Day in the Life
Book reviews, postpartum tips, and an honest account of what it's actually like to be a brand new doula. Welcome.
Everyone Came to See the Baby
The house was full for three weeks. A grandmother in the guest room, a sister on the pull-out couch, a neighbour who...
Going Back to Work and Handing Over the Feeding
The return date is decided before your little person even arrives, often. In Quebec the parental benefits have to wrap up within...
The Clothes
Most of the people I visit in the first month are wearing some version of the same four things. Maternity leggings with...
Feeding to Sleep
Nine in the evening, the baby has started snoring at the breast or on the last ounce of the bottle, and you...
When the Other Parent Goes Back to Work
Quebec gives the non-birthing parent five weeks, or three on the special plan, and the weeks are not transferable, so almost everyone...
What people feed the postpartum body
Yorkshire, mainland China, Lebanon: the traditions agree on almost nothing except that cold food is suspect, and that a body which just...
The Opinions
A parent says they are going to let the baby cry it out and the opinion rises before they have finished the...
The Tracking Apps
The app was infrastructure, the same logic as setting a reminder to take your medication. The alarm went off and we all...
What Does a Postpartum Doula Actually Do?
The answer is different every time, which sounds like a dodge. Day four is not day seventeen, and 6pm when everyone is...
Boundaries, burnout, and babies
Understanding boundaries conceptually and applying them inconsistently is the honest version of where I'm at. Then there were the twins, and I...