by MegantheDoula | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Basically, we’re all awesome. No, really. I mean that. I want you to let that sink in. Whether you’re newly pregnant, or almost ready to pop and make the metamorphosis into a mother or if you’re already in the middle of it all- up to your knees in...
by MegantheDoula | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
There’s always something out there to freak new and expectant parents out, isn’t there? The latest is mass-paranoia and hysteria regarding Huggies brand baby wipes that people are claiming have shards of glass. Scary Mommy wrote a great article about...
by MegantheDoula | Aug 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
There is one thing I know to be true in this life- birth will change you. No matter how it unfolds, no matter if it is fast or slow, joyful or full of grief, the way you expected or not, vaginally or by Cesarean. You will forever be affected and changed by the...
by MegantheDoula | Aug 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Looking back now, I can almost-sort-of-kinda-not-really laugh about it. My husband still hasn’t forgotten about it, and it was such a raw moment that really captured the intensity of my journey through new motherhood. I threw a shoe at my 6 month old. My husband...
by MegantheDoula | Aug 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hiring a doula is a very important, and very personal, choice. It is something that most couples tend to put a lot of thought into and it isn’t uncommon for women to contact and interview multiple doulas in order to find the one they like best. After all,...
by MegantheDoula | Jul 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
Should I hire a doula if my husband will be at the birth? Will a doula make my partner feel unimportant? Why would we even need another person there, what’s the point of that? The role of the doula in relation to the partner is an important and popular topic. It...
