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Repurposing your Birth Plan for Postpartum

When preparing for a new baby most people either focus on their birth plan or their postpartum plan. Rarely do our Portland postpartum doulas see families thoroughly planning for both. This usually stems from having more concerns or worries around one than the other. But planning for both is important and will make the transition into parenting easier. Of course, planning for both means extra time, extra effort, and we all know there isn’t much time for ...
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Filed Under: Birth, Doulas, Parenting, Postpartum, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth doula, birth plan, epidural, postpartum doulas portland, postpartum plan

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Why Hire a Postpartum Doula? (3 Important Reasons)

Why Hire a Postpartum Doula? Let's face it: having a new baby, albeit rewarding, can be scary! Hiring one of the top postpartum doulas Portland has available can ease some of those first-time parenting jitters.You might be thinking: Why pay for a postpartum doula if you've already given birth? Isn't that the hard part? Aren't doula services meant for the process of giving birth?The answer is that a doula is useful even after a baby is born. This is ...
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Filed Under: Birth, Doulas, Parenting, Postpartum

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Our Chocolate Ice Cream Philosophy

Why is my baby crying?! As postpartum doulas in Portland, OR as well as sleep consultants, we understand the heartstrings that are pulled if your baby is fussing or crying at bedtime or when it’s time to go down for a nap! Sometimes they fuss, sometimes they cry, sometimes they yell – each little one is different, just like each parent’s response is different. If you have a hard time hearing these hollers and want to run to rescue them at the very ...
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Filed Under: Parenting, Sleep Training Tagged With: baby sleep schedule, cio, sleep consultant Portland, sleep training, toddler bedtime battles, toddler bedtimes

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Fall Back- Your Baby’s Sleep

Ah, the leaves are turning color and Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back in full swing. The air is getting crisper, Costco has Christmas decorations up before Halloween, and before you know it, it will be time to set our clocks back an hour. While most of the world is looking forward to gaining an extra hour of sleep, parents are realizing the possibility of their baby waking at ungodly hours of the day- as in before the PSLs are being served at the local ...
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Filed Under: Parenting, Postpartum, Sleep Training Tagged With: baby sleep schedule, portland sleep training, sleep consultant Portland, time change

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Our Own Perspective: Casey’s Experience

  When I became pregnant with my first child I thought I was prepared. I was a researcher and graduate student and just knew that I would be able to master birth and parenting. I devoured legitimate research, but also spent my downtime browsing content from search engines, forums, online due date clubs, apps, and message boards. Every other waking moment that wasn't spent buying cute baby clothes and decorating a themed nursery was spent ...
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Filed Under: Birth, Doulas, Parenting, Postpartum, Resources Tagged With: birth doula, doula, portland postpartum doula, postpartum depression

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