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DSF Blog
- Nov 5, 2022
- 1 min
Nature and Nurture, The Doula Way
This post may sound like a form of the classic "Nature Vs Nurture" debate. I assure you, it's not! On October 24th of this year, Doula...
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DSF Blog
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Re-Energized for 2023
The year of 2022 has been year of pivoting for Doula Support Foundation. We have had some influential board members step down, and a...
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DSF Blog
- Jan 5, 2022
- 5 min
She Exists
By Roya Chalaki Honourable Mention My daughter turned five this year on February 20th, 2021. It was the first time among all her other...
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DSF Blog
- Dec 15, 2021
- 8 min
Embracing and Accepting the Unknown
By Maria Manecuta Honourable Mention It was a quiet Friday night at home. I was relaxing at 39 weeks and 1 day – my first pregnancy....
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DSF Blog
- Dec 8, 2021
- 6 min
Finding Solace in Our Home
By Rachelle Campbell Honourable Mention NOVEMBER 1, 2020 As I woke, I was surprised by the fact that I almost immediately felt the urge...
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DSF Blog
- Dec 1, 2021
- 8 min
Bailey's Breech Birth
By Cassidy Piney Honourable Mention This is the story of Cassidy Piney who had a vaginal breech birth with her second daughter in...
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DSF Blog
- Nov 24, 2021
- 7 min
Planned VBAC, Unplanned Home Birth
By Michelle Barnes Honourable Mention On February 5th, 2021, after 38 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy, I had a successful Vaginal Birth...
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DSF Blog
- Nov 17, 2021
- 8 min
To Carry the Cure
By Tao Hipwell Honourable Mention The narrative that has been written by the major medical model about Type 1 Diabetic birth is not an...
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DSF Blog
- Nov 3, 2021
- 7 min
More Beautiful than the Bright Snow
by Hannah Day Honourable Mention In 2015, I was pregnant with my first child and my due date was December 2, 2015. My partner and I...
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DSF Blog
- Oct 27, 2021
- 4 min
In the Dark
By Leslie Harris Honourable Mention “Just one push, hold it… there you go… there’s your baby.” I wish I could say my labour, that both of...
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DSF Blog
- Oct 13, 2021
- 8 min
From the Orgasmic to the Surgical – Two Birth Stories
by Ellie Reynolds Honourable Mention When the day came to birth my second baby, I was delighted. The lights were dim in the theatre of my...
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DSF Blog
- Oct 6, 2021
- 6 min
Caesarian Birth: Love, Sacrifice, and Surrender
I remember the chill of the operating room, the glare of the lights, and the shadow of green robes moving in and out of my field of...
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DSF Blog
- Sep 29, 2021
- 8 min
New Seasons
By Ruth Daniell Honourable Mention It’s impossible to think about the birth of my first baby without thinking of the birth of my second,...
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DSF Blog
- Sep 22, 2021
- 8 min
Let Me Tell You About Your Birth
Honourable Mention I had already lost you once. I was so relieved when you decided to try again. The whole first trimester was a scary...
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DSF Blog
- Sep 8, 2021
- 7 min
Winter Rose
By Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt Second-Place Laureate “We live at the edge of the miraculous.” -Henry Miller The sun hadn’t yet come up when...
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DSF Blog
- Sep 8, 2021
- 8 min
Mama Fits
By Alison Milan Second-Place Laureate I was born female. To my parents and those in attendance, I was a new baby girl who would someday...
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Marlowe Dibb
- Sep 1, 2021
- 7 min
A whole new journey
by Marlowe Dibb Thrid-place laureate becoming pregnant as a non-binary queer person was no easy task. it took years and multiple sperm...
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Lauren Miller
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Power of Birth Stories
Storytelling has always been an integral part of our human experience. Sharing our knowledge from generation to generation since the...
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Jessica Cheyne
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Through the Doula's Eyes
Jessica is the owner of Soothe Doula Services. What motivated her to start it was hearing the stories of many birthing people and their...
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Aly Guildford
- Mar 12, 2021
- 6 min
Miles to Journey Through
Aly has settled in Huntsville Ontario. She met her husband in high school and they have been together ever since. They currently have two...
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