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Aligning Your Birth Support System: Evidence-Based Practice *and* Personal Experience

Rhiley Binns

Nov 18, 2019
7 min

Aligning Your Birth Support System: Evidence-Based Practice and Personal Experience

Ideal care happens at the intersection of our experiences and evidence-based practice.

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5 Great Ways to Support Your Pregnant Friends (None of Which Involve Touching Their Belly)

Rhiley Binns

Apr 30, 2019
4 min

5 Great Ways to Support Your Pregnant Friends (None of Which Involve Touching Their Belly)

If you've spent any amount of time around pregnancy blogs/forums/boards, you'll know that generally, pregnant people don't want random...

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Come Sail Away: The Power of Imagery and Presence in Birth

Rhiley Binns

Apr 24, 2019
4 min

Come Sail Away: The Power of Imagery and Presence in Birth

You know that feeling you get when you're entirely absorbed in a creative work or experience, when the place where you physically are in...

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Defining and Discovering What's "Evidence-Based"

Rhiley Binns

Apr 15, 2019
4 min

Defining and Discovering What's "Evidence-Based"

What can octopi and pregnancy forums have in common? Answer: *Slightly* more than you might think. In learning more about pregnancy,...

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Expecting the Unexpected: Birth Plans VS Care Guides

Rhiley Binns

Feb 5, 2019
3 min

Expecting the Unexpected: Birth Plans VS Care Guides

You may have noticed that as a doula, I don't tend to use the phrase "birth plan". It's not because I don't believe in thinking ahead or...

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