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Childbirth Education Classes and Resources
Twin Girls
Check out twin "A" and twin "B" these two are going to rule the world! All images by Morag Hastings with Apple Blossom Families. A huge...
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Born at Home Mom and Dad's Story
E. & R.’s Home Birth Story E: I woke up in the middle of the night on Wednesday with contractions about 10 mins apart. I tried to get...
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Catching Her Baby
There is something very special with raising your family in the house you grew up in. Now imagine birthing your baby in the very same...
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Born Just In Time For Christmas
There is nothing more surprising than needing an induction, especially when you are expecting a 2016 baby. Instead they had their son...
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Vancouver Home Birth with Kids Doulaing
One of my best friends met her dream man, they fell in love and made a baby. I was so honoured to get to attend their home birth as their...
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Home Water Birth with Birth and Beyond
I was lucky to attend a birth this week with Natalie from Birth and Beyond, a midwifery clinic located in UBC. (Now Natalie is on Orange...
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Third Boy Home Birth in Surrey
I love getting asked back to my clients second and third births. I wonder if I will be asked to attend a fourth sometime. This client,...
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10 lbs Baby Born at Home
It is a pretty big honour to be invited to a fellow birth workers birth, especially when the mom is a fellow Vancouver birth...
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Twins at BC Woman's Hosptial
This morning these two sweet twin babies were born six minutes apart. The little one on the right was born first weighing 5 lbs 3 oz...
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Home Water Birth with Sibling
It all started early on Canada Day 2015. My client texted me in the morning to let me know her pressure waves had started. She also...
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My Nest Birth on the Hospital Floor
I first experienced a handful of surges five days before my daughter was born. After a bloody show the next evening and a call to my...
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66 Hour Birth for this Doula
My birth was 66 hours long so I am feeling overwhelmed at how to write it all down. Things started gently Sunday night, I made groaning...
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Midwife Catching Her Own Baby.
Much of the end of pregnancy is spent wondering when and how labour will start, just waiting for that first contraction. When my blood...
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VBAC Home Birth Transfer
I connected with this wonderful dedicated family earlier this year. Their goal was to have a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). They...
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Loss Story: The Short Life of Oscar (Trisomy 18)
Life, with all of its challenges, is a celebration. Oscar was diagnosed at 15 weeks gestation with Trisomy 18. After months of...
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Burnaby Home Birth
Almost time! He had no problem finding his thumb. Mom cutting the cord herself. What a beautiful symbolic moment. Snug on daddy skin to...
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Vancouver Home Birth First Baby
This is dad checking out his daughters head in a mirror before she was born. With every push his smile would grow bigger and bigger. Then...
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Water Birth at Home
I got to attend this beautiful home water birth earlier this week. This mom filled her apartment with a group of fully supportive, loving...
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Baby Boy born at Home in Surrey
Second babies come quick! This sweet boy was born at 12:13 pm on July 14, 2014. Mom just made it into the pool. This little guy came in...
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Book a Childbirth Education Class
Discover childbirth education classes at Birth by Bloom. Access resources to support your journey into parenthood, available to families across the Lower Mainland.
All of our classes include a 1 hour feeding your baby class and Newborn Care sessions including education on newborn sleep, care, what to expect in the first 6 weeks with your new baby.
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