Our April session will be held, as usual in Lilla Luckan. April 2024 Positive Birth Helsinki session is about dads & birth partners: What do you expect from your birth team? How can your birth partner feel less stressed about birth? How do doulas work with the birth partner? What are your birth partner(s) needs and questions about birth? Lilla Read more
Mothers (and Babies) Circle Welcome to the weekly gathering hosted by Marie-Andree Godin, a mother, artist, perinatal doula, and yoga teacher. This heartfelt gathering is dedicated to fostering an honest conversation about motherhood, where our shared experiences are respectfully weaved together in circle. We will explore the tapestry of motherhood, discussing its beautiful messiness, the complexities of relationships, the joys Read more
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This is Danielle’s birth story of her birth at home in Finland. Links:Download the Asking for Help Guide at the bottom of this page https://www.motherstransition.com/Nest Doulas website: https://www.doulacollective.fi/Danielle’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/mothers_transition/Sign up for Positive Birth Helsinki meetup: https://mailchi.mp/648e302327d5/positivebirthInformation about Motherhood Talks and other activities atLillaLuckan https://www.facebook.com/groups/1210503785696783
On this episode I will be wrapping up the podcast for a few months as I go on my maternity leave. I share with you what I have been doing in the past few weeks to prepare for birth and postpartum as well as what I am hoping to feel and do in the last weeks of my pregnancy. The Read more
On this episode of the podcast, I’m sharing with you Alma’s birth story. In this episode Alma shares her challenging experience of dealing with a late diagnosis of preeclampsia which led into an induction and then to a cesarean birth. Alma so vulnerably shares how one of her biggest fears was having a cesarean and how throughout her pregnancy she Read more
Welcome to this episode of the podcast where we dive into Maria’s birth stories. A first birth story which left Maria feeling broken and traumatized followed by a healing and empowering experience of birth with her second child. Maria talks about the importance of good support in healing from birth trauma as well as recognizing it as such in the Read more
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Linda Tötterman, a midwife working at Lohja hospital. Linda used to work at Naistenkilinikka before Lohja and we got to chatting about some of the differences between these two hospitals. We touched upon the capacity, the amount of midwives there, the general approach and atmosphere, and much more. Linda shared her Read more
Today’s episode is all about water birth! Johanna Honkanen has been working as a midwife for 17 years. She has been in the hospital and now has her own private practice. She is one of the leading midwives in Finland about childbirth and has been involved in writing the water birth guidelines and recommendations that are used in hospitals all Read more
On today’s episode you will hear another wonderful birth story from Mai who shares about the birth of her first daughter. We also got a bit into the birth of her second son and how those two were a bit different and of course connected. Mai talked about the importance of preparation and having a support person such as a Read more