Postpartum

Winter in New England can feel endless, and never more so than when you are home with a newborn. I have assembled a list of my favorite ways for new moms to break free from the house without feeling like they need to have their shit together. These are all […]

Easy Winter Activities For New Parents

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  These are my grandparents, Frank and Madelin Raven.  They were young and newly married in this photo, with no idea what life had in store for them.  WWI was won, my grandfather safely home, and the hard times of the depression were not yet visible on the horizon.  It […]

The Ghost of Postpartum Past

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Lately the doula profession has become kind of “cool”,  and every year there are more and more doulas and doula groups popping up in NH and on the Seacoast.  On the surface, the option of more doulas from which to find a good match might seem like a new parent’s […]

Who’s Your Doula?

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It’s pretty common for doulas to present their clients with a lovingly written account of their birth as a gift for them to cherish. Often doulas will try to capture the emotion, the atmosphere, and the feelings in the room during this amazing experience. This can be a huge mistake; […]

It’s Not Your Birth…Story

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  I had new head shots done last night with Tara Photography. It was a big deal for me because I HATE to have my picture taken. It’s the whole “I don’t like what I look like ” thing that so many of us struggle with. I know I am […]

Beautiful You

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Soup is a quick and easy meal for postpartum, and is also a great choice for preparing ahead and freezing. The best way to make your soup as healing and sustaining as possible is to always start with a rich bone broth base. Bone broth contains minerals in a form […]

Postpartum Nourishment – Soups on!

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Breast feeding your baby is a full time job. It requires you to nourish yourself and to make time to nourish your baby. This is not a time to skip meals or cut calories, but often mom’s have a hard time finding an opportunity to feed themselves well, and many […]

Lactation Cookies

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The last 24 hours have been some of the fullest of my life.   In the morning I was with my husband and his family as his father passed away; and before the sun had risen again I watched a brand new life slip into the world.  Try to go through […]

Life Goes On

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