Birth & Baby Talk

Being a doula is awesome, but being a postpartum doula who offers overnight support has some definite perks! Join Meaghan Grant from Toronto Family Doulas and Leanne Palmerston from Hamilton Family Doulas as they discuss their pathway to becoming doulas and why they love overnight support for postpartum families, what the work looks like, who would make a great doula, the ways to work and how to become a doula. 

Bra needs change throughout pregnancy and early parenting. Sam from Broad Lingerie joins us to talk about how to get a great fit when you are ready for a new maternity, post-pregnancy and nursing bra by going back to basics for getting a great fit!

Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries as a new parents can be difficult. Family and friends can sometimes put pressure on us to do things we don't feel comfortable with. Leanne and Meaghan are back talking about how to set good boundaries and how to make them stick. 

Join expert Dominika Knossalla-Pado of Dog Meets Baby to learn what you should be doing to prepare for welcoming your new baby when you are a dog parent, as well.

Meaghan talks to Katie Callery from Sonday the Label about maternity fashion. 

What do you do if your baby's sensitive nature is more than just their temperament? Pediatric Occupational Therapist Kaili Ets joins us to talk about your baby's senses, Sensory Processing Disorder and how Pediatric OTs can help families of young babies.

A recent study says walking and physical exercise can dramatically reduce postpartum depression and anxiety. Or does it? Meaghan and Leanne team up to examine this new study, talk about what it does say, what it doesn't say, and how the media might not be telling you the whole story. 

Pelvic Physiotherapy is one of the most needful care tasks folks with uteruses aren't doing. Madelaine Golec joins us to discuss why it's so important for us to see someone before and after birth and as we age. 

Parents are under an incredible amount of stress. Changing phases of the pandemic means pregnancy, birth and parenting now come with added worry and challenges. Meaghan and Leanne talk about stress and how parents can reduce their stress with a few simple, science backed strategies.