Understanding Your Bishop Score

Understanding Your Bishop Score

Late pregnancy is a total guessing game. If I had a dime for every time someone asked me, “So, when do you think things might get started?”… well, I’d have a lot of dimes. There’s generally no way to predict anything at this stage....
Skin-to-Skin Is A Really Big Deal

Skin-to-Skin Is A Really Big Deal

During pregnancy, your baby is in constant contact with you- and you, with them! All of this closeness, comfort, and connection is a big part of how a fetus grows and develops into an almost-fully-developed baby after only 40 weeks. And guess what? When that baby is...
5 Ways to Prepare Your Home For Baby

5 Ways to Prepare Your Home For Baby

Getting ready for baby is a big job. You know that feeling of panic-cleaning before your mother in law comes to stay for a week? Or the feeling of getting the house ready to take family pictures with your favourite local photographer? Getting the house ready to bring...
Birth Classes in Nanaimo

Birth Classes in Nanaimo

Birth classes in Nanaimo Click here to see what classes are currently available! There are so many young families in Nanaimo! Is there a better place to raise a family than on Vancouver Island? The communities of Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Parksville and Oceanside offer so...
The Fear, Tension, Pain Cycle

The Fear, Tension, Pain Cycle

When we ask our clients how they’re feeling about giving birth, we’re pretty likely to hear one of these phrases (or something close to it): “I’m excited to meet my baby, but I feel really nervous about giving birth!” “I feel really...