Posts by maxmom

Greetings! I'm looking for an experienced doula or retired midwife to back me up for a lovely couple who will birth at Dartmouth, NH medical center. The due date is late July, she's a primip. About me: I've been a doula for 18...

Greetings! I'm looking for recommendations for an experienced doula for a late-July birth at Dartmouth Medical Center. A retired midwife or nurse or experienced birth person would be great. Thank you!

Babyjayney-- I last posted on this discussion four years ago, when I was having my first child. Sorry to hear you're grappling with such a tough predicament. A good friend of mine had a partial previa with her second baby last year...

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I'm finding that many doulas like to go to the birth, but few are interested in the postpartum support. Hopefully one (or two!) will feel called... Postpartum care is so special and important.

In my past experiences (because I'm on sabbatical right now) I found that things rarely went smoothly if I had a gut instinct that something wasn't lining up energetically. I also found that those mamas that showed up late in their...

Hi All I'm looking for a doula in training to do some post partum baby care and other doula related duties for a lovely family that has been through a lot lately. The doula in training--or simply a volunteer doula--needs to live in...

It just strikes me that she's not really connected to the big picture somehow. I get the feeling that you'd be doing the best for her and for protecting yourself by being her doula in the hospital. Just my opinion. Best of luck!

I was just recalling that one of the first disciplines I tried out on our son was a consequences accountability "If This, Then That". For instance, he was such a picky eater early on, and we were signing with him before he...

I can totally relate to your frustration with nursing baby and then they don't nap. I would sometimes nurse my son over an hour and then he'd pop up rejuvenated and raring to go, when all I wanted was a little down time. My son is...

I'm real sorry to hear your dad's having a tough time. I read your thread because it's so similar to what's going on with my mom--not the same specific physical ailments, but she's suffering tremendously with an undiagnosed mystery lung...