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 Margarita Valbuena | Jan 25, 2016 | Childbirth, childbirth education, labor support, Pregnancy
I was about 37 weeks pregnant with my first child. I was working part-time in a job that involved driving all over the city and also sitting in kid-sized chairs for hours at a time. I felt huge and uncomfortable and being new to childbirth, I was anxious about knowing...
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 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...
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Oct 25, 2015 | Ask the Doulas, Childbirth, expectations, labor support, Pregnancy
The question that we will be discussing today is: “What happens when a doula begins working with a family? How can a doula help before the labor process begins?” This is a great question, and one that is asked frequently. I am also often asked when the...
