This week I go over items that would be beneficial to have to at some point, but may not be necessarily necessary to have now or at all.   ..read more

Why do you do so much baby laundry? What do you actually need for baby in the first few weeks and months?  What do you even wash baby's clothes in? Those questions and more are addressed in this week episode of Birth & Parenty Things.   ..read more

This week we go over the must haves and tips for bathing your newborn.  Bathing baby for the first time can be daunting, but it doesn't have to be.   ..read more

Starting a new series on Newborn Must Haves, we look at what you will need for diapering your new little one.  If you want to know more about caring for your new baby, check out my virtual, self paced infant care class on my teaching portal:  https://torontodoulagroup.thinkific.com/courses/infant-care-workshop ..read more

We all see labour and birth as painful.  We've had this notion jammed down our throats ever since movies and TV starting showing birth.  But what if the pain in labour were thought of differently? As a physiological function of your body, is this pain something bad or is it a response to the extreme effort your body is going through to birth your baby? Let's discuss.  ..read more

In this episode that I live streamed on Instagram, I discuss natural induction techniques you can try to use to encourage your body to go into labour, especially if you have a medical induction already scheduled.   ..read more

This week I discuss some popular ways to get your labour going.  We've discussed medical induction the last two weeks, now lets turn our attention to encouraging your body to go into labour on its own.   ..read more

This week, still in bathroom remodel mode, I discuss the procedures and medications used by the medical care providers to "trick" your body into going into labour.   ..read more

This week I'm a little late.  With bathroom renovations happening I was hard pressed to find some quiet time to record.  But I got lucky.  In this episode I will be examining the reasons why medical inductions are done as part of a series of episodes around inductions of labour.   If you have a story to share about your induction please send it to BirthAndParentyThings@gmail.com  Evidence On: Pregnancy At Age 35 and Older ..read more

Due to some overwhelming life hurdles and a bout of depression, I'm giving you a quick break down of who I am and how I got here as a doula.  As well as an announcement of where I will be focusing my energy in the future.   ..read more