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Did you know that anyone with mammary tissue can make milk? There are many ways to bond with your new baby, and if you are someone with...

Part 3 of my series about places to give birth in and around the Chicago area features Northwestern Prentice Women's Hospital. Get a doula's hot take! Prentice is delivering three times more babies than the next largest hospitals in the Chicago area (almost 12,000 per year). It is a huge and therefore complex institution. Read on to learn more. Part 1: Birth Center of Chicago  - reopened December 2025 Part 2: Illinois Masonic Part 3: Northwestern Prentice Part 4: Evanston Hos

An expensive tool that some parents swear saved their lives and sanity in the first months postpartum. The real question before you drop...

Have you been considering preserving your birth story through professional birth photography? It's a life event that cannot be...

Getting to the postpartum period means you and your family now have a new, miraculous baby with their own needs, emotions, and schedule....

I've had three families cancel placenta encapsulation this month. It's totally up to you if you want to have placenta pills and I don't...

Well, first, what is a doula? What are the different types of doulas? Doulas’ work across the many types can be generally described under...