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  Today’s post kicks off a week of blogs about Post Partum Mood Disorders. Awareness and support for PPMDs is a cause close to our hearts here at Toronto Family Doulas. We believe that women, their partners, and their families deserve full support during the vulnerable postpartum period. That support is why we are participating…

Welcome to Toronto Family Doulas! While our name and this beautiful website are brand new, our doulas have been supporting clients in Toronto for a number of years. Alex initially started a doula practice with a fellow doula (who promptly went on to become a midwife) a few years ago. Holistic Birth Collective was created…

              Meet Amber! What do you do at Toronto Family Doulas? I am a birth and postpartum doula   What brought you to doula work? Spending my teenage years babysitting, and later on raising my own family, I was drawn to the idea of supporting families. I fell in love with the…

  Meet Meaghan!   What do you do at Toronto Family Doulas? I am a pre-certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. I am also a co-owner with Alex.   What brought you to doula work? I had a doula with me at the birth of my first son and I was inspired to provide unbiased support…

  Meet Alex! What do you do at Toronto Family Doulas? As the owner of Toronto Family Doulas, I’m your first point of contact when you reach out to us. I am a birth and postpartum doula, and a childbirth educator. My birth doula partner is Amber. I also write some of the blog posts…

Thank you Nurses! We’re very lucky here at Toronto Family Doulas to get to work with so many great nurses at our Toronto hospitals. Our nurses work tirelessly to help support our clients while they labour and get started as a new expanded family. We’ve seen nurses take extra time to go over birth plans…