Vancouver Doula and Birth Photographer Morag Hastings Apple Blossom Families since 2010
What is the Best Doula Training Program in the Lower Mainland? What is the difference between a midwife and a doula? A doula is an unregulated industry. Anyone can be a doula, they do not…
As a new doula owning and offering your own birth pool setup is a fantastic value add for clients. You can put together a kit at not much expense and it quickly pays for itself, either as an inclusion within a slightly higher overall fee or as an optional add-on fee that clients can choose. Hiring a doula that will bring a birth pool and take care of all the logistics is an appealing choice for clients rather than having to source all the equipment themselves.
I love it when I get a message from M. that they are having another baby and I am invited to take birth photographs at their home birth. They have used the same midwives and…
Last week I got to spend this sunny spring day witnessing two people becoming parents. It was a beautiful peaceful home birth. Their baby was brought into the world surrounded by love from his maternal grandparents, doula, and midwives. This…
I was lucky to attend a birth this week with Natalie from Birth and Beyond, a midwifery clinic located in UBC. This mom was working hard to bring her baby into the world when I arrived. She…
My clients recently had a wonderful family centred home birth. Their four year old son, C., knew what pressure waves were and how he was going to help with them. He was also very sure…
It all started early on Canada Day 2015. My client texted me in the morning to let me know her pressure waves had started. She also mentioned that she was hosting a Canada Day BBQ…
My first son’s birth was complicated. I didn't expect any of it. "They" said it would start slowly, that I could relax and take a nap, maybe do a labour activity. None of that happened.…
My doula sister had her third baby boy in the wee hours of this morning in her bathroom. The birth went so quickly I got to the house 20 minutes after he was born. He…