by Margarita Valbuena | Nov 5, 2019 | Community, doula, Family, labor support, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Real Talk Tuesday
Did you hear? Third Coast Birth & Family and Chicago Birth & Baby recently joined forces to bring you: Third Coast Birth & Baby – Logan Square! We have a new name, a new logo and several new faces, but we still provide you with the same...
by Cait Sobotka | Jan 13, 2018 | Childbirth, doula, labor support, Pregnancy
FOR MANY WOMEN AND THEIR PARTNERS, CONTRACTIONS CAN BE SOMETHING THEY’RE MOST ANXIOUS ABOUT DURING THEIR PREGNANCY. HOW WILL THE CONTRACTIONS FEEL? CAN THEY HANDLE THE PAIN? WHEN WILL THEY START? IS THIS THE REAL THING? IN THIS POST, WE’LL DISCUSS TYPES OF...
by Cait Sobotka | Mar 3, 2017 | doula, expectations, labor support, Pregnancy
Thinking about hiring a labor or postpartum doula? Here’s are 15 questions to consider asking a doula at an interview: 1) Why and how did you become a doula? 2) With which organization did you complete doula training? Why did you pick that organization? 3) How...
by Margarita Valbuena | May 10, 2016 | Childbirth, Community, doula, labor support, parenting, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Real Talk Tuesday
Shawna and I have lived a lifetime of not quite settling for status quo. Neither of us take anything at face value, we are noticers, observers, and when we see a need that resonates with our values, we do everything in our power to fill that need. It was a long and...
by Margarita Valbuena | Apr 26, 2016 | Childbirth, Community, doula, parenting, Real Talk Tuesday, Self-Care
My favorite reaction from one of my best friends when I told her I was pregnant with my second kid was “Santa caca!!” (literally: “Holy crap!!”) Can you relate? That intense feeling of excitement mixed with the deer-in-headlights realization...
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...
