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Your Partner Can Be Your Best Tool

Your Partner Can Be Your Best Tool

January 8, 2017

I entered into the birth world so that I could support women and families during pregnancy, birth, labor and the postpartum period.  The thing that surprised me (and continues to do so!) is the amazing support that I see from partners, both prenatally and during labor.  One of my favorite parts of this job is […]

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This Isn't My Birth

This Isn’t My Birth

May 28, 2016

As a doula, I get a lot of questions along the lines of, “what do you do when your client does something that you don’t agree with?”  I’m here to set the record straight.  It doesn’t matter whether or not I “agree” with my clients’ decisions.  They are NEVER my decisions to make.  I will […]

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If Only I Had a Doula When My Husband Took the Nursing Boards

If Only I Had a Doula When My Husband Took the Nursing Boards

February 25, 2016

  My husband Neil graduated from nursing school a year after we were married.  He then spent the next few months preparing for the Massachusetts board exam for registered nurses.  I did my best to support him and encourage him the best I knew how (and this was all years before my doula journey had […]

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New World Doula Services Thankful

Thankful for 2015, onward to 2016!

December 31, 2015

  It has been a rewarding and busy year for me and I feel it’s important to acknowledge the top 4 things I am thankful for from the past year. My family.  I know most people would say this, but I want to explain more.  My husband, Neil, is my rock.  He jumps right in […]

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New World Doula Services | Birth and Postpartum Doula | South Shore Massachusetts

The Waiting Game

November 25, 2015

  40 weeks.  DUE date.  Overdue. All these terms make us think of our unborn babies as having an expiration date. The truth is, giving a baby a due date of 40 weeks is not evidence-based for determining when a baby should be born.  (For more information on this, go here:  http://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-inducing-labor-for-going-past-your-due-date/)  Gestation has to […]

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New World Doula Services | Breastfeeding Support | South Shore Massachusetts

Breastfeeding Beach Party

August 5, 2015

Photo courtesy of Erica Chick Photography Breastfeeding Beach Party I was privileged to be a part of something amazing this week.  21 women came together on the beach and breastfed their children while being photographed.  Some of us knew each other already and some of us met that day.  It didn’t matter though, we all […]

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