Caring for Yourself After a Cesarean Birth

Caring for Yourself After a Cesarean Birth Caring for yourself after a cesarean birth begins before you ever birth your baby. Whether you know you’ll have a cesarean, or you have a cesarean birth due to complications or an emergency, you can begin planning for after care, now! Not sure you belong here? You do! …

Top 5 Reasons to Have a Plan for After Birth

Top 5 Reasons to Have a Plan for After Birth There is a ton of value in preparing for life with a new baby. Elizabeth Luke, perinatal and postnatal support professional, childbirth educator, and owner of First Coast Doulas talks about the top 5 reasons to have a plan for after birth in place before you …

First Coast Placenta Prize Package, and The Winner Is…

First Coast Placenta Prize Package, and The Winner Is…   In early April First Coast Placenta a branch First Coast Doulas took part in The Prego Expo in Jacksonville Florida. The expo is a place for families to learn about products and services available to them in their area, register to win prizes, and meet …

First Coast Placenta Services, What’s That About?!

  First Coast Doulas has expanded! Our professionalism, safe practices, and compassion make us extraordinary! People, including healthcare providers love the way we’re providing placenta encapsulation. This part of First Coast Doulas has grown so much so that we’ve decided to branch into First Coast Placenta! We unveiled at The Prego Expo in Jax. this past …

Insurance Policy For Expecting Parents

  Insurance Policy For Expecting Parents There’s an insurance policy for expecting parents and it’s easier than ever to obtain. Being a new mother encompasses a range of emotions from excited to exhausted. The details, not to be forgotten. There seems to be a never ending list of things. After your baby arrives you will be taking care of …

The Walking Dead; Don’t Be A Zombie

The Walking Dead; Don’t Be A Zombie What’s one of the biggest challenges that new parents face in the first year postpartum? You guessed it, having enough energy to power through! Ask just about any new parent you know how they’re feeling and I bet you’ll get a variety of responses, anything from, “Doing great! A little …

Why Women Want Their Placenta Encapsulated!

Modern women have high expectations and they get exactly what they want when they set out to get it. While the act of consuming one’s own placenta after childbirth for personal benefits is a centuries old practice, it’s a relatively newer phenomenon to have your placenta encapsulated by someone else before consuming it. Placenta encapsulation …