by Margarita Valbuena | Apr 28, 2020 | Ask the Doulas, parenting, Postpartum, Postpartum doula, Real Talk Tuesday, Self-Care
Did you just have a baby? Feeling anxious or uncertain about how to navigate this time at home without some of your usual supports due to the current public health situation? We’ve got you! Here’s postpartum doula, Amanda, with some easy tips for you!...
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Apr 4, 2016 | Ask the Doulas, Childbirth, doula, labor support, Pregnancy, women
You’ve heard about birth doulas from friends, family, or your care provider. Maybe you are thinking about hiring a doula to support you in your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum time. But, maybe you aren’t quite sure what a doula does, or why everyone...
by Tim Mertens | Oct 30, 2015 | Ask the Doulas, Childbirth, doula, expectations, labor support, VBAC
Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Virtual Ask the Doulas event! We have really enjoyed hearing your questions, and discussing them in this way. Today’s post will be our last installment of this event in which we will be discussing this question:...
by Margarita Valbuena | Oct 29, 2015 | Ask the Doulas, Childbirth, labor support
Margarita is Co-Founder, Early Childhood Consultant, and Birth Doula at Third Coast Birth. Her career before having children was in child development and early childhood education. She became a birth doula after the birth of her second child, when she decided that she...
by Margarita Valbuena | Oct 28, 2015 | Ask the Doulas, doula, expectations, Pregnancy
We are honored to have birth doula and birth justice advocate, Amy Catania weigh in on a complex question: “I’m 24 weeks pregnant and getting these slightly painful throbbing pains in what feels like my cervix. Is this normal?” Dear 24 weeks, It is...
by Margarita Valbuena | Oct 27, 2015 | Ask the Doulas, Childbirth, childbirth education, labor support, midwife, Pregnancy
Our next question is a great follow up to the previous post, and one that we hear often as doulas: Why do I need a doula if I have a midwife? Lauren Franzen is our guest doula today and she writes: Many women choose midwives instead of obstetricians because their...
