Abby the Sociologist Doula
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Announcing: Labor & Birth before 20 Weeks Gestation
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Pregnancy: where timelines are made up and the trimesters don’t matter
Pregnancy: where timelines are made up and the trimesters don’t matter
How can you be pregnant without conception even occurring? Why do trimesters have such a hold on the public imagination when they mean nothing medically? What is time, anyway?
What to do while a newborn is in surgery - bereavementdoulas.com
What to do while a newborn is in surgery - bereavementdoulas.com
Six things to consider when adding a therapist to your bereavement resource list - bereavementdoulas.com
Six things to consider when adding a therapist to your bereavement resource list - bereavementdoulas.com
Decompressing after difficult conversations with clients - bereavementdoulas.com
Decompressing after difficult conversations with clients - bereavementdoulas.com
Geek out with me about cell-free DNA
Geek out with me about cell-free DNA
A personal update that has had me geeking out for a week
Newborns cry in different languages
Newborns cry in different languages
It’s true! And we’ve known this for a few years, but it never ceases to amaze me when I think about it. To learn more, I encourage you to check out this amazing article on multilinguali…
5 ways to cultivate joy while doing grief work
5 ways to cultivate joy while doing grief work
5 strategies for supporting Catholics through miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss
5 strategies for supporting Catholics through miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss
I’m eager to share with you a webinar I did recently with Julia Hogan at Vita Optimum Counseling and Consulting, on how folks in support roles can best accompany Catholics through perinatal l…
Haven Doula Spotlight: TaKiesha Smith - bereavementdoulas.com
Haven Doula Spotlight: TaKiesha Smith - bereavementdoulas.com
Haven Doula Spotlight: Erica Lane - bereavementdoulas.com
Haven Doula Spotlight: Erica Lane - bereavementdoulas.com
What’s the difference between a bereavement doula and a death doula?
What’s the difference between a bereavement doula and a death doula?
Haven Doula Spotlight: Julie McKay
Haven Doula Spotlight: Julie McKay
What I’ve been reading
What I’ve been reading
How to work as a bereavement doula when you can’t live life on call
How to work as a bereavement doula when you can’t live life on call
Haven Doula Spotlight: Br. Bobby McFadden
Haven Doula Spotlight: Br. Bobby McFadden
A dozen items that should be on every baby registry checklist (but usually aren’t)
A dozen items that should be on every baby registry checklist (but usually aren’t)
What my child learns from how we treat one another at Mass
What my child learns from how we treat one another at Mass
A delightful book about colors for preschoolers
A delightful book about colors for preschoolers
Summer 2024 Book Club: The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy
Summer 2024 Book Club: The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy
How to honor a loved one who has died, as you welcome a new baby
How to honor a loved one who has died, as you welcome a new baby
What is a birth plan for?
What is a birth plan for?
What every family grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth deserves from the church
What every family grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth deserves from the church
I want to introduce you to Dr. Parravicini
I want to introduce you to Dr. Parravicini
Unboxing my new book
Unboxing my new book
Fall Conference 23 – Persons With Disabilities
Fall Conference 23 – Persons With Disabilities
Fertility Awareness and Early Pregnancy Loss: A bereavement doula’s reflections on the double-edged sword of cycle knowledge
Fertility Awareness and Early Pregnancy Loss: A bereavement doula’s reflections on the double-edged sword of cycle knowledge
St. Gianna Beretta Molla: A Saint for Our Times
St. Gianna Beretta Molla: A Saint for Our Times
How to ask four doula interview questions you don’t know how to ask
How to ask four doula interview questions you don’t know how to ask
Book Review: Pythagorean Theorem for Babies
Book Review: Pythagorean Theorem for Babies
Book Review: Naming Ceremony
Book Review: Naming Ceremony
ICYMI: Most popular blog posts of 2023
ICYMI: Most popular blog posts of 2023
Exploring Mary’s Birth Story: What the Debate About Jesus' Delivery Can Teach Us
Exploring Mary’s Birth Story: What the Debate About Jesus' Delivery Can Teach Us
Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?
Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?
How to hire an “experienced” doula (and why maybe you shouldn’t)
How to hire an “experienced” doula (and why maybe you shouldn’t)
Free disabled parent graphics
Free disabled parent graphics
The first diapers
The first diapers
The ABCs of Babywearing: an internet lingo dictionary
The ABCs of Babywearing: an internet lingo dictionary
Introducing our new team member, Julie!
Introducing our new team member, Julie!
Two tips for advocacy as a support person
Two tips for advocacy as a support person
Six ways to advocate for yourself in a medical setting
Six ways to advocate for yourself in a medical setting
Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?
Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?
ICYMI: Most popular blog posts of the first half of 2023
ICYMI: Most popular blog posts of the first half of 2023
“These are the names you’re looking for:” Baby name resources for geeky parents
“These are the names you’re looking for:” Baby name resources for geeky parents
7 ways to support your lactating friend
7 ways to support your lactating friend
How doulas and partners work together (or, Why I love being the third wheel)
How doulas and partners work together (or, Why I love being the third wheel)
Goodbye, South Bend; hello, St. Louis!
Goodbye, South Bend; hello, St. Louis!
