Can Doulas Prevent Cesarean Deliveries?

Can Doulas Prevent Cesarean Deliveries? The World Health Organization reaffirms that the best outcomes for women and babies appear to occur with cesarean section rates of 5% to 10%. Rates above 15% seem to do more harm than good. In and around Jacksonville, Florida the average is above 30% for cesarean birth. Many people wonder, …

Top Must Haves for Expecting Parents

Must Haves for Expecting Parents You’ve bought the crib, car seat, and most of the cloths, but what are the other must haves for expecting parents? You’re as ready as you know how to be, but what else? We’re sharing the top must haves for expecting parents! We’ll give details on the top three and then …

Birth Affirmations

  Birth Affirmations There are many ways that people prepare for childbirth, one way is by reading birth affirmations. Other expectant couples prepare by reading books, listening to podcasts, while some choose to take the “do nothing special approach” and wing it! About 5% of pregnant people will hire a doula to support them during …

No Way, Our Daughters Are Watching; I Got Schooled By A Six Year Old

The other evening my six year old daughter says, “Mommy, tomorrow I would like to give you a make over.” I responded with, “a make over! Why, do you think I need a make over?”  “I think you’re beautiful, but I want to do your make up” she exclaims!  “o.k., well I don’t see why not, …

Childbirth Isn’t Confusing, but “Born in the Wild” Is!

Childbirth Isn’t Confusing, but “Born in the Wild” Is! All this talk, all these previews, and all this…confusion…what’s a person to do? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good bowl of popcorn and I am always ready to don a full Elizabethan collar in the name of drama. But drama needs to serve a …