by Lisa | Mar 13, 2015 | Birth options, Breastfeeding, Fourth Trimester, parenting, Postpartum
Today I am sharing a testimonial from a sweet client that I was blessed to be doula for TWICE. First was I served as a back up doula for. I had never met her. I arrived at her home and she was in active labor in her tub. We clicked quickly and as you can read...
by Lisa | Dec 22, 2014 | Birth options
Jacksonville, North Florida and South Georgia will be getting yet another birth option in March 2015! For those that do not choose a homebirth or have reasons they can not, you have another birth center option. ...
by Lisa | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Is Assessing strength and patterns of contractions useful? In many birth settings people often ask ‘how strong are her contractions?’ or ‘is she having effective contractions? While it may be possible to find out how often contractions are coming, and how long...
by Lisa | Nov 23, 2014 | Birth options, Child Birth Education, Uncategorized
There are many birth options in our area, we have several wonderful CPM’s in North East Florida under my resource page www.gracefulbeginningsdoulaservices.com/resources/ I list all our amazing midwives if you should choose a homebirth or a birth center...
by Lisa | Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have personally been to many water births as a birth Doula. The photo on my blog of the baby was a beautiful water birth, at home. In April there was report that went out In their opinion statement, ACOG and the AAP firmly admonished that water birth should be...