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10 Baby Shower Gift Ideas
We’ve all been there before. Only a few weeks left until your friend’s baby shower and you don’t have ANY IDEAS for a gift. Looking at the registry and all the good ideas are taken, what do you do? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered at The Nesting Place.
Meet our Doulas: Andrea Paul
We have over 30 doulas on the team here at The Nesting Place! Each week we’re introducing you to a different member of the team, so you can better understand their interests inside and outside of birthwork.
Meet our Doulas: Sarah McKee
Here at The Nesting Place what makes us special is our wonderful team of doulas. We have a group of 20+ people who are all committed to birthwork and making a difference in clients’ lives. No doula better embodies dedication to doula work than Sarah McKee.
20 Affirmations for Your Pregnancy Journey
Affirmations can be used in any part of your life. Maybe you need a reminder that you’re doing a good job at work. That a difficult period in your life is going to pass. Or that you’re ready to embrace the pregnancy journey ahead.
10 Tips for Birth from a Doula
Every birth journey is unique and will have it’s own specific path. However, as doulas we’ve seen a lot of births and have come across many helpful tips for clients. Today we are sharing 10 tips for your birth!
10 Tips for Pregnancy from a Doula
There are SO many tips and suggestions for pregnancy that it can be overwhelming at times. A simple google search will result in thousands of articles, blogs, books, and podcasts to review. Our goal here at The Nesting Place is to try and keep things simple so you can...
The Accidental Doula – My Journey into Birthwork
I’m often asked by clients and colleagues “how did you end up working as a doula?” I’ve got a bit of a winding road that led me into this line of work. I thought it might be helpful to share with our community here at The Nesting Place.
Spreading the #DoulaLove this Holiday Season
We have been seeing so much #DoulaLove online the past few months. It’s always heartwarming to see people taking to social media to talk about their experience with a birth or postpartum doula. While doula support has been becoming more popular in recent years, we...
Top 10 Favourite Doula Tools
As doulas we are always looking to add tools to our doula bag. Clients will often learn in different ways, so having a variety of comfort measures and educational tools can help us connect with you. In today’s blog we are looking at the top 10 items your doula will carry.
Top 5 Reasons to Hire a Postpartum Doula
You’ve probably heard the term ‘Postpartum Doula’ before, but you might not know exactly what it means. Here is a definition from postpartum.net: Postpartum doulas provide families information and support on infant feeding, emotional and physical recovery from...