Here in the Pikes Peak Region you have a lot of choices when it comes to doulas. At any given time there are 20-40 birth doulas in Colorado Springs/Denver to choose from and 5-10 Colorado postpartum doulas. That seems like quite the range, doesn’t it? There are several reasons the numbers vary so much. The
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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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That’s right, the big 5-0 and our own Broncos are in it to win it! The excitement at my house is palpable as the men get ready to celebrate by eating all the food and screaming at the t.v. I, however, will be spending tonight with a very special newborn, taking care of him so
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While you are serving far away, be comforted; we are standing beside them at the end of this journey. While you are missing your heart back home have faith; we are holding space for you in the labor room. While you are watching via Skype or FaceTime; we are holding the iPad for you to see, hear and
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Then you don’t have to. It really is as simple as that. Over the last few years the push to get back to breastfeeding and increase the rates of long term breastfeeding has increased at a steady pace. We all know why it’s important, we all know the science, but there are many many reasons
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This is the last in my Breastfeeding Sabotage Series, but I would argue that it is the very most important one. Even if your overall health during pregnancy was stellar; if you had a 100% natural birth with no interventions that made breastfeeding difficult; if you had the very best IBCLC in your hospital room immediately postpartum;
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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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So far in this series, we’ve discussed how what you do in pregnancy, labor, and immediate hours after your baby is born can affect your breastfeeding relationship. Today we’re going to discuss the sabotage you may come across in your fourth trimester (the first three months after your baby is born) and for the rest of your breastfeeding relationship. Having a Colorado
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