by Margarita Valbuena | Mar 25, 2020 | childbirth education, labor support, Pregnancy, Virtual Class
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 | Oct 17, 2017 | Childbirth, labor support, Real Talk Tuesday
You have likely heard stories, or have a friend or family member, who reports their labor lasted not just twenty-four or forty-eight hours, but literally DAYS! Why is it that some people have multi-day labors, is it labor at all, and what can be done to address it?...
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...
