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Category: medical issues
How to Recommend a Birth Provider Without Just Dropping a Name
When someone asks, “Who do you recommend for a doctor or hospital to give birth at?” it’s so tempting to immediately type the name of the provider who caught your baby or the hospital where you had a great experience. But here’s the thing: your recommendation is way more helpful when it comes with context.…
How to Ask for OB-GYN Recommendations
How to Ask for OB-GYN Recommendations That Actually Help You Find the Right Fit You’ve seen it a hundred times: someone posts on Facebook asking for OBGYN recommendations, and the replies flood in with names—often with no context. But choosing a provider for birth isn’t one-size-fits-all. The right doctor or hospital for one person might…
The Knowledge You Pray You’ll Never Need
I just completed my Basic Life Support (BLS) refresher course to keep my certification up-to-date. According to the American Heart Association, more than 7,ooo children suffer from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year, and they are even more likely to need rescue breathing or treatment for choking. Time is critical, so having a parent or…
New treatment for postpartum depression
There was big news coming out of the FDA yesterday. For the first time, the FDA approved a pill named Zuranolone ;to be prescribed specifically for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD). Here are some important things to consider about this development. Overall, this seems to be really good news for 1 in 7 people…
Book Review: Tongue Tied
I’ve seen in a number of clients and friends that early breastfeeding problems can be related to the condition known as “tongue tie,” and that a simple procedure to correct the condition can make a huge difference. Diagnosing a tongue tie is outside of a doula’s scope of practice, but like so many things, we…
