by MegantheDoula | May 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Flexibility. It’s something I’ve physically never gotten very good at. As a kid, I would make my neighborhood friends put on gymnastics performances as part of the shows I would direct from the basement at our house. I never got a hang of the splits and as...
by MegantheDoula | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” – Romeo and Juliet As much as I love being a doula and all that it entails, I really wish whoever coined the modern term would have chosen something...
by MegantheDoula | Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Now that the snow has finally melted and the dog poo has started to wash away with the last few days of rain, I think it’s safe to say the good times have finally arrived! There is nothing I enjoy more than spring in the city, except maybe summer in the city....
by MegantheDoula | Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pink breastfeeds. Gisele gave birth at home. January Jones encapsulated her placenta. Who cares?!? I do. Whether they like it or not, celebrities influence our culture and they become role models to those in the same life stage. We use celebrities as a compass for...
by MegantheDoula | Apr 19, 2015 | birth, pregnancy, Uncategorized
I think I can name at least 5 movie scenes in which the pregnant woman’s water breaks in a dramatic gush, all hell breaks loose, and there’s a frantic taxi cab ride (always in New York City). The next scene is the woman, red-faced and angry, surrounded by...
by MegantheDoula | Apr 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Dads and their babies. An important relationship that is often forgotten or ignored in this mom-centric culture of pregnancy and motherhood, “mommy wars”, and attachment parenting. Dads are worried about how they’ll bond with the baby, if the mother...
