by MegantheDoula | Apr 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
NIP= Nursing in Public. Could there be an better acronym? Because of course, when you’re nursing in public, it sure does involve the nip(ples)! Ba dum ching. I remember when my son was just a couple of weeks old and family was visiting and we were going to take...
by MegantheDoula | Apr 2, 2015 | birth, birth doula, pregnancy, Uncategorized
I hear this sentence more often than I care to admit when I’m talking with friends and clients: “Will they let me?” or the old classic, “Am I allowed to do that?” We are usually talking about things like what kind of snacks to pack in...
by MegantheDoula | Mar 31, 2015 | birth, Postpartum Doula, pregnancy, Uncategorized
If you’ve never heard the expression before, you’ll definitely recognize it by the signs: obsessive cleaning, arranging and rearranging, researching and comparing, and intense attention to detail. “Nesting” is the word that describes a pregnant...
by MegantheDoula | Mar 27, 2015 | babywearing, Uncategorized
As you may have noticed from the workshops I host, the photos I’ve posted on my Pinterest page, or just from the amount of time I spend referencing babywearing in general- I LOVE BABYWEARING! There are so many benefits to keeping your baby close by using a baby...
by MegantheDoula | Mar 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
I get funny looks when I tell people that I track my periods using an online menstrual cycle website and that no, though it’s none of your business (although here I am, writing this blog!) I am not using it to get pregnant. I’m also not using it to...
by MegantheDoula | Mar 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Support is at the heart of what a doula does. We support from the very first moment that we are contacted by a potential client. They want to know- how can you support me in what I’m going through? Will you be there in the middle of the night when I call you,...
by Megan Howarth | Mar 2, 2015 | birth club
Today has been a hard day for me and about 100 other fellow moms. Like many others, I browsed around on Baby Center Canada while pregnant and found my “birth club”. I joined the April 2013 group and started posting about my pregnancy woes, worst food...
