DoulaMamaWolf

Hey all! Mini update here for you. We did a family photoshoot with NM Photography here in Summerland, BC (though I believe she is from Penticton, BC) for Evie's 9 month photos and it was AMAZING! She got some wonderful shots of my sweet babies and I couldn't be happier. Here is my NEW INTRO for my Youtube videos with her photos:   Also new in my life is FAMILY CLOTH. If you haven't heard of this crunchy "new fad", it's the practice of using washable & reusable cloths for your bathroom needs - fits well with my cloth diapering, I would say! I recently decided to try them out, and with my good friend at The Sewing Kraut hooked me up with some awesome cloth for my behind!   To celebrate this, and make it a little fun, we decided to do a GIVEAWAY along with a 2 week "Family Cloth Experiment" to update you guys on how I'm liking Family Cloth so far. Watch this unboxing & contest rules video here:     ...

Of course, I have taken forever, yet again, to update!  As you can expect, lots has happened in the past several months, including.... Seeing Our Baby for the First Time... Again at 19 Weeks.... Finding Out She Is a She... Revealing Her Name... Practicing for Tandem Nursing... ... And Getting Married (at 30 Weeks Pregnant)!! I am now 31 weeks pregnant and gearing up for the birth of our little girl - a planned home water birth! I am almost prepared, supply-wise, and am getting ready to prepare emotionally for the beautiful marathon that is giving life. As I again approach this huge undertaking of love, I expect I'll have a lot of emotions that will relate to my doula journey, so I hope to update here more in the coming weeks. In the mean time, please enjoy my Youtube videos, including my Birth "Wishes": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHeuROAta4 Also can be found on my Pregnant Doula blog: http://thepregnantdoula.blogspot.ca/2015/06/28-weeks-my-birth-plan.html And my rel...

Of course, I haven't written in FOREVER! I am 28 weeks and 5 days today, and can't believe the time is already here - I've hit the 3rd trimester, and that means birth preparations! In other words, my Birth Plan . ~ Watch the video that goes along with this blog post here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvHeuROAta4 ~ I had a birth plan with my son, which I am very grateful for as I did end up having a hospital birth and I feel that my Birth Wishes helped my birth team be all on the same page and support me in the way that I needed. I absolutely needed to do another birth plan with this baby, as a few things have changed (including having a partner present this time), and being more knowledgeable on how I personally cope with birth & the usual practices at the hospital required some tweaking to make my birth plan as accurate as possible. 28 weeks is a great time to start thinking about your birth plan, as well as beginning putting together your hospital bag (wheth...

Hello, and welcome to The Pregnant Doula! I am halfway through my 12th week of pregnancy (11 weeks 4 days today), but I figured I would make a belly comparison up to this point and do a little "up until now" symptom, weight gain, and appointment catch up post! No belly yet! Which should be expected, but I was really hoping to start showing earlier with this Little Bug. I can't wait for a beautiful belly, feeling kicks, knowing their name and preparing for birth! For now, I just feel like I'm passing time and enjoying all the nights I have left to sleep on my belly.  Symptoms By Week:  Week 4 (before we knew/as we found out) ~ Overly tired, comfort eating, moodiness, mild cravings, gassy, mild heartburn, constipation, achy back, bloating, nausea when smelling our niece's formula. Starting weight: 114lbs. Week 5 ~ nightmares, drop in breastmilk supply, tired, lack of appetite, tired, Week 6 ~ lack of symptoms, stress dreams, craving ceasar salad...

Hello! Welcome to my new blog ~ The Pregnant Doula! Okay, so I'm not a doula yet. I'm a "novice" doula - a doula in training. In fact, I started a blog titled The Novice Doula in October, 2014, chronicalling my journey to becoming a positive birth support for labouring mothers. You can find it at www.thenovicedoula.blogspot.ca Unfortunately I had to take a little break from my doula journey, as we moved in November, 2014, and just as we were settling into our new home in December, we got a big surprise (which you've probably guessed by now)... We're pregnant!! A little backstory: I had our son in August 2013, and absolutely loved my pregnancy/birth with him. I always felt so beautiful, so natural, so connected to him, so empowered.    I went to 41 weeks, 1 day with him, and had a beautiful, perfect, drug free natural birth in hospital, an experience I wouldn't change for the world (you can read about it in my October 13th and...

Hello, and Welcome to the Novice Doula! This is post is going to be a bit different, as my plans are suddenly very different! It has been over a month since my last post, majorly because we were busy moving during November, and just as we were settling into our new home in early December - surprise! While we have been trying since May 2014, between irregular cycles due to still breastfeeding Roo and few "baby making times" during the move, we were really not expecting a positive test so soon. Life has a funny way of working things out when you least expected! With this sudden change of plans, I've decided to stay firmly in the "novice" stage of my doula journey - for now. I'll be taking this time to enjoy these last few months just my son & I at home, and also planning another great surprise... So many big changes this year for our family! My amazing, wonderful man dropped down on one knee the moment we heard our little love bug's heartbeat for the f...