2 hour ONLINE class. Recording available to pre-registrants if you can’t make the class live, but attending live is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to get the most out of this class! Join Michelle Tyliakos, a Doula known for effective communication communication skills in her work (and life!) in a fun, interactive workshop on Communication Skills for Doulas. […]
2 hour ONLINE class. Recording available to pre-registrants if you cannot attend the class live. **This class can also be taught privately to birthing folks wanting to learn how to advocate for themselves in preparation for their birth** Gain practical doula skills that will promote a doula’s confidence in facilitating informed consent. This workshop will provide […]
2 hour ONLINE class. Recording available to pre-registrants if you can’t make the class live. This is an abortion positive class that highlights how the type of doula support appropriate for both miscarriage and abortion overlaps. We will cover: The importance of understanding miscarriage as a doula The overlap of miscarriage and abortion care Barriers […]
Michelle Tyliakos handles our hospital birth clients and some of our home birth overflow. If you’ve already had your free initial consultation and are ready to book into care with MICHELLE, please complete the following intake form and follow the instructions for submitting your deposit and booking your first visit! Please review our Service Agreement […]
Many people assume that OBs are the best trained professionals in birth. Depending on your circumstance, working with an OB may be the right choice for you. But if you are making plans for your upcoming birth, here’s a quick list of questions to think about. Don’t make assumptions; the answers may surprise you: […]
May 5th is International Day of the Midwife. The word “Midwife” means so many things to the families who birth in their care and to the people who fill the role of being with them during the process. Depending on which state, province or country you live in, “Midwife” can mean so many different things, […]
When you hire a Registered Midwife, you are hiring a medical professional to manage your low-risk birth. When you hire a traditional birth attendant, you are hiring a woman to support you during your normal, physiological birth process.
I shared a snapshot from my birth journal a while ago about births that take a few days to get into the steadily-progressing phase of the birth process. While I have a very trusting philosophy about childbirth and believe that births that take their time picking up, slowing down, and picking back up again are […]
May 5th is International Day of the Midwife. The word “Midwife” means so many things to the families who birth in their care and to the people who fill the role of being with them during the process. Depending on which state, province or country you live in, “Midwife” can mean so many different things, […]
May 5th is International Day of the Midwife. The word “Midwife” means so many things to the families who birth in their care and to the people who fill the role of being with them during the process. Depending on which state, province or country you live in, “Midwife” can mean so many different things, […]
I remember when I first did some very initial birth training, I took a course where we watched a video called Baby Led Breastfeeding. The whole class of us “ooooohed” and “aaaahhhed” in amazement as newborn and older babies instinctively found the breast without being forcefully latched on by a care provider. At the end of […]
Create awareness and build better birth experiences for the West Coast First Nations women and families on whose territory we practice as birth attendants Broaden your perspective and learn how to respect important traditions, ceremony and perspectives in traditional childbirth practices in this evening workshop with three local advocates for reconciliation in childbirth. Smaw ti […]
Jill Colpitts has been working with families as a doula, fertility care practioner and CPR & First Aid instructor for over a decade. Part of her focus has been on educating people and couples to be literate in the fertility signs and patterns in their own bodies for purposes of self-monitoring for health, trying to […]
Meet other new parents and pregnant women / couples in Vancouver in a friendly and educational environment. CHECK OUT UPCOMING MEETING DATES We focus on sharing knowledge about birth, pregnancy and breastfeeding back into the community and creating connections between pregnant women that are so essential for you to feel supported and connected as a new […]
