by Stephanie Garcia | Mar 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
I can close my eyes and vividly remember the first night home with our tiny new son. Hubby and I had both been around small babies a lot, and during my pregnancy we felt confident about caring for him – or so we thought. But that first night at home, when he...
by Stephanie Garcia | Feb 17, 2020 | Labor and Delivery, Uncategorized
The big day is coming soon and it’s time to pack your hospital bags! Baby will be arriving any day and of course you want to have everything you will need. Every time I am at the hospital, I see families wheeling giant suitcases and lugging birth balls through the...
by Stephanie Garcia | Jun 11, 2019 | Labor and Delivery
Are you preparing for the birth of your baby? Here’s a handy list of tips that you and your support people can use to help you feel more comfortable! 1. Is music a part of your daily life, does it influence your emotions and help you relax ? If so, make 2 playlists on...
by Stephanie Garcia | May 1, 2018 | Doulas, Labor and Delivery
Hiring a doula can be a new idea to many Moms and not everyone understands or appreciates the value we bring. I have had people say to me “Well the hospital has nurses, don’t they take care of me?” or “But that’s the dad’s job!” and even “I wouldn’t pay someone to...
by Stephanie Garcia | Apr 26, 2018 | Adoption, Infertility
A very special guest post from an ABQ Doula client – “You will never get pregnant naturally.” That’s all I can remember our fertility doctor telling me the day we met in his cold, bare conference room. All I could do was stare at him and try to figure out what...
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