Undivided Doula

01/23/2017

This is fantastic! Thank you, La Leche League USA!

La Leche League USA is committed to helping all families who wish to give their children human milk or feed at the breast or chest. This includes breastfeeding and chestfeeding families.

For more info, you can check out this story from a La Leche League Leader http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trevor-macdonald/how-i-learned-to-be-a-bre_b_1452392.html

LLLUSA stands by these families. We will not tolerate negative or transphobic comments.

[Image: Smiling toddler sitting in the grass. Text: We welcome chestfeeding parents.]

01/19/2017

There ought to be doulas for all kinds of situations. I was in an accident last spring and really wished there had been someone there for me: calm, reassuring and knowledgable.

http://www.undivideddoula.com/blog/2017/1/19/if-i-only-had-a-doula-when-my-car-was-totaled

CRASH! The glass of the driver's side window shattered over my hands on the steering wheel. I screamed. Ringing in my ears. Heart in my chest. I glanced around to get my bearings and was surprised that a doula had appeared...

01/12/2017

As a postpartum doula I really enjoy being with parents as they navigate all those "firsts", including giving baby their first bath in the tub!

http://www.undivideddoula.com/blog/first-bath

Finally, your baby’s cord stump has fallen off. Now, you can give your baby their first real tub bath! Here are a few tried and true tricks to making your first bath go smoothly.

01/02/2017

You might be thinking: “Are they really trusting me with this thing?”
http://www.undivideddoula.com/blog/2017/1/2/wheres-the-manual

From the moment you went into labor, it has all been a whirlwind. You had been waiting for that first contraction for weeks and when you finally felt labor coming on nothing else seemed to matter...

03/30/2016

Love this new dad telling the positive (hilarious) birth story of his first son!

02/23/2016

Magical first moments!

This beautiful series is called "The First Moments."

02/22/2016

Do you know the disposable underwear?

Thank you, mesh postpartum underwear, for bringing us all together.

02/22/2016

As a doula I know I've done a good job when you go forward in parenthood telling a birth story that you are PROUD of.

Randy "Rock-N-Roll Doula" Patterson from Northeast Doulas (http://www.northeastdoulas.com), the largest Doula agency in the Northeast, explains what a doula ...

02/19/2016

Birthing, Bonding & Breastfeeding beautifully shares, "A doula can enhance the feelings of support, stability, relaxation, safety and strength in a birth setting. She stays close the entire time. She anticipates your needs and meets them. She communicates gently and timely. She helps other support persons to relax and focus on the laboring woman. I have been so honored to attend births and see the tremendous resolve in labor followed by elation at delivery. Sometimes I answer questions and give reassurance, sometimes I sit silently and offer only my presence. I have given foot rubs, back rubs, ice chips, honey sticks and suggestions. A doula is a servant that is a guide through one of your most momentous times of life. Find someone who is prepared to care for you, trained to understand the Scope of Practice and gels well with your birth team. Did you have a doula? Would you for your next birth? World Doula Week coming in March!"

02/19/2016

"You cannot judge yourself for needing help."