Will it be weird? Common concerns about joining a Postpartum Support Group

By: Marla Hamilton, Postpartum Doula Postpartum group support is one of those things that you know you probably SHOULD find when you’re having a baby, right? So why is it so hard to move our little fingers to sign up?  I’ve had the honor of facilitating Fourth Trimester Support Circles for the Nesting Place for …

Cloth Diapering Away my Climate Anxiety

By: Nina Hawkes Like so many others, the double (triple) whammy of a global pandemic while raising a toddler and expecting a new baby opened up a valley of anxiety I’d never known before. The lack of social interaction certainly didn’t help my growing fear for the future – pandemic aside, the reality of the …

When I look at my twins, I usually feel happy and proud. But last year when they turned 3, all I did was cry.

By Laura Siddons, Birth Doula, and Co-Founder, The Nesting Place When I look at my twins, I usually feel happy and proud. But last year when they turned 3, all I did was cry. I cried tears of anger, tears of sadness, tears of pain. And it stuck around for weeks. And so began my …

Life as a Working Mom During the Pandemic

By: Jacqueline Aiello, Co-Founder of The Nesting Place Stay-at-home to work-from-home mom – a phrase that rang in my ears shortly after the world shut down last March.  Like many other mothers, I found myself at home, with no childcare, and a spouse who worked outside the home.  My husband and I did not feel safe continuing …

The Fourth Trimester as a BIPOC person

by Doula, Lactation Counselor, Mother, Yoga Instructor, and Fourth Trimester Support Circle Leader, Ebonie ‘Karma’ Tudor As a black mother, doula and birth worker, my clients mean the world to me. Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) women have many obstacles in our paths when it comes to pregnancy and postpartum, in addition to struggles …

Tummy time can be fun! How to help your baby love tummy time.

By Mirav Newman, PT, DPT Tummy time should start from the first day of life.  A simple way to start is during a diaper change. When you change your baby’s diaper, flip her over onto her belly for a few minutes, as soon as her first day of life.  Babies come out of the uterus …

Understanding a Traumatic Birth Experience

By: Marissa Sherov, LCSW, Director of Mental Health Services, Maternal Mental Health Specialist Birth trauma is a term used to describe the emotional, psychological, and potentially physical effects of a stressful and scary birth experience.  Both the mother and partner can be affected by a traumatic birth.  Up to 34 percent of women report symptoms …

Physical Therapy for Postpartum Moms

By: Liz Simons, DPT Almost every woman who has had a baby will say that their ‘body is never the same’. Pregnancy is tough. Growing and birthing a child (whether vaginal delivery or C-section) comes with its own physical and emotional obstacles – weight gain, hormonal shifts, fatigue, emotional lability – rarely does a postpartum body …