The Uptown Doula Blog & Education Center

As adults, when we get really tired, we say we’re exhausted, burnt out, or worn out. We empathize with others, and if it’s ourselves, we try to do what we can to catch up or get rest when we can. We rationalize our way through it, and the emotions that come with being tired.  For […]

Forming a relationship with your baby seems to some to come quickly for some. However, if that isn’t you, learning how to build a relationship with someone who does not speak, or really even move that much, is difficult.  For the majority of time when your newborn comes home, bonding centers around fulfilling their needs […]

Twins are hard. Most parents can imagine some balance with a newborn because one baby means, at least some of the time, you get a break. But with twins, it can feel like you are tag teamed!  Even with two adults in the house, having two babies is different than having one. Most twin experts […]

Having gone through many postpartum experiences with the families who hire us for labor support and postpartum support, we have identified some pretty important people. They are The Friends.  The front line for emotional security when you are trying to figure out what life looks like with a baby in it.  These friends could be […]

There is a lot of misinformation circulated by well-meaning friends and sources about infant sleep. Who are you supposed to trust when it comes to getting your baby to rest? There are aunties, experienced parents, blogs, and pediatricians who all have THE tools to get your baby to sleep reliably. Still, when you try to […]

Almost three years ago, the Charlotte area was introduced to Nitrous Oxide for pain management for people in labor.   The change comes as a part of a broader movement across the country of patients asking for this effective and low-risk tool that is popular in the UK.  Laboring people have been advocating for its […]

Labor doulas are typically hired by people planning to have a vaginal birth. A doula’s knowledge of normal physiological birth, the constant support through labor, and the skilled hands-on care are all reasons doulas are growing in popularity. But what if you suddenly need a surgical birth or are planning a cesarean delivery from the […]

When a family starts thinking about how to get their child to sleep better, it can be for many reasons. what we see commonly is: Working with a sleep trainer is more than turning off the lights and leaving your child to cry until they are exhausted. We do not support that behavior or advice. […]

Soothies, binkie, paci…whatever you call it in your family, pacifiers have been used for generations. Before polymers were used from the discovery of rubber trees, cultures around the world used things like beads made of wood, or other things like ivory, mother-of-pearl, bone, or coral, were used on the opposite end of a rattle, or […]