Your Guide to a Healthy Birth Experience

Nutured Birth Ottawa

Jul 95 min read

4 P's of Labor and Birth: Power, Passage, Passenger and Psyche

In this blog post Ottawa Doula, Julia Davie, explains each of these factors in detail and discusses how optimizing the physiological express

Nutured Birth Ottawa

Dec 7, 20232 min read

Ask an Ottawa Birth Doula: When is it the right time to call my doula?

When labour finally starts, when will I know it is the right time to call my doula? This is an excellent question! As doulas, we...

Nutured Birth Ottawa

Jun 28, 20232 min read

Need to make an informed decision during pregnancy or birth? Use your BRAIN!

For some, birth is transformational and empowering. For others, birth is a means to an end. Either way, making informed decisions during...

Nutured Birth Ottawa

Mar 6, 20233 min read

10 Important questions to ask a birth doula during your interview!

"What to ask a doula during the interview," "questions to ask your doula during your interview," and "questions to ask your prospective...

Nutured Birth Ottawa

Jan 16, 20234 min read

The Benefits of Skin to Skin

As practicing birth doulas in Ottawa, talking up the benefits of postpartum skin to skin contact between parents and the newborn is one...

Nutured Birth Ottawa

May 25, 20222 min read

Ask an Ottawa birth doula – What is delayed cord clamping?

Delayed cord clamping is a practice of waiting a period of time, usually between 2 and 5 minutes, before clamping and cutting the baby's...