Midvalley Doula Network

Need help finding a supportive VBAC provider! Our doulas have the insider info! Give any of us a call today.

3 Things You NEED to Know About Your VBAC Provider In order to have the best chances of VBAC success, one of the most important things is having a VBAC friendly birth place and a VBAC friendly provider. Knowing what questions to ask potential VBAC providers can be pretty frustrating, especially when you aren't sure if they are being honest or, just....

Did you know that doula services are covered by the Oregon Health Plan? It's true! Most of the doulas in our group can bill Intercommunity Health Plan or Pacific Source for clients.

Looking for a birth doula?

Meet Peg!

In addition to being a doula, Peg is also a massage therapist! An excellent combo!

Peg Kriz BD Peg Kriz ​ ​Birth Doula 541-760-2619 [email protected] https://www.pegkriz.com

Looking for a birth doula?

Check out our member doula Peg! In addition to being a doula, she is a licensed massage therapist. An excellent combination!

Home | Doula & Massage Therapist in Corvallis, Oregon Offering massage and birth doula services in Corvallis, Oregon.

Looking for a birth doula?

Meet Ellen! She is a CD(DONA) Certified Birth Doula, an Oregon Traditional Health Worker: Birth Doula, a Stillbirthday doula, Certified Lactation Specialist, Body Ready Method® Certified Pro and an Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Instructor!

Ellen Tappon BD Ellen Tappon ​ ​Birth Doula 541-250-0778 [email protected] https://www.birthsprings.com/

Looking for a birth doula?

Check out Peg!

Peg is also a licensed massage therapist, an excellent combo!

Peg Kriz BD Peg Kriz ​ ​Birth Doula 541-760-2619 [email protected] https://www.pegkriz.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-birth-rebellion/id1639430316?i=1000654591060

‎The Great Birth Rebellion: Episode 83 - Moving in labour and birth on Apple Podcasts ‎Show The Great Birth Rebellion, Ep Episode 83 - Moving in labour and birth - May 5, 2024

🦋 Happy Thursday monarchs! Fly in this afternoon for Momma and LO Yoga & Prenatal Yoga with Kat Johnson!

🦋 Momma and Little One Yoga- A class designed to enhance your bond with your infant while regaining abdominal strength and easing the physical strains of being a new mom. Here you will meet other new moms, play with your little one, and move your body in a relaxed, light-hearted atmosphere. Throughout class, you are free to feed/nurse, soothe, and be the mother that you are.
⏱ 4:30pm - 5:30pm
✅ $7

🦋 Prenatal Yoga- A time to move and breathe, build strength and endurance, relax, and release in preparation for the journey of birth. Here, you are surrounded by love and positivity. Please come as you are from where you are.
⏱ 6pm - 7pm
✅ $5

🔥Registration is not required; drop-ins welcome. For more information, contact Kat via the contact us form at http://yogamama.ppcbrands.com

‎All About Pregnancy & Birth: Ep150: 9 Tips For Choosing the Right OB Doctor on Apple Podcasts ‎Show All About Pregnancy & Birth, Ep Ep150: 9 Tips For Choosing the Right OB Doctor - Feb 15, 2022

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-postpartum/id1585236708?i=1000583561560

‎Hello Postpartum: 034 | What is a Postpartum Doula and What Do They Do Exactly? on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Hello Postpartum, Ep 034 | What is a Postpartum Doula and What Do They Do Exactly? - Oct 22, 2022

We have a number of great local birth centers!

Celebrating Birth Center Week!
During this Birth Center Week, we're celebrating the incredible work of birth centers and the dedicated professionals who make natural childbirth a reality for many families. 💕
At Birth Nerds, we believe in empowering families to have a safe and comfortable birthing experience. Let us know if you gave birth in a birth center or support families at birth centers.
Join us in recognizing the importance of birth centers in promoting low-intervention, family-centered birthing options. 🏡💖

On OHP and interested in doula support for your birth? It’s covered by your insurance, so check out the Community Doula Program website!

Pregnant People and Families - Community Doula Program Learn more about Community Doula Program (CDP) Doulas and how they can support you during birth, pregnancy, and early parenting in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties.

May is International Doula Month.
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For Pi Day today, the Babies are Not Pizzas e-book and audiobook are each $3.14!

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Informed consent never looks or sounds like something already in motion. Huge red flag. True informed consent takes hold of the concepts of a conversation. One that explains risks and benefits, leaves room for questions and time to consider, and then the decision is up to the client. With the choice of No being a full one.
What have you experienced?

Should You Choose A Midwife Or An OB-GYN? What Pregnant People Need To Know Here's how to figure out which provider is right for you, your pregnancy and birth plan.

This is a great podcast episode about the importance of birth centers!

‎On Health: Why We Need Birthing Centers on Apple Podcasts ‎Show On Health, Ep Why We Need Birthing Centers - Sep 21, 2022

Feeling pressured to consent to something you’re not sure about?

The typical framing of consent in healthcare centers around "getting" it. Medical, nursing, and midwifery industrial complexes often frame it as "Did you get consent?" or "I need to get your consent." This language positions the power in the person obtaining consent, reinforces a power dynamic rather than disrupting it, and parades the process itself a means to an end so that the provider can move to wielding the next step of power. To get, to be gotten, to have been got: consent in this way is transitory and provider-powered. Particularly when it comes to intimate exams, this is harmful and often violent framing.

Here, replacing the word "get" with the word "received" is meant to displace this typical linguistic and logistical power dynamic. Reframed as whether we "receive" consent, this language creates an understanding that the patient's power and interaction is what is central to the process. When consent is received, the provider is the one waiting to understand something, dependent on the patient to determine next steps, passive in the dynamic instead of active.

Let us ask of ourselves, of our colleagues, and of our students and Residents:

"Did you receive their consent?"

Due dates can be really helpful in some ways, and a real pain in others.

And it’s important to realise what they can and can’t do.

Can they give us a rough idea of when a baby might be due?

Yes.

Is that helpful for planning, ordering the birth pool, arranging for childcare and to guide some of the care we might want during pregnancy?

Of course.

On the other hand, though…

A due date is not a 'best before' date.

It's not an expiration date.

It's a guess.

And research shows that only about 5% of babies (that’s one in twenty babies) are born on their due date.

So as I often say to expectant parents, plan to do something nice on your due date.

You’ve got a really good chance of being able to do it.

And it might help you remember that due dates are a guide, not a guarantee.

My website contains lots of information about normality, due dates and induction of labour.

I have also written two books about this: Inducing Labour: making informed decisions and In Your Own Time: how western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop.

Find out more at www.sarawickham.com/iol

Looking for a doula?

http://www.midvalleydoulas.net/meet-our-doulas.html

Meet our doulas As doulas, we work for you, not for your caregiver or hospital. We are each independent and self-employed. Together we form a diverse group of women who share a passion for pregnancy and the birthing...