Birth is a unique experience, each time. The first time our only point of reference is whatever we have been told, heard or seen through family, friends and the world at large. After that first time, our birth experiences are woven together with threads from the previous birth(s). An influence that has to be factored […]
This journey started long before the day of the birth. Long before conception. So many chapters to this child’s story. And so when things started to happen, it felt like it had taken forever to get there and was going slow, but then all at once it felt so fast. Five days before her 40
It was their third time walking the birth path. The first two births were so different from each other that they were ready for anything, or they thought they were! She had a restless night with the same kind of feelings she had before her second son was born. The discomfort was manageable but not
Timing is everything Read Post »
After a full night of achey labourey feels it felt like it had all gone away once she got up and walked around. Okay, so maybe not today? But soon right? We had been waiting a week already, it felt like it was time. And then a few hours into the day she was pretty
Moving in the direction of Flow Read Post »
This story began long before the labour started. When we first met they were clear, she was without fear, this was going to be the best day ever. There was no reason to think the labour and birth would be anything but straightforward, normal. This birth journey ended up being anything but average, and these
2017 Stats! Over the course of the 2017 year, Foundations Doulas spent 364 hours supporting families during their birth experience. This averages out to 12 hours for the primiparous or first time birthers, and 7.5 hours with the multiparous or second, third, fourth etc birther. Or another way to look at it is, we spent
