So you’ve considered hiring a doula but are asking yourself what questions to ask a doula? The following are some suggestions of questions you can ask a doula when you meet with them. What’s Included? You’ll want to find out exactly what is included in their services. Each business has various packages. Hampton Roads Doulas specifically offers five main services: …
Making Memories at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
So what does a doula do when they are off call, you ask? Well, thanks to our doula teams, I get to enjoy some family time each week while Lacey holds down our client-supporting fort! One of the things that my wife, Jessica, and I love to do with our kids is go to Busch Gardens Williamsburg. We first took our …
How Do I Hire A Doula?
You’ve read the birth stories that included one. Your best friend told you how awesome her doula was. Your care provider referred you. Or, you simply read some research that told you the benefits of doulas support. Now what? How do you hire a doula? The way to go about hiring a birth doula with Hampton Roads Doulas is quite …
I Don’t Want to Forget This Moment
Over the past few days, I have tried to make a conscious effort to soak you in. I touch your face and remember the first time we met. Such a sweet bundle of joy, all swaddled and cozy by the first time I got to hold you. You hold my hand and I remember the early months when you would …
5 Confessions of a Mom with a Deployed Spouse
As my husband’s deployment winds down to a much-anticipated end, I find myself reflecting on how much life has changed since he left. It’s no secret that coping with a deployed spouse is difficult, but you don’t truly appreciate how difficult it is until it is your reality. I admit that I spent the first few weeks kicking myself in …
Your Doula Team
Here is the reality of doula work. Things happen. Meaning, your doula could have another client go into labor just before you do. Or the road just outside her house is completely shut down due to a major accident and she can’t leave her driveway. Or she wakes up one day with a contagious illness, completely preventing her from being …
A Day with a Postpartum Doula
Society has this idea that being sleep deprived, stressed, starving, and having a “do-it-all attitude” is a badge of honor to be attained by new moms & dads. Because, ya know…that’s just how it goes. “Welcome to parenthood.” Boy-oh-boy are we sorely mistaken. And that outlook on the postpartum period is a HUGE disservice to these new families. Telling them …
Time Stopped Today | SCOTUS Ruling
“Supreme Court rules in favor of same-sex marriage nationwide.” Wow. What a headline to read today. A headline that many (including myself) thought would never be printed, and if it did, then it would be many years down the road. It took a while to sink in once I read it. I saw more and more people reposting various news stories …
A Childless Doula
I know. I’m the odd woman out. One of many who identify as a Childless Doula. No children for as far as the eye can see. In a profession where many have come to it through their own birth experiences, I didn’t. I didn’t have a traumatic birth and yearn to prevent that for other women. I didn’t have an incredible birth supported by …
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