We have to do more!

New year, new vision! I need to do more. I need to shift my focus. We are calling grandparents to a new level of postpartum support that I used to reserve just for doulas. Introducing @newmamasmama…

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Kimberly Bepler
Healing Food

Creating a postpartum plan? Does it include healing food and lactogenic meals? If your family isn’t already providing this nourishment, doulas can cook up a storm and be there to serve you all the nutrition, nurturing, and healing that home-prepared foods have to offer. If you have read THE FIRST 40 DAYS, you might be inspired to get the nest building support of a doula in the first month or so.

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Do we really need a night doula?

Students in our classes are very worried about sleep loss…and rightly so. Newborns wake up a lot at night, and it IS disruptive! Here is how you can avoid having to hire an overnight doula, if you have a few other pieces in place. It isn’t for everyone, and there are many ways to make it less necessary.

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Kimberly Bepler
Why is this baby so much harder than we thought?

The phone rings. A new parent tries to hold their composure while I hear a baby crying in the background. They tell me they thought they had it all down, and then it just stopped working all of a sudden. Their baby is crying so much more, and they can't figure out why. They are trying everything, and wondering what is wrong.

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Kimberly Bepler
Paying it forward

One question I often face as we plan their doula support is how they can continue to meet their older child's needs as well as the new baby's. I won't pretend to have mastery over this, but I can offer some helpful hints that clients have told me saved their relationship with their older child. One of my favorite tips is called PAY IT FORWARD.

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