TRAIN: If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. -Collins Dictionary To prepare someone or be prepared for a job, activity or sport by learning
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TRAIN: If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. -Collins Dictionary To prepare someone or be prepared for a job, activity or sport by learning skills
Doula the Soccer Player
Photo Credit: RendonPhoto My doula the volleyball player has turned into doula the soccer player all in the same season. Last year the high school soccer coach attended one of my daughter’s volleyball games. The next day he stopped her in the hallway at school and asked her to come be his goalie. He wanted
Nothing But Natural Birth
A woman’s body is created to birth her baby. After witnessing the birth of 23 babies over the last 3 years, each and every time I am purely amazed!! A woman’s body and her baby work together in unison from the start of pregnancy and beyond. Your body has the ability to birth your
Postpartum, Breastfeeding, Mothering
My first Birth Preparation 101 class went so well at Babies R Us, I held my first Postpartum, Breastfeeding, Mothering class the following week!! The first time moms were very tentative and ask some really great questions. It really makes me happy to see first time moms educating themselves about this soon to be new
Birth Preparation 101
Over my last 3 years of being a birth Doula and supporting couples through their life changing birth experience, EDUCATION is the key! My couples that have had through childbirth education have a much easier time through labor and are able to make decisions easier due to being knowledgeable. When the registry manager at Babies
Why I Needed an Olympic Doula
As I sit here watching the Summer Olympics, I wonder how many of these athletes could benefit from a Doula? These athletes are trained to peak at their most gifted, innate athletic ability during this special opportunity. Looking back on it, I know I would have benefited from a Doula just trying out for the
8 Common Causes for IUGR
What is IUGR? Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is diagnosed when a baby appears smaller than expected, specifically if an ultrasound indicates the baby’s weight has dropped below 10% for their gestational age. As a birth Doula, I have helped 20 couples bring their little ones earth side. Within those 20 births, I had my first
6 Benefits to Bengkung Belly Binding Postpartum
Bengkung means a strip of cloth in the Indonesia language. Bengkung Belly Binding is a traditional Indonesian treatment of tightly wrapping a long strip of cloth, Stagan, around a woman’s middle section. Bengkung works by twisting and weaving the strip of cloth tightly around a woman’s middle section and thighs so her muscles remain engaged
5 Ways To Avoid A Traumatic Birth Experience
I am pretty sure no pregnant momma wishes to have a traumatic birth experience. I have heard my fair share of traumatic birth stories through my life, I really wish a traumatic birth experience on no one. ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) states the cesarean rate for the United States is 35.2% and the mother/infant