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Experienced doula, Linsey Bliss, shows you how to prepare physically and mentally for every element of having a child, from pregnancy to fourth trimester in The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth. Lindsey Bliss, who has assisted as a doula at hundreds of births and is herself a mother of seven, reveals here all the wisdom and advice that doulas share with the new mothers who hire them.The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth covers the period from pregnancy through labor and birth to fourth trimester healing. The focus, however, is on preparing for birth--including topics like how to pick the right childbirth class and the right birthing method. You'll also see how to assemble the team of professionals, family members, and friends who will support you through labor and birth, and how to approach last-minute decisions about pain medications and cesarean sections.



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Lindsey Bliss

Lindsey Bliss is the co-director of Carriage House Birth, a collective of birth workers that provide doula support and education for families pre-conception though their childbearing journeys. She is a birth doula, and mother of seven. Trained by DONA (Doulas of North America) and Carriage House Birth certified, Lindsey is greatly sought after and considered to be a multiples expert after giving birth and breastfeeding two consecutive sets of twins. She is the author of The Doula's Guide to Empowering Your Birth. Her interest in childbirth began at an early age. Present while her mother taught childbirth education classes at their home, Lindsey was able to state, identify, and point out a uterus on a natal chart at the age of two and a half. Fast forward to the present, Lindsey takes her role as a birth doula and childbirth educator with serious passion and commitment. Her mission is to hold space or offer gentle, nonjudgmental guidance and support for expectant families through education and informed decision making. Being prepared and knowing what options are available increase the likelihood of an amazing birth. Lindsey facilitates that process, giving people the tools and inspiration to empower themselves. Her unwavering support and gentle guidance have benefited over two hundred and fifty families. Lindsey supports first time parents, multiparas, single parents, LGBTQIA families, twins births, medicated and non-medicated vaginal births, cesarean births, and VBACs.



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