Postpartum & Newborn Care

Becoming a new dad, or a new parent in general, can be both an exciting and incredibly rewarding experience. And it can also be filled with challenges and a sense of overwhelm. Society tends to focus on moms after baby is born, but it’s also important for new fathers to make their mental health a…

Whether it was scheduled or unplanned, recovery from a cesarean delivery (c-section) looks a little different from a vaginal delivery.  Here are 6 tips for recovering from a cesarean delivery. 1. Take The Pain Meds Congratulations! You now have a sweet new baby that is relying on you to take care of them. Let’s not…

I’ve seen all the recommendations for how much milk a baby should eat at each stage, but I’m exclusively breastfeeding and don’t measure out how much my baby gets. How do I know if my baby is getting enough milk? How do I know if I’m producing enough milk or if I need to supplement?…

It’s not uncommon for new parents to encounter feeding hurdles like sore nipples, difficulty latching or keeping the baby latched in the early days of parenthood. Some of the challenges may require that a family look into an alternative means of milk transfer to provide their infant with nourishment. Spoon-feeding is a feeding method that…

For photographers, the golden hour is a time of day in which the sunlight softens and everything it touches warms underneath its glow. But in the first hour of a newborn’s life, there’s a different kind of golden hour that occurs where biology works a kind of magic that might surprise you all the same.…

Feeding an infant can feel all consuming and completing exhausting.  Add a busy toddler in the mix, and it might seem like things have reached a whole new level of chaos.  With the newly appointed big sister or brother, you might quickly find that they are frustrated or jealous of the extra time that baby…

Infant formula is often called an alternative to breastmilk, which implies new parents always choose breastmilk as their first choice for their baby’s food. The times they are a changing! When the topic of infant feeding comes up during our time with parents, we find that they are nervous to broach the subject.  There are…

As Doulas, it’s our job to ask open-ended questions about everything. Those questions include ones that get families thinking about the next part of their lives with a baby in it.  When you think about the fourth trimester, what does it look like to you? “Well, we were hoping that…..” “My mom might be there,…

Infant formula has long been given a bad reputation, and it’s one we’re here to help rewrite. Part of changing the narrative about formula feeding is by recognizing there is no shame in choosing one type of feeding over another. The old adage that “Fed is Best,” suggests that new parents have  made a lesser…

Do you remember the first time you chewed a piece of bubble gum?  The delicious sweet taste of the novelty treat in your mouth. You chewed and chewed, not too sure what to do with your tongue, surprised by all the extra saliva now pooling in your mouth. Chewing bubble gum for the first time…