The other week I awoke from a dream. It was clearer than almost any other dream I’ve seen in the past 26 years. I can honestly say I felt this dream. Every part of my body was affected as I moved from the bedroom to the bathroom. This dream was the first time I gave birth, in a logical way.  We all have dreams. Ones that don't totally make sense. Disjointed, odd, nonsensical. This wasn't that type of dream. After attending 45 births in this dimension, I can say, this dream birth felt almost as real as the ones I had attended while awake.  As I write this, I can still remember ..read more

What’s your name? Dr’s Pavin & Erin Where in the city do you live? Burnaby (close to Deer lake) What’s your nearest and dearest heirloom? For Erin, it’s a garnet ring given to her by her grandmother who just turned 98. They share the same birth month of January, and this ring was the first piece of jewelry that her grandma ever bought. For Pavin, it’s also a ring, but it was given by his great-grandpa who helped raise him. It is a gold ring with the family crest and name.​ What does your perfect day look like? Our perfect day starts with some homemade indian chai tea o ..read more

What’s your name? Jen Basa Kazuta Where in the city do you live? North Burnaby, BC What’s your nearest and dearest heirloom? I don’t know if this would be an heirloom, but my daughter and son’s hospital blanket. I don’t think there’s anything more special to me and I often pull it out time to time to sniff it :)  What does your perfect day look like? Waking up without an alarm to glorious sunshine and a strong cup of coffee. Followed by a beach day with my family and a great family meal, catching the last hours of sunlight at the top of our hill with a game of cards.   ..read more

If my path towards my purpose had a guide, her name would be Care. If I was to describe my choice to follow this calling, I would do so with the word Alignment. For me, this business o fbeing a Doula is m personal practice of care, it is my labour of love and my heart work. When learning from Lesley Everest during Mother Wit's postpartum training, she spoke of Doulas being a "healing balm" and said this work is, "sacred activism"... this is how I continue to think of my role and this calling. My interest and attention has always been grasped by people moving through transformative human ..read more

​We are taking a pause to reflect on the close to 100 families we had the honour and joy to witness, grow and support for this past year. • 365 days of hand holding, diapering, bottle making, laughing, sharing, cuddling, soothing, learning and caring. • May you be safely gathered with your loved ones, fed a delicious treat and have a glass full to toast once we enter a new year! ​Oh 2020, the ways in which you changed us! • We prepared nourishment in our kitchens, we spoke to our computers, we researched the virus, we gathered on screens, and we stayed masked. • Ye ..read more

As the second wave of this pandemic rages on, we wanted to drop in and let you know about our COVID policies. Put in place to keep our Doulas and Bunky families safe and healthy. We wanted to remind folks that Doulas shifts are not social interactions and we are not guests in your space, we are hired professionals providing a paid in-home care service. To read our full COVID-19 procedures, click here. As the new future that lays ahead changes and morphs, we will continue to adapt our procedures to keep you all supported as we best can. The Doulas and childbearing professiona ..read more

Indigenous Birth Worker Travel Fun Funds for Quill an Anishinaabeg artist and youth worker, who has just welcomed her first child. You are supporting a new parent be set up with the many baby-related costs. Help a young Aboriginal Mum-to-be Support Diane as she embarks on her motherhood journey, in these isolating and expense ridden times. Yukon Midwifery Home Birth Support Maria is a young Dené artisan and a single mother, living in the Yukon.  She created this GoFundMe to help support her to give birth at home, with the support of a Midwife and an Indigenous Doula.  ..read more

Listen, Read, Learn The Conscious Kid - Parenting & education through a critical race lens Village Birth International - Holding meetings for white birth workers learn and take action against racial injustice & white supremacy The Educated Birth - Educational and inclusive material for birth workers and parents Humpty Dumpty Books - our favourite local bookstore (WOC owned!), that has a beautiful curation - online and in store. Follow, Uplift, Support Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Fund Re+Birth Equity Alliance ​Empowered Birth - Midwife offering free virtu ..read more

​For July, here are the campaigns we will be donating to and highlighting. Help June become a perinatal social worker. For more info and to donate, click here! Birth Empowerment Fund: "Own Your" Crown". Here is their ad to learn more about their fund, and here is their Go Fund Me! These are not new issues, these are not only “our neighbours” problems, and this is not a short term battle. These are systemic, century-long problems upheld by systems of power and white supremacy. To do our part, we want to support BIPOC careers, education and initiatives. We want to invest in our co ..read more

This week we are featuring Lindsay of Nourish Consultancy, to share more about herself, her darling family and her amazing business.  I have personally known her through many seasons in each of our lives, and saw her battle with feeding aversions. The way she  navigated it and how both her and Rigby recovered was a phenomenal thing to be witness to. Keep your eyes peeled on our Instagram, as she will come on to chat more about feeding aversions, starting solids! What’s your name? Lindsay Wark  Where in the city do you live? We live in Suffolk, UK (but still ..read more