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Did you miss me last week? I've got a good excuse.  Family always comes first.  But I'm back and decided to look at where you should focus your energies in the first week or so after getting home with baby.  I hope you find it helpful. Toronto Doula Group Info and Classes

This week I discuss what to expect in the weeks to days leading up to your labour.  What symptoms to look for, how to tell if its true labour or practice labour, and how to time a contraction.   For more information on classes check out www.TorontoDoulaGroup.com/About-3 For our Freebies Library check out www.TorontoDoulaGroup.com/Freebies

This week I dig into some common myths about epidurals that really seem to be holding on and persisting.   What are some myths you've heard about epidurals? Let me know, email me at [email protected]

This week I delve into how stress can prevent your labour from starting and also slow or stop your labour if it happens during the labour.  As well as ways to help prevent that from happening.   Were you stressed during your labour or in the days and weeks prior to labour starting? Tell me about it and how it affected your birth.  Feel free to email me at [email protected]

This episode comes with a warning.  I finally discuss the birth of my first son and it is traumatic. As well, I cover the NICU stays of all three of my children. If you are pregnant, I actually encourage you not to listen.  If you have had pregnancy loss, this story may hit too close to home.  

I'm back!!! After a needed break to deal with some family and business issues, I'm back and hopefully better than before!  This week I take on crying.  Baby's crying and yours.  Because lets be honest, we are birthing and raising families in a pandemic and that is some hard stuff to deal with.  Links Mentioned In The Podcast:  www.TorontoDoulaGroup.com/Freebies https://www.torontodoulagroup.com/about-3 Newborn Care Class

Work/Life balance is impossible to achieve! So stop trying! What if we focused on harmony, what if we concentrated on specific things that needed our attention and not worried about the other things.  When we give equal attention to all the things, we will like crash and burn.  So stop trying.  This week I talk about how I'm managing my work/life situation, and its not easy.  And for new parents its not easy either.  

This week, with my daughter as my special guest, we discuss the pressures and mental health issues facing young people today.  

This week I chat about my first birth as a Doula that happened 15 yrs ago this week and the strange and weird things that my son used to stuff up his nose.  

Telling my birth stories isn't something I usually do as a doula but everyone loves to listen to birth stories so I thought I would start by telling you the birth of my third child.  This is the one that led me to become a doula.  Enjoy.  Want to share your birth story? Email me at [email protected]

This week I give my ideas and tips for birthing in a hospital and making it less clinical and the time my toddlers swallowed things they shouldn't and not swallowing things they should.  How to get creative with toddlers.  [email protected] to share your stories. 

This week I briefly go over the first few weeks of your postpartum period.  It isn't easy but having support can make it easier.