by Lacey Morgan | Oct 10, 2019 | Featured, Postpartum
Many people reach out to us to ask, “Should I eat my placenta?” They want more information, or they want to talk about how their friends or family made them feel about the idea. Think consuming your placenta is weird? Here’s a doula confession- so do I,...
by Lacey Morgan | Sep 23, 2019 | Featured, Postpartum
So you’ve found yourself breastfeeding a newborn. Like many, you may have learned it is not as easy or as natural as you expected it to be. Don’t worry, you are not alone! Many women and new babies struggle with breastfeeding. This is a new relationship and your...
by Lacey Morgan | Jul 30, 2019 | Featured, Personal Stories, Postpartum
My birth experience is not uncommon. After 24 hours of back labor, I caved. “I can’t do this anymore! I’m done! I need the epidural.” Broken and defeated with tears streaming down my face, I looked at my midwife and my husband, “I failed. I’m sorry.” I sobbed as the...
by Lacey Morgan | Jul 18, 2019 | Featured, Postpartum
I’m a birth and postpartum doula, but it wasn’t always that way. I’m going to tell you a story about me, not too long ago… Here I am, pregnant with my first. Waiting for this much anticipated baby. Hearing all the stories about how lucky I am, how...
by Lacey Morgan | Apr 13, 2019 | Featured, Postpartum
“I don’t want my husband/partner to look” is something I hear a lot when clients are hiring our birth doulas. It’s totally understandable. They want to preserve their partner’s interest in them as a sexual-being post-baby. They don’t want the image of a baby crowning...
by Lacey Morgan | Feb 21, 2019 | Featured, Postpartum
This week’s post features a guest blog by Melissa Ferrigno. Melissa is the owner and Psychotherapist at Halcyon Therapy. It’s okay to not love all parts of parenting. You are not alone. I recently saw a quote that reads, “What screws us up the most is...
