Seriously. Why would you? Maybe you Googled placenta encapsulation in Colorado because you heard about it somewhere and you need to know more. Maybe you or your partner aren’t completely sold yet. Maybe you’ve made your decision and you’re curious if there are other things you haven’t thought about. Whatever brought you here, welcome! I
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This is something we hear nearly every day in the doula world, whether it’s from clients, or providers, and other doulas repeating things THEY’VE heard out on the world wide web. I’m about to get really real with you here, because my job is to SUPPORT your decisions, no matter what. It’s my job to
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I met Sarah Wilkerson when I was hired as a postpartum doula to help welcome her daughter home. Sarah was blessed with three children but I would only be helping with two. Sarah says she learned the importance of newborn screening the hard way. As a mother who chose a natural birth path, including Bradley
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If you are pregnant or planning to be pregnant in the near future, you are probably wondering things like, “How do I find an OB in Denver,” “Are there home birth midwives in Colorado Springs?” “Can I have a midwife in a Colorado hospital?” All of these are valid things to be thinking about, but as a
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Commitment to supporting GROWING FAMILIES in Colorado Springs goes far beyond the “typical” mainstream, nuclear family. We hold a special place in our hearts for those whose families don’t come about in the traditional way. Supporting families through FERTILITY, ADOPTION, SURROGACY, and LOSS is of primary importance to our business model and the local LGBT
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There’s been quite an uproar in the birth world the last few months about the importance (or lack thereof?) of where your placenta encapsulation specialist (PE) encapsulates your placenta. Should your PE work in her own space, in your kitchen, or is it best to give you the choice? There are SO many blog posts
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The last thing you want to think about during pregnancy…no, not that. Exercise. Yep, exercise. You’re spending all of your energy on growing a human inside of you, the last thing you want to think about is peeling yourself off the sofa at night or rolling out of the bed extra early. But exercising during a
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When you envision a doula at your side, what do you think of it? Perhaps you think of a friendly person tenderly massaging your feet during your labor. Or, you may picture your doula giving you advice while you are laboring in a hospital bed. As labor doulas, we certainly do some of these things
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Trying to figure out what to do with older children while we’re giving birth to their little brother or sister can be difficult. There are many ways we can help, as experienced doulas in Colorado. 1. Your family members want to see the baby born. Grandparents can feel conflicted, wanting to help you out by
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Hi Jen. Thanks so much for chatting with me about the very important work that you do. This is the last week of #Cesareanawarenessmonth and I wanted to chat with you about the class you have coming up and the myths and realities people of size face during birth. First, tell me a little about
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