We are honored to have guest blogger, Katie Hughes, LCSW, talking about surviving the first year postpartum. Her expertise in supporting families during pregnancy & parenthood and personal experience in her own parenting journey helps us better understand how to navigate this time in a healthy way. My daughter’s first birthday party was as much a celebration of her life …
The Place of In Between
I have the best job in the world. For some, it may be up for debate, but for me, I’m as sure as ever. This thing I get to call a career is inexplicably rewarding; the truest form of passion. For years I settled for jobs that worked for the time being. And they were fine. And I enjoyed them, …
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 …
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 …
Ways for Partners to Bond with the Breastfed Child
We hear this a lot: “I want to breastfeed, but my partner wants to know how they’ll be able to bond with the baby if they can’t feed them.” This implies that feeding your baby is the only way to bond with your baby. Let me be clear, breastfeeding is an incredible bonding experience, and it’s understandable why your partner could potentially feel …
What’s a Postpartum Plan?
You’ve probably heard this question many times throughout your pregnancy. “Have you written a birth plan?” “What’s in your birth plan?” “What kind of birth experience do you want?” “Are you bringing a birth plan with you to the hospital?” While the birth experience is a life altering, mind-blowing, incredibly transformative event many consider to be the start to motherhood, …
The Dress and a Lesson on Perception
The dress. Oh my god, this dress. The level of fury produced by this piece of fabric will surely go down in internet history. You think Kim Kardashian broke the internet? HA! Leave it to some silk and lace to have people in a raging fit. White & Gold? Blue & Black? Or as my (color-blind) husband said “I see …
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