admin, Author at Northeast Doulas

29 Apr

5 Things I Know About Raising Boys

June 16, 2022
By admin

Raising kids isn’t easy no matter what gender they are. But, as a mother of two sons, I know a heck of a lot about raising boys. Even a...

25 Apr

Hospital Birth, labor and birth, Pregnancy

What Came First? The Hospital or The Provider?

June 16, 2022
By admin

Pregnancy comes with a ton of decisions to make. What color paint for the nursery? What is the coolest name for a baby? How do I bab...

29 Oct

Uncategorized

I Was Angry at My Baby

June 16, 2022
By admin

Oh girl… You’re not alone. I totally get it. I remember a time my own baby made me angry. She was about 2 months old. She was safely...

06 Jun

Depression

UGH! Thank G-d You’re Home!

June 16, 2022
By admin

A day in the life.... The washing machines broken again, there’s a mountain of laundry, I didn’t make dinner and your mom is such a ...

21 May

Uncategorized

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...