Upon us is another holiday weekend, although many people don’t take this seriously, the world around us is certainly different. Stores are closed, offices are closed, banks are closed, to name a few places. When it’s baby time, it’s baby time. Baby chooses the date to arrive and whether or not the world around is on holiday, baby does not
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Smart Sleeper Bassinet
In August I was supporting a newborn overnights, and a friend of the family had offered to lend this Smart Sleeper to them, boasting its amazing qualities on providing comfort for the newborn and a more restful sleep for the provider. The outcome for this family was amazing as well and needless to say for me as a doula, it
Speak for Yourself: Advocating for what you want.
Once you have in mind, what you wish for yourself and your baby, and that takes whole lot of education and determination to really know what you want, then you can be assertive and stand firm about what you want. You may want to birth without any medication, and you want to delay the cord clamping, and you may want
International Women’s Day
On March 8th, it was international women’s day, I wished my granddaughter a happy day, she is a vibrant and brilliant almost 16 year old, and she said to me “yes, it is, it’s unfortunate that we only have one, it should be every day”. A lot of truth is on that statement, just as Mother’s Day is celebrated only
Placenta and Cord
This week, I witnessed and supported physiological births, and also supported hospital births. The physiological births were exactly that, undisturbed and truly empowered by Mother and Baby, I was merely invited and so very honored to be there. A deep and enriching blessing and a miracle. That brings me to the placenta and cord, the placenta, being the baby’s first
My Story and My Journey
Today, I decided that it was a good day to talk about myself and how and why I have chosen this path. So here goes: My Story My name is Claire Anne and I am mother to two amazing, genuine and sensitive grown children, who are parents to my six beautiful growing grandchildren. My love affair with motherhood began at
Eating During Pregnancy
I cannot talk about this enough, it is so very important to eat well and whole foods during pregnancy. I can even say that it is just as important to eat this way even before you start growing a baby. Growing a baby is the most fabulous event in a pregnant person’s life. Just think about how magical that is!
Colic
Natasha McBride has a podcast on thishttps://natashamcbride and I found it very interesting that she mentions the definition of “excessive infant crying syndrome” COLIC is an acronym standing for “Cause Obscure Lengthy Infant Crying” When parents have a baby who does this, it can be very heartbreaking and difficult to navigate, it seems like no amount of moving, rocking, bouncing,
Placenta Encapsulation
An Ancient tradition in many cultures, we are happy to provide this exceptional service for you and your baby. Placenta Encapsulation is becoming more and more mainstream as many mothers around the world are becoming more aware of the benefits placentas can provide in the healthy recovery of the new mother. Placenta encapsulation is the process of preparing the mother’s
When They are ready
This week I want to talk about babies arriving when they are ready to. The medical world at some point decided that they knew better than babies on the subject, and so inductions were born. They play with women’s emotions and the fact that they are tired and want to meet their baby. Most of the time they are successful