Doula

Birth Stories and Articles

Finding a Midwifery Care in Vancouver, Canada

Need help finding a Vancouver Midwife. Birth by bloom has links to the top midwifery clinics in Vancouver.

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Buying a Birth Pool Setup for new Doulas

Jessica Medrea started her mentorship with Morag Hastings in 2021. She came in a fresh doula without very much experience and by the end...

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Vancouver Home Birth List

Having a home birth in Vancouver. Here is a list of things you will want at home. Bloom supports both home and hospital births.

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Delayed Cord Clamping the Truth.

As a birth photographer and doula , in Vancouver B.C., I have documented and supported well over 400 families giving birth. Over the last...

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Born at Home Vancouver Birth Story

Barto guarding the belly and the house. Their doula arrives. Their midwife arrives. Barto keeping watch. Just before they meet their...

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Doula's Home Birth

It is pretty special when you get to photograph a fellow doula’s birth. What a beautiful relationship this family has and what a...

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Born at Home Mom and Dad's Story

E. & R.’s Home Birth Story E: I woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday with contractions about 10 mins apart. I tried to get...

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Home Water Birth with Birth and Beyond

I was lucky to attend a birth this week with Natalie from Birth and Beyond, a midwifery clinic located in UBC. (Now Natalie is on Orange...

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Third Boy Home Birth in Surrey

I love getting asked back to my clients second and third births. I wonder if I will be asked to attend a fourth sometime. This client,...

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Home Water Birth with Sibling

It all started early on Canada Day 2015. My client texted me in the morning to let me know her pressure waves had started. She also...

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10 Women Catching Their Own Babies

Women catching their own babies, what?!?! Are you nuts? That’s impossible. Let me show you it’s not. I was showing my girlfriend my...

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The Mighty Placenta

In the womb the placenta feeds your baby and removes waste. During birth it becomes natures built in resuscitation device. It continues...

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My Nest Birth on the Hospital Floor

I first experienced a handful of surges five days before my daughter was born. After a bloody show the next evening and a call to my...

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Midwife Catching Her Own Baby.

Much of the end of pregnancy is spent wondering when and how labour will start, just waiting for that first contraction. When my blood...

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Loss Story: The Short Life of Oscar (Trisomy 18)

Life, with all of its challenges, is a celebration. Oscar was diagnosed at 15 weeks gestation with Trisomy 18. After months of...

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Water Birth at Home

I got to attend this beautiful home water birth earlier this week. This mom filled her apartment with a group of fully supportive, loving...

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Home Water Birth

I get invited into one of the most private and special times in a families life. I am always in awe in how beautiful the process of birth...

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A Home Birth Story

I love it when my clients share their birth stories with me and the public. It can be so inspiring to hear how other women did it. It’s...

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Home Water Birth

All this post needs to say is …. this mama got her home water birth… and it was wonderful! The amazing midwife, Dawn, checking baby and...

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Long 3 Day Twin Birth at St. Paul's

This mom planned her twin birth to make sure she was surrounded by the people she wanted at her birth. She laboured at home for many days...

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