Ridge Meadows Doula Services

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Community Scholarship Program

October 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment

 

These opportunities are generously sponsored by other families in the community. We acknowledge birth and the postpartum period can be challenging and some services are not obtainable for everyone.

The funds for these scholarships were from our Born to Birth Series that RMDS partnered with Maple Ridge Wellness Centre to provide by donation workshops to the community. And bonus! The donations are now for YOU to apply for!

Please take your time and fill out the applications. We won’t be posting the winners online or social media so this is confidential. We will however contact you if you win or if you’re curious, poke back to this blog and we will close the program when the funds are allotted for.

We have 3 scholarship opportunities.

– 2 free tickets for a couple to attend our Newborn Prep Class on November 18th

-$200 off birth doula services

-$100 towards postpartum doula services (4 hours of support!)

November 18th Newborn Prep class (930-1230 at Maple Ridge Wellness Centre)

 

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Birth doula $200 Scholarship

 

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Postpartum doula scholarship application

 

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Categories : Doula, postpartum, pregnancy Tagged : birth doula, community give back, Maple Ridge Doula, Maple Ridge Wellness Centre, newborn prep class, pitt meadows doula, postpartum doula, scholarships maple ridge

What is an experienced doula?

June 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment

We have all heard the line “I’m looking for an experienced doula” or “I am an experienced doula” but what does that mean? How does one become an “Experienced Doula”?

This is not a simple question, I turned to my peers for answers. I questioned a few doulas that i consider experienced and then I sat back and reflected on why I contacted them. Why did I consider them experienced….

Basically it is not a set number of births or years in the field. Often this comes with the title “Experienced Doula” but there is so much more. I believe it’s a combination of attributes, skills and qualities.

Some doulas will only have 30 births but they consume information.  They talk birth often, they are up to date with information and once they know something they continue to do research that confirms this is in fact still current recommendations. Continuous learning and training is essential to be experienced.

The other piece is the ability to sit back and simply be there for the birthing person. Sometimes “doing” isn’t always helpful. Birth often unfolds best when it is undisturbed.

Informed choices (the backbone to RMDS). This is not as easy to execute as one might think. Ideally in prenatal visits an experienced doula will share the benefits and risks to their clients while not sharing their personal beliefs. Knowing the latest research is critical. Knowing the benefit of the latest research and the risk is equally important. Facilitating this in a birthing space is not easy.  An experienced doula needs to confidently ask questions, kindly and tactfully remind nurses and care providers that their job is to provided informed choices EVERY TIME.  Doulas often are intimidated, but if we are educated we will speak from that place and our clients will get the information they deserve.

Another part that is often hard for doulas is not allowing your relationship with the care provider to come before your clients needs. It is their birth, and regardless if you align with them or their care provider aligns with them- birth is all about the birthing person, every choice, every single choice, every single time. The clients hired a doula and it is the clients’ RIGHT to accept or decline recommendations. An experienced doula’s job is to have their client’s back and to facilitate that discussion.

RMDS local team is a group of experienced doulas who are okay having crucial conversations, training often, always learning AAAAAND as a bonus we’ve been to over 200 births.

 

 

Written with passion from RMDS doulas Nicole Chambers and Allison Farrance. A special thanks to Gina Snyder from Truly Pure Birth for taming this passion and skillfully adjusting the language of this blog post by containing this post with all of her…. well, experience.

Categories : Birthing, Doula Tagged : childbirth education maple ridge, childbirth education tri-cities, experienced doula, Maple Ridge Doula, pitt meadows doula

Belly Support- Rebozo

June 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment

 

Often during the end of pregnancy the birthing person starts to feel a lot of pressure in their pelvis. We use the belly lift technique so that baby is supported by the rebozo onto the cervix vs the pubic bone. The great thing about the rebozo is that when tied properly the birthing person can still go about their day with extra support and comfort for their belly. This often aids in lower back discomfort which most birthing people find extra beneficial.

Another way we use the belly lift technique is during labour is to encourage strong effective contractions. This is done by the belly lift encouraging baby’s head to apply pressure to the cervix rather than the pubic bone.

Looking for yet another way to encourage baby onto the cervix? Try the belly lift while doing the walking portion of a miles circuit!

 

Happy Birthing- Julie

Categories : Birthing, pregnancy Tagged : belly support, lower mainland doula, Maple Ridge Doula, pitt meadows doula, rebozo

Hiring a new Birth Doula Team

June 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment


RMDS is a very busy team of doulas that cover all aspects of pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Each year the business is growing and we are not able to take all of our birth inquiries. We are interviewing doulas for a secondary doula team to work mainly in the lower mainland so the current RMDS team can focus their work in Maple Ridge. 
The successful doulas will have…. 

Preferred Wise Woman Way of Birth Doula training or willing to train

The ability to make monthly meetings in Maple Ridge

Ability to work as a team

Ability to be on call for an average of 10 days/nights per month

Your own transportation- working from Abbotsford to Vancouver 

Continuing education in the field of a minimum 1 training per year

Please send your resume and cover letter to ridgemeadowsdoula@gmail.com
All applications most be in by June 12 at noon. 

Categories : Doula, Uncategorized Tagged : birth doula, hiring a doula, Maple Ridge Doula, pitt meadows doula, ridge meadows doula

Pregnancy Lending Library- Maple Ridge

May 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment

We are so excited to introduce our latest ‘give back’ project. Our Pregnancy Book Library.
This Free pregnancy library offers a way for Ridge Meadows Doula Services to give back to the community and share great pregnancy resources.

This library is for everybody- neighbors, friends and people we don’t even know yet. Anyone can use it. That’s why we want to take care of it. It is updated and cared for from your local doulas with quality pregnancy books.

Take a book, read it and return it. Also feel free to sign your name and add a POSITIVE pregnancy affirmation for the next person to read! Birth is beautiful and Maple Ridge is a growing community, let’s celebrate. This box can be found at 12071 204b street.

If you have pregnancy/postpartum books you would like to add to the library please feel free! Again, this is a community library. Take initiative and give back in your own way.

 

Ridge Meadows Doula Services is a collective of doulas that offer Birth Doula Services, Postpartum Doula Services, Placenta Encapsulation, Childbirth Education, Car Seat Checks, Events and belly Binding.

Categories : Birthing, Client Resources Tagged : lending library maple ridge, Maple Ridge Doula, pitt meadows doula, pregnancy library, tri-cities doula

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