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Pregnancy: where timelines are made up and the trimesters don’t matter

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

Decompressing after difficult conversations with clients - bereavementdoulas.com

Geek out with me about cell-free DNA

Newborns cry in different languages

5 ways to cultivate joy while doing grief work

5 strategies for supporting Catholics through miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss

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What’s the difference between a bereavement doula and a death doula?

Haven Doula Spotlight: Julie McKay

What I’ve been reading

How to work as a bereavement doula when you can’t live life on call

Haven Doula Spotlight: Br. Bobby McFadden

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

A delightful book about colors for preschoolers

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

What is a birth plan for?

What every family grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth deserves from the church

I want to introduce you to Dr. Parravicini

Unboxing my new book

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

St. Gianna Beretta Molla: A Saint for Our Times

How to ask four doula interview questions you don’t know how to ask

Book Review: Pythagorean Theorem for Babies

Book Review: Naming Ceremony

ICYMI: Most popular blog posts of 2023

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?

How to hire an “experienced” doula (and why maybe you shouldn’t)

Free disabled parent graphics

The first diapers

The ABCs of Babywearing: an internet lingo dictionary

Introducing our new team member, Julie!

Two tips for advocacy as a support person

Six ways to advocate for yourself in a medical setting

Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?

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

7 ways to support your lactating friend

How doulas and partners work together (or, Why I love being the third wheel)

Goodbye, South Bend; hello, St. Louis!

Pregnancy Updates for Trekkies

Book Review: Feminist Prayers for My Daughter

Pregnancy Updates for Board Gamers

A human milk resource for Michiana and beyond: The Milk Bank

Book Review: The Women Who Caught the Babies

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.

My conference talk on miscarriage and the Fall

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2022 in review

I’m a certified doula — again!

What you haven’t heard about moderate exercise and pregnancy

What's Vitamin K?

How to help a friend after the loss of a child

What "Cars" can remind us about cervical exams

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Bereavement support training for birth workers (September 2022)

Recommendation for a massage therapist in Michiana

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Fetal development for muggles

Interview with Christina Valenzuela

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Get a reminder about the HSPL for birthworkers class

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Motherhood and Long Covid (ND Magazine)

Childbirth education classes

Featured in Today's Catholic

Book Review: Days with Frog and Toad

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Six ways to progress in labor

Learn more about the South Bend Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss Training

What to do during early labor

An interview with a sleep coach

Bereaved Moms Community Group info

3 ways Catholics can invite their priests to learn more about miscarriage

I made you some fun pain scales (seriously)

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Summer events

6 fascinating facts about fetal hearing

Maybe I'm the doula you've been looking for! Let's find out :)

The Notre Dame Social Justice Award

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6 ways to help parents during the formula shortage

Hope&Plum referral code

Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss training

sign up for info @ June Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss (designed for Catholics, all are welcome)

Baby names for geeky parents

What is it like to be a lactating doula?

What's the deal with placenta consumption?

Training: Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss

Why do I need to pee when I nurse or pump?

Why I took – and teach – this new training

Study about sleep and grief

Paid maternity leave is good for nonprofits

Paid maternity leave is good for health

What does it mean to "sleep like a baby"?

How to administer a Catholic baptism when a baby is in danger

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Life on call

How getting an epidural is like making a poke cake

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We need to talk about racism in healthcare for pregnant mothers

How getting an epidural is like making cookies

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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)

Can I donate blood while...?

Book Review: The Snowy Day

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