Let’s explore Ultrasound during pregnancy. What it is, when it's used, the risks and benefits. As well as ACOG, FDA & WHO recommendations for use. Along with helpful alternatives to ultrasound during pregnancy.

Join me for the first book review! I’ll be going over Henci Goer’s The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth and how this book, published in 1999, is still relevant today! A great tool for foundational knowledge when preparing for a birth, especially an in-hospital birth.

Our time with the “What is a Doula Series” is coming to a close.

Here, I would like to offer you a little summary of the topics that contribute to how a doula encourages parents to feel “Capable of Anything,” when it comes to birth and immediately postpartum

Your doula is a touchstone and guide throughout the birth process. We meet you where you are. Provide the tools you need to make your own informed decisions. Support those decisions, and help hold space for you and your birth. Providing continuity of care from pregnancy through to immediately after birth. We stand, squat, dance, sit with you, providing continuous, uninterrupted and nonjudgmental support.

Doulas Help Partners Too???

Birth is more than just baby. The experience of the birthing person and their partner matter just as much!

There is reassurance that everything is okay based on your doula’s knowledge.

Confidence in the process as well as with each other moving through the rhythms of labor with your doula to ground and guide.

Here I debunk the assumption that a doula replaces the partner in the birthing space.

Join in as I share just how important partners are as well as how they can work together for a great birth experience with a doula.

How time can help you feel in control of your birth and feeling like you are “capable of anything.”

Mediation & Time : A Doula Superpower

Join me as I share why time is so important to preserving your birth experience. As well as how a doula does more than hold space, but protects and upholds it.

Part of preparing you for birth is education of your options. Each pregnancy and birth is unique, and with that so are the variations that can occur. While we cannot plan everything that will happen in a birth, we can prepare and educate as best we can so you feel comfortable with the process. By knowing your choices, and options within those choices, you will be able to feel like a participant in your health care. Here I go into some of those options and how to navigate the often overwhelming process of preparing for birth and baby.

Join me for the inaugural episode of the JB Doula Podcast! Here I’ll introduce myself, the goals of the podcast, and dip into the very real need we have for community and open honest discussion. Let’s work toward a collaborative maternity care model together!

What is a doula series: the basics.

So, you’re looking for a doula? Or perhaps you’ve just recently heard this odd term and want to learn more.

You’re in luck, because this is the start of my “What is a doula” series where I will shed some light on what a doula is, does, how they benefit you, as well as other fun tips and tricks.

2020 is finally here! With that comes new year resolutions and striving to be the best versions of ourselves. Here I talk about a slightly different way to succeed with your goals for this upcoming year. I’ll give you a hint: Gretchen Rubin.

Kick off your year with me and learn why you would want to start your own 20 for 2020.

Tis the season for holiday cheer! For many of us that includes beer, wine, champagne and other fun cocktails. When it comes to our expecting or breastfeeding families, alcohol has typically been a big no-no. In this post, I shed some light on the controversy of drinking while pregnant and breastfeeding. With only a few hours until the New Year, I hope to assuage some ingrained fears!