admin, Author at Northeast Doulas

21 May

I Guess That’s Why They Call it The BABY Blues

June 16, 2022
By admin

But let’s think about where you’ve just come from! Keep in mind, the baby blues begin around day 2 or 3 post birth… The baby blues. ...

07 Dec

Breastfeeding

TITS, TA-TAS, BOOBS….

June 16, 2022
By admin

Breasts are a crazy thing and breastfeeding, as normal as they say it is, can be equally crazy (at least, in the beginning). Just the r...

06 Aug

Depression

The Baby I Lost

June 16, 2022
By admin

I’m ready! I just want to have a baby. I know we can handle it. We have so much love between us, it seems wrong NOT to share it with a ...

07 Jun

Breastfeeding

I’m NOT crunchy… I don’t even like granola!

June 16, 2022
By admin

I am a Doula. That is my profession, my career. It is my job, NOT my lifestyle. I clean my house with bleach (not cleaning products th...

07 Feb

Alternative Birth, Depression, Doulas, Hospital Birth, labor and birth, Parenting, parenting Philosophy, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Self Esteem, sleep Issues

My Husband Breastfed Our Baby | Breastfeeding | Husband And Baby

September 3, 2022
By admin

We were madly in love and I had just birthed our baby about a week and a half prior. The oxytocin was flowing li...

06 Nov

Depression

When A Newborn Takes Over!

June 16, 2022
By admin

So there we were, huddled together at the table in her dimly lit kitchen. It was a freezing cold winter morning in January and this mom...

06 Nov

Postpartum

Caught In The Zipper

June 16, 2022
By admin

I un-zip myself. It’s usually what people say they like about me. I give it all. I open myself up. I expose myself! I share in a ...

22 Oct

Depression

When Depression Sets In….

June 16, 2022
By admin

I can do it, and you can too! Here’s why! If you put your mind to something, you can achieve it. It’s that simple. It may not be p...

22 Jul

Doulas, Hospital Birth, labor and birth, Uncategorized

A Young Woman, A Doula and An Adoption

June 16, 2022
By admin

Journal Entry, 2013 Dear Diary, (Appropriate changes have been made for privacy) Wow, diary, what a day this was. I can’t figure ...

31 May

Alternative Birth, Depression, Postpartum

Postpartum Insurance Policy

June 16, 2022
By admin

A Postpartum Insurance Policy You just gave birth. Your hormones are raging. Your life just changed forever. What if I tried to s...