There are several conditions that might lead your provider to suggest varying degrees of rest and/or modified activity.*** Before you can game plan some coping strategies, you need to know what you’re signing up for and be on board with it. Remember, no one can force you to do anything, but you can choose to operate within suggested parameters in pursuit of a goal. Questions to ask your provider Why are I going on bed rest? What do you hope the modified activity will accompl

Do you have any special skills or other services you provide other than being a birth doula? Currently training to become a La Leche League Leader. Where did you grow up? Where have you lived? Was born in Philadelphia Pa. moved at age 4 to Armstrong County, Western Pa. where I grew up on a 102 acre farm. I still live in Armstrong County. My husband and I own a 75 acre farm. You’re going out to a birth. What are your jams to get you in the mood driving out? I listen to a varie

Do you have any special skills or other services you provide other than being a birth doula? I am also a certified placenta arts specialist and postpartum doula. Where did you grow up? Where have you lived? I grew up just a few streets away from where I live now! You’re going out to a birth. What are your jams to get you in the mood driving out? Sometimes it is an audio book, other times its Imagine Dragons, Blue October or even Vitamin String Quartet to calm. What are your f

Do you have any special skills or other services you provide other than being a birth doula? Not at this time, but I have an interest in maybe becoming a lactation consultant some day. Where did you grow up? Where have you lived? I grew up in the small town of Kittanning, PA where I still reside with my husband of five years, and our two wonderful children Marshall (2 years), and Benjamin (3 months). I've only ever moved once and it was just from my parents house to the next

Do you have any special skills or other services you provide other than being a birth doula? Yes, I am a birth photographer! There are only a handful of photographers in our area that have experience capturing birth and very few who take birthing clients on a regular basis. I am one of the most experienced birth photographers in our city and the only certified doula photographer. Where did you grow up? Where have you lived? I grew up in very small town of less than a 1,000 in