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Guiding with Compassion: How to Support Families Through Pregnancy and Infant Loss

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In October, and always, we honor all babies amongst the stars. As professional doulas and educators, it’s our job to provide education, physical and emotional support, and comfort to the families we...

7 Perks of Being Pregnant: A Love Note from Your Favorite Northern Colorado Doula

As a Northern Colorado doula, I understand the ins and outs and ups and downs of pregnancy all too well. Nothing is as exhilarating or blissful as discovering that you’re carrying the life of your baby - it’s a dream come true. But that bliss can quickly wear off if...

How to Make Labor More Fun (Or At Least Manageable) from Your Fort Collins Birth Doula

As a seasoned Fort Collins birth doula, I’ve been in a labor and delivery room a few times. Okay, a loooootttt of times. And I’ve noticed a thing or two about what makes some deliveries more fun… or at least, more tolerable than others. I’m going to talk about that...

Top Tips for Picking a Pediatrician From Your Fort Collins Birth Doula

As a new parent there are lots of important decisions to make when it comes to the health and well-being of your new baby. Choosing the perfect pediatrician is one such decision. As your trusted Fort Collins doula, I want to help you make the right decision for you,...

14 Ways to Help with Postpartum Depression from Your NoCo Postpartum Doula

Hey, there. If you’ve found this blog it’s because you suspect that you or someone you love has postpartum depression (PPD). And for that, I’m sorry. Either way, it’s a difficult place to be in and I just want to give you a big hug. As your NoCo postpartum doula, I...

How to Honor Those We’ve Lost During the Holidays from Your Colorado Bereavement Doula

As a Colorado bereavement doula, serving all of Northern Colorado, it’s been my greatest honor and some of my most important work to serve families going through the worst thing imaginable – losing their baby.  I won’t sugarcoat it, there are no silver linings or...

Holiday Survival Guide in Ten Manageable Steps

Holidays can range from an enthusiastic yay to a hard nay, depending mainly on who your family is and how you get along. For many, the holidays are super exciting. But others actually dread this time of year. Our lives are filled with stress and sometimes a lot of...

Introducing Siblings from Your Favorite Fort Collins Doula

Having baby number two (or three or more)? If so, then your biggest concern is rightfully how will your existing child(ren) handle the change. And let me be clear, it is a BIG change. In this blog, I'm covering the ins and outs of introducing siblings, before and...

Top 5 Reasons to Hire a Certified Professional Birth Photographer (CPBP) – with DeAnna Weyhrich of Mama Dee’s Birth Photography

I'm so thrilled to share another #JCStreetTeam blog with all of you. This time DeAnna Weyhrich of Mama Dee’s Birth Photography is here to tell us a little bit about her and share her top reasons for hiring a birth photographer. I'll let her take it away – About me: I...

What to Expect from a Natural Newborn Session – The Tiny Studio

I'm so thrilled to share another blog post from a JC Street Team Member – The Tiny Studio! Amanda is a natural light and setting newborn photographer and her work is just stunning. I'll let her take it away – Hi, I’m Amanda! I started The Tiny Studio to serve new and...
Holiday Survival Guide in Ten Manageable Steps

Holiday Survival Guide in Ten Manageable Steps

Holidays can range from an enthusiastic yay to a hard nay, depending mainly on who your family is and how you get along. For many, the holidays are super exciting. But others actually dread this time of year. Our lives are filled with stress and sometimes a lot of...

Be Still Short Film

Be Still Short Film

I am SO proud to say that our incredible team has put together the first of its kind short film on the unthinkable – pregnancy loss. A mother-to-be faces her worst fear during a routine visit to her obstetrician.In her third trimester, Caroline is at a routine visit...

Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week – 2021

Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week – 2021

It’s World Breastfeeding Week! This week is designed to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding worldwide. It’s celebrated annually from August 1-7 and organizations worldwide participate to note the important role breastfeeding plays in the wellbeing of both the...

Self-Care for Dads and Partners

Self-Care for Dads and Partners

It’s June and that means I’m focusing on dads and partners all month long. In this blog, I’m covering a topic that’s just not discussed enough – self-care for dads. That’s right, dads, dudelas, and non-birthing people you need some self-care, too! Especially for those...

11 Labor Tips for Dads and Partners from Your Doula

11 Labor Tips for Dads and Partners from Your Doula

Your person is about to have a baby and you’re going to become a parent. Congratulations! The wait is over and it’s all finally happening. So they’re in labor… What now? You’re probably asking yourself this question over and over. How can you help? What should you do?...

Real Talk: PPA with your Colorado Postpartum Doula

Real Talk: PPA with your Colorado Postpartum Doula

If you’ve had a baby, or even if you haven’t yet, you can relate to the feelings of worry that come with this tiny human. How do I feed this baby? Why is this baby crying? Am I doing this right? Those are all very normal feelings, it’s hard to have a new baby and some...

7 Tips for Writing a Birth Plan

7 Tips for Writing a Birth Plan

If you’ve been pregnant in the last decade or so, you’ve probably heard the term ‘birth plan.’ This is a fancy new word for an age-old tradition, putting your wishes to paper so you can have a guide to get you through labor. In this blog, I’m going to give you my best...

Partners: 31 Ways to Offer Breastfeeding Support

Partners: 31 Ways to Offer Breastfeeding Support

It’s June and you know what that means? Father’s Day is right around the corner – June 20th to be exact! To celebrate all the dads and partners out there, I’m going to spend the month highlighting some topics that pertain to dads, co-parents, and partners including...

