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Benefits of Hiring a Birth Doula

What exactly is a doula and how can hiring one change your birth experience?

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How to Have a Successful (No Fuss) Newborn Photo

Guest post by Amy from Blessed Moments and Blissful Hearts Photography in Pittsburgh, PA.

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How to Get Your Husband/Partner Involved

Tips on how to involve your husband/partner more in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.

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How to Choose a Provider for Your Pregnancy

What are your options when choosing a provider for your pregnancy care?

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What I'm Doing Differently This Pregnancy

Just hours before attending my first birth as a birth doula this fall, we found out that we were expecting our third. Completely...

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The Pregnant Pause of Advent

Entering into the 'pregnant pause' before Christmas

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Preparing for Your Birth Like Preparing for Your Wedding

What if women prepared for their birth like they did for their wedding?

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Holiday Sale: $50 Off Doula Services

The support you desire and deserve at $50 off!

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How to Choose A Childbirth Class

When you become pregnant, it's like a whole new world opens up to you. There are maternity clothes, foods you have to avoid, different...

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Round Ligament Pain

As you clear into the second trimester, you may start to feel a sudden, sharp pain in your groin. What is this pain?

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Combat Fear of Labor with a Doula

There are many reasons to fear labor, but you don't have to go in unprepared.

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Anticipated Joy

The part of pregnancy nobody told me about...

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Benefits of Creating a Birth Plan

What is a birth plan and why should I make one?

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