by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jul 17, 2019 | Childbirth Education, Reviews
As a childbirth educator I’m often asked whether or not a family should use a contraction timer. We certainly talk about how to time contractions and what the different points in time mean as they pop this information. But actually having a physical timer in hand...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 2019 | Business, Podcast
One of the hardest parts of being a doula is not the long hours, or finding clients, or being strong enough to do back pressure for a long time – it’s living life on call. Robin and Hillary, The Birth Geeks, discuss living life on call from the planning...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jul 3, 2019 | Business, Postpartum Doulas
If you’ve been thinking about becoming a postpartum doula, you might have heard of DONA International. They have a large training and certification program designed to help people become certified postpartum doulas. The certification process through DONA is...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jun 27, 2019 | birth stories, Connections, Podcast
On this 7th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, we talk about birth stories. We talk about keeping your poker face on while listening for the needs and meaning behind the words being shared. We address weaponized baby shower birth stories, and (spoiler alert) we do...
by Robin Elise Weiss, Ph.D. | Jun 13, 2019 | Podcast
In this sixth episode of The Birth Geeks podcast Michelle Branco, MPH, IBCLC is a lactation consultant and public health advocate shares her thoughts on the risk of risk-based language, changing the environment to enable parents to make truly informed decisions,...
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