Will you be ready for the B I G day??? We’re talking about bringing home baby from the hospital or birth center. And with our top tips to prepare you for this momentous day, you’ll be bringing home baby like a champ. Read on.
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April is Cesarean Awareness Month. With nearly 32% of all births resulting in C-sections we want everyone to know that they still have options during a C-section. Check out this blog post to find out your options during a planned Cesarean birth, an unplanned Cesarean birth, and an emergency C-section. Having a belly birth may change some things about your birth but you do still have some options.
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Virtual baby showers are en vogue right now. Take a look at this blog for ideas on how to plan a virtual baby shower.
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Peanut butter and jelly…milk and cookies….chips and salsa….doulas and epidurals…all these things just go together! Hold up, you say, what do you mean doulas and epidurals go together?! Yep, it’s true. Check out this newest blog post to see how having both a doula and an epidural at your birth just might be a perfect pairing for you!
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“Now I understand why people shake their babies.” Have you ever had a thought steal into your head that was too scary to say out loud? Doulas of Raleigh Co-Owner Kelly Rutan has. Today on the blog she is sharing an intensely personal story from her postpartum experience to remind us what this time in a new mother’s life is like and to also hopefully show us what it could be like if we got the help we needed.
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Maybe you’re 42 weeks pregnant. Maybe your blood pressure keeps creeping up. Maybe you will have less anxiety if you have a date on the calendar. Regardless of the reason, you may be thinking about scheduling an induction date for your baby. If your care provider is discussing the possibility of an induction with you and you are feeling a bit overwhelmed with the idea, check out this post where we break down the most common methods of medical induction.
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There is a secret to the postpartum period. We’re here to tell you what it is. And to tell you in a way that you’ve probably never heard before.
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Grab a pen and paper and get ready to make a list of all the topics you will cover during your six-week postpartum check-up. Go in prepared, with questions ready, and get the most out of this follow-up visit with your provider.
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Looking for a dairy-free yet totally delicious way to start your day? Look no further than our Dairy-Free Chocolate Avocado Smoothie recipe. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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We are honored to have a former client and NICU mom share her story with us on today’s blog. Did you know that September is NICU Awareness Month? Read on for a glimpse of some of the special challenges that NICU parents face and for some helpful tips to guide you through a NICU journey.
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Sleep. Precious sleep. We all need it to survive and perhaps this is why those first weeks and months with a newborn are SO hard, because there is precious LITTLE sleep for new parents during that time. Don’t stress, your doulas are here for you today with their best newborn sleep tips to get you all sleeping BETTER than a baby!
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Sugar, sugar…oh honey honey…there are many screenings common to pregnancy and the blood glucose screening is one of them. Take a look at what to expect during the screening, tips for how to handle any side effects, and potential alternatives to drinking the glucola.
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It’s World Breastfeeding Week, so this week’s blog is focused on that early breastfeeding journey. We wish every one of our clients that chooses to breastfeed knew about the B.A.S.I.C.S. during those early days and weeks. Don’t know the B.A.S.I.C.S? Check out today’s blog.
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Supporting local, black-owned business is just one small way we can center and lift up the black community right now. Instead of sending your dollars to large corporations that remain silent in the face of injustice, funnel your financial support into the local black community. This week’s blog compiles some of our favorites. But we want to know more! Tell us in the comments about your favorite black-owned businesses.
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Read this post to find the latest labor and delivery guidelines for birthing in Triangle-area hospitals and birth centers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We know that parenting, and in particular mothering, is NOT easy right now. But we still know that each and every one of you are good mothers. Want to know how we know that? We’ll tell you in today’s blog, our ode to good mothers everywhere.
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If you feel like anxiety from COVID-19 is getting the best of you these days, check out these tips to help you stay emotionally healthy while you help flatten the curve.
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If you thought there was only one way to push a baby out, you need to know that you have options! Check out this post for a few different ways you can push during the birth of your baby. We made sure to include which pushing positions were doable with the placement of an epidural (spoiler alert—just about all of them!).
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Take a look to see what having a good “mat talk” has to do with labor and birth.
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Having you been pinning list after list of items for your baby registry? Are you feeling overwhelmed with including what seems like 100 hundred items? Good news! We’ve taken all the work of paring down your list into a more manageable Top 10 list. This is the third and final blog in our Top 10 Picks for Your Baby Registry series. This final list is all focused on the essential items that you need for bathing and diapering your new baby.
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