Recently, I was asked to share about my business with a local photographer in Maryland: Julie Holsey. I was asked a nice selection of questions regarding the support options I that Maryland Birth Services offers, what visits and planning entails and what clients can expect from having myself as their Birth or Postpartum doula.

Another one of our most Frequently Asked Questions during consults - “My partner isn’t sure about having someone extra in the room, what does that look like?” “Will my spouse feels like they are being replaced?”

……. or how can you respond or react when you are at an appointment and you are being told information that you don’t agree with?

Or if you receive test results that confuse you even more? Or you are asked to do something that just isn’t sitting well with you.

In this last Postpartum blogpost, we are focusing on what to expect after day 10 or so from your babies birth.

You are home. Settling in with your newborn. Working on breastfeeding and trying to figure out your babies noises: “Can she be THAT hungry. I just fed her an hour ago?” “ANOTHER dirty diaper?! Is he a pooping machine???” The answer: Yes. And Yes. Haha!

This week we’re going to focus on what that first 7-10 days looks like. You will want to take notes and add some of these ideas to your own PostPartum plan and discuss with your Doula and other support.

Often times in a hospital birth, by day 3 of having a vaginal birth you are on your way home.

The Postpartum period is defined as the 6-8 weeks following childbirth.

Your immediate postpartum period is crucial to your healing - the hours and days following your birth. A plan will help you feel ready and settled.

Out of the top 5 requests that I receive for baby care support, bathing baby is at the top! Why not a blog post to help?

We’ll start at the top.

A gentle reminder that never gets old:

The BRAIN Acronym.

When faced with information, decisions, or choices during pregnancy- one of the best ways that can benefit you is going through this helpful decision-making process.

There are a lot of opinions and feelings for this topic: Birth Plans/Preference Sheets.

By definition, a Birth Plan/Preference Sheet is usually a written document with personal information about the laboring person and the goals, desires and ideas for a their upcoming Labor, Birth and Postpartum.

Olivia was born at 4:10pm in my Subaru Forester going 100mph.

Early in the morning on April 6, 2021, I started having steady contractions. I was 38 weeks pregnant with my second daughter, and was having false labor each night, so I didn’t think much of the contractions.