Your Birth, Your Way: The Case for Having a Doula
Ask any mother about her birth story, and her eyes will tell you everything — the parts she loved, the moments she felt small, the ones she’s still processing years later. Birth marks us. It shapes our memory. It imprints on our nervous system.
And yet, so many women walk away from their births feeling unseen, rushed, or alone.
That’s why doulas exist — not to take over, but to protect your story.
The Newborn Days: Slowing Down to Meet Your Baby (and Yourself)
From the moment your baby arrives, so does the noise.
Track the feeds. Swaddle like this. Keep them awake. Put them down drowsy but awake. Count wet diapers. Monitor milestones. Be calm. Be grateful. Be everything.
And quietly, inside, a voice might whisper: But what if I’m not doing it right?
What Real Postpartum Support Feels Like
The world has much to say about how to prepare for birth. But after the baby arrives? That’s when the silence sets in. The checklists stop. The visitors fade. The adrenaline dissolves. And in that quiet — when the house is still and your body aches and your heart is swollen and uncertain — you realize what you needed all along was someone to hold you.
At Loving Care, we call this the sacred postpartum window. And it’s where real support begins.