Portland OR Postpartum Doula gives advice on postpartum visitors

How to Handle Toxic Family, Baby Visitors & Unsolicited Advice in Your Postpartum

When you come home from the hospital after having a baby, you can feel a lot of things. Worry that you won’t be a good parent, concern over milk supply, emotionally up and down due to the hormones and pure …

Portland hospitals and covid-19 visitor policy

Portland’s Family Birth Centers’ New COVID-19 Visitor Policies

We’ve gotten A LOT of phone calls this week from expectant parents as things shift rapidly around the coronavirus outbreak. One of the most common questions: “I’m having a baby soon and am worried about the visitor policy at the …

Ways a Postpartum Doula helps

52 Ways a Postpartum Doula Brings Sanity and Support

Having a baby is the most life altering experience! Families find themselves having so many emotions and needs and the support of this transition is so poorly recognized. Enter the Postpartum Doula!  So what exactly is it then that we do? …

Portland Oregon Birth Doula | Portland Oregon Placenta Encapsulation

4 Reasons Every Mother Needs Acupuncture After Birth

Licensed Acupuncturist Megan Burns with Healing From Within Acupuncture, located in Vancouver, shares with us why every mama needs acupuncture after birth (no matter how old your baby is really!) Why Get Acupuncture After Birth? Pregnancy and birth are powerful …

Portland Oregon birth support coach doula

How to Reduce Pain in Childbirth with ABC’s

Our Baby Nest doula team came up with this amazing list of ways to reduce pain in childbirth using ABC’s! As birth doulas, we know birth is hard work, but there are things you can do to make it more comfortable, …