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Deena is Interviewed for an iHeart Radio Podcast

February 28, 2019 By Deena Leave a Comment

Back in July, I was invited to be interviewed for a new podcast, The Parentcast, with Abby Krizner of 105.9 The X and Bill Crawford of WDVE. We spent an hour discussing pregnancy, childbirth, doulas, birth plans and more. You can subscribe and listen on iHeartRadio, iTunes, or Google Play. We also filmed it, so if you want […]

Filed Under: Doulas, Featured Home Page, Into the Light, Main Blog Page, Pregnancy Tagged With: Birth Plan, Childbirth, Doula, Labor, Lamaze, Podcasts, Pregnancy

The One Question You Should Never Ask a Doula

February 18, 2019 By Deena 2 Comments

Before hiring a doula, clients interview them. This is a time to get to know the doula, learn about the compliment of services offered and see if the doula is a good fit for the client. However, it happens fairly often that a client will as the one question they shouldn’t.

Filed Under: Doulas, Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Childbirth, Communication, Decision making, Doula, Expectations, Ideal Birth, Motherhood, Mothers

What do dads do during labor, anyway?

October 18, 2018 By Deena Leave a Comment

Dads /Partners often come into my childbirth classes or doula consultations with a feeling of unease when I ask them, “What do you want your role to be during birth?”. Beyond “support her”, they often don’t have a clear picture of what options they have, what she might need (or not need), how to express […]

Filed Under: Featured Home Page, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Dad, Doula, Expectations, Fathers, Labor, Lamaze

Birthing Class with Ice Cubes and Clothespins?

May 17, 2018 By Deena 9 Comments

In many childbirth classes, and sometimes, in a doula’s prenatal visit with a client, there are ice cubes. I saw ice cubes in my training when I became a Lamaze educator and ice cubes in various professional development workshops. So what gives? The ice is given to pregnant people and their partners to simulate the […]

Filed Under: Main Blog Page Tagged With: Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Coping Skills, Doula, Emotional State, Labor, Lamaze, Pain, Pain Management During Labor

Moving forward and continued services

March 14, 2017 By Deena Leave a Comment

Confident Birthing at Shining Light Prenatal Education

It’s been quite some time since I’ve dusted off my keyboard and blogged for Shining Light. I wanted to update you on my classes and the studio itself. Since moving out of the Lawrenceville studio and into my home studio in Brighton Heights, classes have been small, but going well. The schedule has been pared […]

Filed Under: Into the Light, Main Blog Page Tagged With: Birth, breastfeeding, Childbirth, Childbirth Education Classes, Doula, Lamaze, Pregnancy, Prenatal Yoga

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