Posts by Fatima Abdallah
DMV Area Home Birth Midwives- A List
DMV Home Birth Midwives List The DMV (DC Metro Area including Northern VA and parts of Maryland) is rich in home birth midwives and midwifery practices. These midwives range between those who are CNMs (certified nurse midwives) and CPMs (certified professional midwives) and they range in their areas of expertise, their comfort zones in terms…
Read MoreEarly Labor To-Do’s
I was recently gifted this beautiful early labor photo from a client who invited me to share it on my website/social media, and I am so grateful for that opportunity. It isn’t often that a birth doula is able to get photos of herself in action, and we are protective of our clients’ privacy and…
Read MoreVBAC Success- DC and NOVA Area Stories
This past October, I had the joy and honor to work with 3 amazing families seeking empowering, gentle births. Two of those families were working for a VBAC- (vaginal birth after a cesarean) and travelled (very far in some cases) to a DC hospital, to make it happen. I will be sharing some lessons to…
Read MoreCham Cambodian Postpartum Traditions
One of the things I love about the work I do is the actual people that this work allows me to meet and learn from. So much of what I learn is from actually witnessing and learning from the clients who come across my path and share with me their traditions. One such experience occured…
Read MoreCesarean Recovery Session- Origin Story
One of the things that I love about the work I do, is the level of creativity involved when a client comes to me with a situation, tells me they think I have the skill level to help them in some way or another, and ask me what I have to offer. I had a…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Offerings: Free, Online Childbirth Prep Resources
I love sharing great resources with my community and nowadays, more than ever, it feels like we are being showered by so much generosity from small businesses. Some of this generosity has come in the form of free, online childbirth prep classes. The resources I am sharing below are some of the better ones I…
Read MoreOut-of-Hospital Births & Home Births in the NOVA & DC Metro Area
Recently, there have been so many changes happening on the national and global level with the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Pregnant families are feeling the stress on an immediate level, as they grapple with feelings of safety for their unborn child and as they look to navigate the birth scene for their newborn and…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Birth & Labor
Preparing for Birth: Alternative Healing Therapies and Whole-Body Care There are many ways that a pregnant person can prepare their body, mentally, emotionally and physically for birth and labor- to help ease the process through optimal positioning for the baby and through mental relaxation. A few of my favorite alternative therapies to prepare the body…
Read MorePreparing for a VBAC
Planning Ahead for a VBAC Recently I shared the inspiring story of a mother who reached out to me two years before her second pregnancy, asking for tips on how she could prepare for a VBAC. She had just recently given birth to her first child via a cesarean after an induction that did not…
Read MorePregnancy Loss Resources
Pregnancy loss comes in different forms and hurts just as much at any stage. I am sending out lots of love to every family that has gone through the heartbreak of having and losing, no matter how long your baby was a part of your life. Here are some online and local pregnancy loss resources…
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