Pregnancy

What the Heck is a Doula and Why Do We Need One?

By |September 1st, 2014|

What is a Doula?
It’s a common misconception that a Doula and Midwife are the same thing. They aren’t. While a Midwife attends to the medical side of your prenatal care and the delivery of your baby, a Doula attends to the labouring woman and her partner by first preparing them for labour and then […]

Creating a Visual Birth Plan

By |August 22nd, 2014|

Creating a Visual Birth Plan
Creating a Visual Birth Plan using simple icons to represent your wishes can be a fun, creative and easy way to depict your preferences. If you are able to create your own icons you can add your own personal flare to them or you can find icons that someone else […]

Writing a Birth Plan: Your Preferences, Goals, and Boundaries

By |August 22nd, 2014|

What is a birth plan?
A birth plan is a way to quickly and easily communicate your preferences, goals and boundaries about your labour, birth, the immediate postpartum and newborn procedures with your midwife, doctor, obstetrician, doula and nurse. Keep your birth plan short and to the point is key so that everyone will be […]