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Doulas: Help Doctors Help You Get Clients

May 16, 2017 By Lauren McClain

Doulas: Help Doctors Help You Get ClientsWant some OBs to recommend doula care (read: YOU!) to their patients? Interested in a few clients from the ranks of a local doctor's group? Say no more! I have the perfect handout for you. You want to go drop off some business cards, maybe a stack of flyers, at a doctor's office. You might be [...]

Filed Under: Birth Professionals, Birth Workers

Print & Play This Game for Mother’s Day

May 9, 2017 By Lauren McClain

Print & Play This Game for Mother’s DayPlanning your Mother's Day? Try this simple, fun, and heartwarming game with the family. When my sister and I were in our late elementary school years, we spent the day before Mother's Day writing questions on colorful index cards. The next day, after the family meal, we pulled them out and presented The Mom Game. [...]

Filed Under: Not strictly birth and babies

Is Birth Work Your Career or Calling?

April 19, 2017 By Lauren McClain

Is Birth Work Your Career or Calling?Is birth work your calling? Research says it is for about a third of doulas, nurses, midwives, educators, and other birth workers. Are you a birth professional to make money, to make a living, or to make a difference? In a past life, almost 10 years ago, I was a middle school remedial reading teacher. [...]

Filed Under: Birth Professionals

Dramatic Birth: When you feel good but people are mean

January 13, 2017 By Lauren McClain

Dramatic Birth: When you feel good but people are mean

Heather had a vaginal footling breech birth with a midwife in a home-like setting. The birth was dramatic and scary, the paramedics were called, and although it was a very fast labor, full of surprise and complications, she and her husband are wholly pleased with the experience. The baby responded to assistance and was completely […]

Filed Under: Birth Stories, Breech

Hospitals Can Charge To Let You Hold Your Baby: Here’s Why

November 15, 2016 By Lauren McClain

Hospitals Can Charge To Let You Hold Your Baby: Here’s Why

Part I: Skin-to-Skin, Mama-to-Mama When you can successfully charge a person money to hold their own baby, you have really made it in the world of business. You have probably heard about the couple who found a $39 charge for skin-to-skin time in the operating room on their bill. It’s an evil genius model, but it’s […]

Filed Under: Birth Science, Birthing Rights and Choices, Cesarean

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