up. My husband, Neil, brought a futon into our bedroom so that I could wake up to manage the contractions on the floor and then go…
Read MoreWithout my doula…
Our client Teesha Bancroft shares her thoughts on all the ways her doula helped her through her birth — and what it might have been like without that support. by Teesha Bancroft Without my doula, I would not have had an amazing natural birth class and a huge network of resources; Without my doula, I…
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