20 Self-Care Tips from Your Postpartum Doula

20 Self-Care Tips from Your Postpartum Doula

Ah self-care… sounds so nice, right? Way easier said than done in the middle of a global pandemic in the throws of parenthood. I feel ya. It can be hard to find a time to go to the bathroom, let alone schedule some self-care. But as a seasoned postpartum doula, I’m...

Celebrating World Doula Week

Celebrating World Doula Week

It’s one of my favorite times of the year – World Doula Week! That’s right, an entire week to celebrate and empower the work of doulas around the world. This year, World Doula Week takes place from March 22-28, 2021, and all week long I’ll be highlighting my work on...

How To Be the Perfect Mom from a Parenting Coach

How To Be the Perfect Mom from a Parenting Coach

If you're anything like me, you can relate to the pressure of wanting to be the perfect mom. And even though I'm a parenting coach, I still strive for this elusive standard. No lie: my daughter is a grown-ass woman and I STILL find moments of feeling disappointed in...

Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto – Brené Brown

Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto – Brené Brown

You know I L-O-V-E LOVE Brené Brown, right?! If I could go to happy hour with her and Tina Fey my life would seriously be complete. One of the things I love most that she's written is the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto. We know B.B. (totally calling her that because...

Give the Gift of Help! Doula Care Gift Certificate

Give the Gift of Help! Doula Care Gift Certificate

Please note: These images were taken before COVID and maskwearing. In this day, pregnancy and birth are now even harder than they have always been. Not only is COVID really scary for expectant womxn, it’s also really hard for friends and family because we feel like we...

How a Doula Helps You Have a Better Birth

How a Doula Helps You Have a Better Birth

Doulas are pretty common now (and people seem to fully understand we don’t carry rain sticks or anything) but I still get the occasional funny look when I tell people what I do.  If you’re also wondering exactly how a doula helps you, here are 9 ways we’re your...

A Doula’s Spooky Halloween Dream

A Doula’s Spooky Halloween Dream

Mummies and 🦇Batties soon to-be, Wishing you the happiest of Halloweens 🎃 Little pumpkin growing in the patch Mysterious monster wants to latch Don’t be spooked 😱 by all that’s a brew Your doula is here, she knows what to do A pinch of support, a scoop of education...

Sex Post Baby: How to get Mama in the Mood

Sex Post Baby: How to get Mama in the Mood

So you had a baby and now have the all clear for postpartum sex. But does the thought of sex post baby  make you cringe because you are tired AF? Are you afraid to take your new body for a spin around the block? Or maybe you’ve had kids for a while now and you just...

Mocktails & Toast – Pregnancy Survival Hacks for Summer

Mocktails & Toast – Pregnancy Survival Hacks for Summer

Summer isn't quite over. If you're expecting, you may feel like the cooler temps couldn't arrive any sooner for your pregnancy survival.  If you're looking for ways to survive the rest of this summer and the resulting low energy, here is my list of hacks which...

Comfort Tips for Pumping and Breastfeeding, From a Doula

Comfort Tips for Pumping and Breastfeeding, From a Doula

Recently,  I was working with a mom who told me I had to write this blog for other postpartum mothers because my suggestions helped her when she was trying to figure out the art of pumping.  She practically begged me to write this for you, because my...

The Process of Bereavement Doula Support – Part 2

The Process of Bereavement Doula Support – Part 2

Nine years ago, I sat with my sister as she delivered her first baby, who had died. I watched her grieve and change from her experience. I also changed. It goes without saying how much I wish I had known then what I know now. Read more about my experience in Part 1 of...

Do You Need A Doula For The Second Baby?

Do You Need A Doula For The Second Baby?

We’ve heard all the ways and seen all the memes describing how the second kid gets screwed. The first kid got a scrapbook with all the trimmings. While the second’s images have never been removed from the cloud (if the photos were ever taken in the first place!) He or...

Planning The Fourth Trimester – Your Babymoon

Planning The Fourth Trimester – Your Babymoon

Many of my clients are preparing for the births of their new babies. Parents spend months and months anticipating and planning for childbirth, and while doing so is important, it's easy to forget to prepare for your "babymoon" - the time when baby actually gets here....

15 Steps To Becoming The Perfect Mom

15 Steps To Becoming The Perfect Mom

Whether you have been a mom for one day or forty years I would bet my first born you can relate to the pressure of wanting to be the perfect mom.  If you have spent any portion of your parenting career feeling mommy guilt then this post is for you.  My daughter is...

​Are You Surviving Or Thriving?

​Are You Surviving Or Thriving?

Are you surviving or thriving? Once we become an “adult” it’s far too easy to get stuck in the mundane routines of life. You may wonder if you are just surviving,  or are you thriving.   Whether good or bad, the humdrum of waking up, going to work, running errands,...

I Shall Be Called Grammy

I Shall Be Called Grammy

Over the last couple years my life has changed drastically. My daughter, who I call "The Child," left the nest. I got married. I became an aunt—twice. I had a major unplanned surgery which was hard emotionally and physically. Bought a house. Sold a house. Changed...

No Joy? Feel, Deal and Heal

No Joy? Feel, Deal and Heal

Upon first glance this photo made me laugh in hysterics. I mean, all parents probably feel the frustration of trying to get active kids to pose for the yearly family photo without the necessary cooperation needed to look like the perfect happy unit. As my laughter...

When My Daughter Becomes A Mother

When My Daughter Becomes A Mother

Dear Child, 21 years ago today my life was forever changed when I became a mother of a baby daughter. As a child myself, I had no idea the depths of the commitment I was making to raise a daughter by myself. Nor did I know it was possible to love someone so deeply....

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