There are a lot of decisions to make when you're preparing for a baby. Who will provide your medical care? Where do you want to give birth? What are your preferences around pain management, movement, feeding, visitors, interventions and about a hundred other things you may not have even thought about yet? And then there's another important question: Who do you want beside you through it all? Choosing a doula isn't simply about finding someone with a certification and an open

Everyone asks about the baby. How are they sleeping? Are they eating? How much did they weigh? Are they smiling yet? And somewhere in the middle of all those questions is a person who just gave birth. A person whose body is recovering. Who may be feeding a baby around the clock. Who is learning what every little sound means while running on fragmented sleep. Who might be overflowing with love one moment and wondering, Am I doing any of this right? the next. You deserve to be

Pregnancy comes with a strange expectation. You're growing an entirely new human being, your body is changing constantly, everyone seems to have an opinion about what you should do and somehow you're also supposed to know how labor works. When to go to the hospital. What an induction is. What happens after your water breaks. What an epidural actually does. What questions to ask if someone recommends an intervention. How your partner can help. How you're supposed to feed a new