THE PEACHEY PREGNANCY CO. BLOG

The glucose test screens for gestational diabetes, a condition that usually has no symptoms. Most people take it between 24 and 28 weeks. It starts with a one-hour screen, and only an elevated result ...

Your OB says "we usually just" and every muscle in your body locks up.

We both know that feeling. It's not exactly fear... but it's the sense that a decision is about to get made around you instead o...

HEY BIRTH PARTNERS! LISTEN UPPPPPP! 

Yes, you. Here is a moment I have watched play out more times than I can count as a birth doula. Contraction hits, she grabs the doorframe, the counter, your hand...

When you Google "how to be supported during birth," you get roughly 400 versions of the same three answers:

1. Hire a doula.
2. Bring your partner.
3. Talk to your provider.

Cool. Very helpful. Now wha...

A Doula Is Basically a Human Filter (And I Mean That As a Compliment).

Here's something nobody tells you about pregnancy: you are about to become the proud owner of more information than any human br...

Let me say something that might ruffle some feathers.

A healthy baby is not all that matters.

Before anyone comes for me: YES, a healthy baby matters. Enormously. It is the thing every single parent...

Before I became a Doula I had no idea how someone picked their OBGYN. I thought you just googled who is in your insurance network and call it good. But YIKES, is that a mistake. 

I too often see my cli...

Let me tell you something that nobody puts in your hospital welcome packet or hospital sponsored birth class.

Hospital policies are not laws.

They are not medical requirements. They are not diagnose...