Windy City Doulas: Second to None.
At Windy City Doulas our number one goal for our clients is to feel informed, supported, and a part of the decision making process when it comes to their birth and postpartum experience. Our amazing team of doulas strive to provide each family with professional and individualized emotional, physical and educational support throughout pregnancy, birth and the newborn phase. In addition to our amazing birth doula support we have a very skilled team offering postpartum care, night nurses, sleep training as well as placenta encapsulation. Our hope is to be able to pair clients with the best maternity professionals in the area as well as Chicago’s favorite providers for breastfeeding and childbirth classes. You have many choice for your labor and newborn support team in The Windy City and we are thrilled to join your family on this new journey-after all you deserve support that is second to none!
Blog
Professional advice on pregnancy, birth, postpartum and parenting. Check in for guest blogs from our past clients and favorite providers .
Events and Classes
From childbirth education to breastfeeding support, we have you covered from pregnancy through the first year-Check out our private in home classes for our busy families.
While this might seem like an easy question to answer it’s not black and white. The great thing about living in a large city like Chicago is there’s tons of options available to you, but this can also mean you have to learn about all your options.
The first big question is where do you ideally want to have your baby? You have three options in terms of location.
Always buy your formula from a reputable source and read the directions on that specific container for their recommendations. These are general guidelines and there can be changes between brands.
Contraction timing!!! The when, how and what to look for.
Having a new baby is huge! It’s one of the biggest life changes a person or couple can go through. While babies bring joy and love, they’re also completely helpless little people and can be completely all encompassing.
Bringing how a new baby is HARD! It’s exhausting and it never ends because babies are helpless little people with a lot of needs, and as a new parent is okay to need help with that.
One of our amazing clients decided to write a blog for us about her experience and tips for NICU parents, especially at Prentice.
Here’s her story.