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Category Archives: doula
Praying through Pregnancy
Laying your hopes, fears, joys, and trials before the Lord as you grow your baby. When you’re expecting a child, it’s easy to be overcome by your emotions. We can easily swing from pure joy to overwhelming worry in a matter of moments. It can all feel like so much. Mercifully, we have a GodContinue reading “Praying through Pregnancy”
You’re Pregnant! What Next?
When it comes to deciding who will provide the medical care for you and your baby during your pregnancy, the options can seem overwhelming. Let’s look at all of your choices!
Birthing Class Basics
Childbirth doesn’t have to be scary, and neither does childbirth education! When you have the opportunity to learn, be informed, and gain confidence, you can approach your birth experience with anticipation and excitement, instead of fear!
Plan your Postpartum
If you’re anything like me, I’ll bet you love planning. I’m at my best when there’s a big event coming up, that I get to design in as much detail as possible! Planning my wedding was one of the most fun (if stressful) things I’ve ever done. Planning birthday parties, dates, and special events isContinue reading “Plan your Postpartum”
What’s New at birthsong?
Hello friends! I thought it was time for another update, so here we are! First, my husband and I welcomed another sweet baby boy to the family in May, and he’s just wonderful. Every day I thank God for the blessings of my five children and my life. I never could have imagined having allContinue reading “What’s New at birthsong?”
7 Questions to Ask a Doula
So you’ve decided you want a doula on your birth team. You’ve set up interviews, and you’re excited to meet each of these wonderful women. But what do you ask in the interview? Here are some ideas of things you should include in that initial consultation with each doula you consider. 1. What brought youContinue reading “7 Questions to Ask a Doula”
Updates and Exciting News!
It’s been awhile since I added a new blog, so I thought it was about time for an update. I’m hard at work studying with a fantastic Christian doula program! It’s called The Elite Doula and Co, and provides training for both birth and postpartum doulas, as well as filling in all of the neededContinue reading “Updates and Exciting News!”
Beginning again…
When you get pregnant, your body begins making shifts and changes you may not even notice at first. Hormones adjust and increase, ready to create the perfect nourishing space for new life to grow. Then come the nine months of growth, both for baby, and you! Parts of you stretch that you didn’t even knowContinue reading “Beginning again…”
the space between
early second trimester anxiety, between first trimester symptoms and second trimester baby movement, how to cope