Breastfeeding is important but can also be humorous. Do you need a giggle at that 2 am feeding? Here is a collection of breastfeeding quotes that are sure to make you smile.
Modern Midwifery | Dallas Midwives
Until recently, expecting families on the Dallas side of town have not had a lot of options if they wanted to chose hospital based midwifery care. For years, the biggest and busiest hospitals in Dallas, Plano, Frisco and Richardson had NO midwives on staff or with privileges to deliver babies in their facilities. While most of these hospitals still do …
15 Reasons To Hire a Doula
There are so many reason you will want a doula at your birth…here are 15!
Doing It Again?
Childbirth Refresher Class Do you need a childbirth refresher class? You’ve had a baby and you certainly remember that there are contractions involved, that your water is going to break and a baby is going to arrive….but do you remember everything you need to know about labor and birth to do it all AGAIN? If the answer is NO, do …
Congratulations Whitney | Dallas Lamaze Childbirth Class
Dallas Lamaze Classes with Whitney Patterson We are so proud of Whitney! She has been a doula with Great Expectations Birth since early 2016 and teaches our Prepared Childbirth Classes. Whitney recently took the extra step to become a certified Lamaze instructor. She completed a lot of assignments, studied and then sat for the exam. Now the results are in …
The Nappy Shoppe | Addison & Plano
Do you know about The Nappy Shoppe? The Nappy Shoppe is a great store in Plano (and now Addison) that sells of environmentally friendly baby and parenting items. With a name like Nappy Shoppe you know they sell cloth diapers but the Nappy Shoppe also sells maternity and nursing clothing, essential oils, babywearing gear, amber necklaces, bras and bunch of …
NICU | One Mother Shares Her Experience
September is a special month for me. It’s my birthday month, but it is also NICU Awareness month- an awareness month I never imagined I would be aware of, but here I am…AWARE. The Emotions When I was asked to write something about our NICU experience, my first response was “I will. BUT I will have 20 drafts of emotional …
Birth Classes in Frisco and North Dallas
A Birth Class Taught by an EXPERT You want your birth class to be taught by an expert and is there anyone more of an expert in what really happens during labor than an experienced doula who has helped families have birth at hospitals around the metroplex? Probably not! You will love learning from our doulas and they really know …
The Nest – Our New Office in Addison, Texas
Great Expectations is excited to share about our new office – we just love it and we know you will too! The office is located in Addison (4811 Broadway to be exact), beside Addison Park and just off the Dallas North Tollway. We hope this location will be convenient for a lot of our Dallas clients (though we love you …
The Life Doula – Making Life Easy
I don’t think the Life Doula is a thing, but it sure could be. What is a life doula you ask? Let me tell you! If you are reading this blog, you probably already know a bit about what birth doulas do and how we are trained to provide support through the process of birth. One of the common reasons families choose …