North Shore Doula

April is Cesarean Awareness Month and we’re here to celebrate all the amazing mamas and birthing people who brought their babies into the world through belly bi...rth. . May you always know your strength, see your beauty, and honor the sacred doorway through which your child was born. #csectionawarenessmonth #cesareanawarenessmonth #bellybirth #csectionmama See more

This is a documentary made by an IBCLC who lives in North Van! She's so wonderful and has a great take on breastfeeding. Highly recommend grabbing a ticket to watch this!

Wow! 2020 definitely was a tough year, but we know close to 40 brand new humans that made this year amazing! Thank you for trusting us to help support you all in your pregnancy, birth, and parenting journeys! Can’t wait to meet more new people in 2021!

Make sure you follow Safe Beginnings on Instagram and follow along to win her awesome giveaways!

Wow! 2020 definitely was a tough year, but we know close to 40 brand new humans that made this year amazing! Thank you for trusting us to help support you all in your pregnancy, birth, and parenting journeys! Can’t wait to meet more new people in 2021!

Make sure you follow Safe Beginnings on Instagram and follow along to win her awesome giveaways!

Was such a pleasure to co-host this podcast with Julie and hear Mari's story and her journey to support birthing people! Give it a listen and let me know what you think! :) Listen here: https://thevbaclink.podbean.com/e/153-marilys-vbac-the-unt/

Meet Allie from North Shore Doula, a local mom who chose to become a doula to help other families. A great "North Shore Story" to get to know our community! Want to share yours? Email us: [email protected]

Did you know we have an extensive lending library and this isn’t even all of it! When you sign on with us, take a look through the books we offer in our client portal and let us know what you’d like to read and we’ll drop it off! Don’t even have a clue where to start? We’ll put together a couple books we think you might find cool to get you started. Just let us know! #northvancouver #birthdoula #themoreyouknow #pregnancy #birth #newborn #parenting #postpartum #learning #birthingwithoutfear #birthingfromwithin #breastfeeding

Your first moments with babe - time stands still and flies all at once. This little one nuzzled perfectly and sweetly into his mom and took residence in his new favorite space while the nurse took care of the details. In these moments, the fluttering around the room, the excited congrats and chatters fade away and you and your baby get to know each other and he explores and learns how to root and find the breast. Allowing time and space for laid back breastfeeding and biologi...cal nurturing is now recommended by breastfeeding experts as the best way to introduce baby to the breast. It can be tempting to rush the process, but breastfeeding longevity rates are longer, effective milk transfer is more likely, and moms and babies are happier. Enjoy your golden hour with your baby and the many many hours beyond that into your journey as parents. BN [biological nurturing] appears to be a powerful tool for both breastfeeding initiation and overcoming breastfeeding difficulties, potentially setting new best practice standards. (A Case Study of Biological Nurturing - Stefanie Inge Rosin, 2019, 2020) See more