Pregnancy Updates for Trekkies
Pregnancy Updates for Trekkies
Book Review: Feminist Prayers for My Daughter
Book Review: Feminist Prayers for My Daughter
Pregnancy Updates for Board Gamers
Pregnancy Updates for Board Gamers
A human milk resource for Michiana and beyond: The Milk Bank
A human milk resource for Michiana and beyond: The Milk Bank
Book Review: The Women Who Caught the Babies
Book Review: The Women Who Caught the Babies
The Smithsonian exhibit on Black midwives you can visit from your living room
The Smithsonian exhibit on Black midwives you can visit from your living room
I asked AI to make images of doulas. Here’s what it gave me.
I asked AI to make images of doulas. Here’s what it gave me.
My conference talk on miscarriage and the Fall
My conference talk on miscarriage and the Fall
Bereaved Moms Community Group Signup
Bereaved Moms Community Group Signup
2022 in review
2022 in review
I’m a certified doula — again!
I’m a certified doula — again!
What you haven’t heard about moderate exercise and pregnancy
What you haven’t heard about moderate exercise and pregnancy
What's Vitamin K?
What's Vitamin K?
How to help a friend after the loss of a child
How to help a friend after the loss of a child
What "Cars" can remind us about cervical exams
What "Cars" can remind us about cervical exams
Get book updates!
Get book updates!
Bereaved Moms Community Group signup
Bereaved Moms Community Group signup
Help us prepare for the bereavement retreat
Help us prepare for the bereavement retreat
Bereavement support training for birth workers (September 2022)
Bereavement support training for birth workers (September 2022)
Recommendation for a massage therapist in Michiana
Recommendation for a massage therapist in Michiana
Follow my blog here
Follow my blog here
Fetal development for muggles
Fetal development for muggles
Interview with Christina Valenzuela
Interview with Christina Valenzuela
Read more reviews of Abby at Meet Your Doula
Read more reviews of Abby at Meet Your Doula
Get a reminder about the HSPL for birthworkers class
Get a reminder about the HSPL for birthworkers class
Info on the HSPL for birthworkers class
Info on the HSPL for birthworkers class
Book a doula interview with me here
Book a doula interview with me here
Motherhood and Long Covid (ND Magazine)
Motherhood and Long Covid (ND Magazine)
Childbirth education classes
Childbirth education classes
Featured in Today's Catholic
Featured in Today's Catholic
Book Review: Days with Frog and Toad
Book Review: Days with Frog and Toad
ICYMI
ICYMI
Six ways to progress in labor
Six ways to progress in labor
Learn more about the South Bend Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Training
Learn more about the South Bend Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Training
What to do during early labor
What to do during early labor
An interview with a sleep coach
An interview with a sleep coach
Bereaved Moms Community Group info
Bereaved Moms Community Group info
3 ways Catholics can invite their priests to learn more about miscarriage
3 ways Catholics can invite their priests to learn more about miscarriage
I made you some fun pain scales (seriously)
I made you some fun pain scales (seriously)
Register for the South Bend Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training
Register for the South Bend Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training
Summer events
Summer events
6 fascinating facts about fetal hearing
6 fascinating facts about fetal hearing
Maybe I'm the doula you've been looking for! Let's find out :)
Maybe I'm the doula you've been looking for! Let's find out :)
The Notre Dame Social Justice Award
The Notre Dame Social Justice Award
Mother Well Community Groups Signup
Mother Well Community Groups Signup
6 ways to help parents during the formula shortage
6 ways to help parents during the formula shortage
Hope&Plum referral code
Hope&Plum referral code
Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training
Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training
sign up for info @ June Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss (designed for Catholics, all are welcome)
sign up for info @ June Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss (designed for Catholics, all are welcome)
Baby names for geeky parents
Baby names for geeky parents
What is it like to be a lactating doula?
What is it like to be a lactating doula?
What's the deal with placenta consumption?
What's the deal with placenta consumption?
Training: Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
Training: Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss
Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?
Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?
Why I took – and teach – this new training
Why I took – and teach – this new training
Study about sleep and grief
Study about sleep and grief
Paid maternity leave is good for nonprofits
Paid maternity leave is good for nonprofits
Paid maternity leave is good for health
Paid maternity leave is good for health
What does it mean to "sleep like a baby"?
What does it mean to "sleep like a baby"?
How to administer a Catholic baptism when a baby is in danger
How to administer a Catholic baptism when a baby is in danger
Pearl&Thistle website (scroll to the bottom to sign up for the listserv)
Pearl&Thistle website (scroll to the bottom to sign up for the listserv)
Sign up for community groups
Sign up for community groups
Life on call
Life on call
How getting an epidural is like making a poke cake
How getting an epidural is like making a poke cake
Services
Services
We need to talk about racism in healthcare for pregnant mothers
We need to talk about racism in healthcare for pregnant mothers
How getting an epidural is like making cookies
How getting an epidural is like making cookies
Contact me
Contact me
4 reasons to hire a doula when you're planning to get an epidural
4 reasons to hire a doula when you're planning to get an epidural
9 ways to help end the blood shortage (that don't aren't blood donation)
9 ways to help end the blood shortage (that don't aren't blood donation)
Can I donate blood while...?
Can I donate blood while...?
Book Review: The Snowy Day
Book Review: The Snowy Day
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Birth muffins
Birth muffins
About me
About me
Get updates about Abby's "Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss" courses
Get updates about Abby's "Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss" courses
"Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss" teacher news
"Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss" teacher news
How to help a friend after the loss of a child
How to help a friend after the loss of a child
Articles to read when you need to be distracted: edition on the senses
Articles to read when you need to be distracted: edition on the senses
covid hospital policies update
covid hospital policies update
sign up for January bereaved moms community group
sign up for January bereaved moms community group
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