Birth Doula in Toronto Childbirth Educator Public Speaker Co-owner of Doulas on Bikes Hire me for virtual prenatal consults Doulasonbikes.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ls55vddb5c2iHad some trouble with the settings, so offering a 20% discount as my apology for anyone who had trohble purchasing - all fixed and now cheaper! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yikes-pregnant-booked-for-a-medical-induction-what-do-i-need-to-know-tickets-1397195161339?utm_experiment=test_share_listing #birthdoula #onlineclass #pregnant #pregnancyjournal #doulasofbluesky #midwivesofbluesky21 Jun 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls55vddb5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lrqrwygz222zMedical induction? This session gets you prepped: https://doulasonbikes.com/product/medical-induction #medsky #labouranddelivery #pregnancyjournal #birthprep #medicalbirth #childbirth #onlineclass16 Jun 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqrwygz222zhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lrqrovjdgs2zHosting a workshop to prepare pregnant people for having a medical induction. - 2 date options - Registration is open - 90 min session - Q&A time - perks for participation - birth workers can dm for a discount code https://doulasonbikes.com/product/medical-induction16 Jun 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqrovjdgs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lp5sfzdfck2aHospital policy and protocol are for guidance and not governance over your birth #birthdoula #hospitalbirth #labouranddelivery #birthmatters #maternalhealth https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJpYJUgSrpQ/?igsh=d2U3a2o0cHFreXFz14 May 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5sfzdfck2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lljkpj7jhc25This study looked at the effects of #doula presence on birth outcomes. "for every 100 patients who received doula care, there were 15 to 34 more vaginal births after cesarean". #doulasactivists #vbac #birthoutcomes https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(24)00869-X/fulltext29 Mar 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljkpj7jhc25https://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lljj44vnxs2uHow many laboured with a doula? #tolac #vbac #birthworkers #reducingrisk #educationmatters #morePDforOBs https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e08873429 Mar 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljj44vnxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lljhqrxhis2uAt first read without diving into the supplemental data, looks like the suggestion to doctors that vbac is sometimes (moretimes) possible, uterine rupture risk has been overly feared & patients have a say in the matter 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 it’s a good start. Btw, sunnybrook has the lowest surgery rate @ 18% in 2020 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljhqrxhis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lljcsqirmc2jLet’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrw https://act.gp/3WLGdrw29 Mar 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljcsqirmc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lkioeftuq22tAt my networking workshop today, I’ll be encouraging folks to join #birthdoulasofbluesky Not enough of us here imo #doula #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #birthwork #pregnancysupport16 Mar 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkioeftuq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lkinsh73d22tWoke up nervous about my workshop today! Speaking to my peers in my Ontario #Doula association about how to maximize networking for bigger #ROI Any tips for me? 👇🏼16 Mar 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkinsh73d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lkedw3mgxc2oIt’s like when people say the world was better when we had less divorce. Better for who? Divorced women used to have no rights. Likely to live in poverty. Women couldn’t get a credit card without a husband or father co-sign. Low birth rate is in part due to body autonomy. #choicematters #birthdoula [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkedw3mgxc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lk6zd4co6c2hI don’t know why Canadians would choose to want to lose their universal healthcare, 18 months paid leave after birth, and relative safety from gun violence? I’m not the most nationalist of people, but being american sounds fucking unappealing folks. #notmypresident12 Mar 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6zd4co6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljzzfah2i226Delighted to be invited by the Association of Ontario #Doulas presenting on #NETWORKING! Building community so we can all win 🥇 Join me Sunday Mar 16 at noon EST #doulacommunity #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #professionaldoula #moneyinthebirthworld #birthwork https://www.eventbrite.com/e/networking-for-work-fun-how-self-employed-doulas-can-lift-each-other-up-tickets-1230514454859?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_source=Membership+-+2024&utm_campaign=9e26ec558e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_25_06_37_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1da269c075-140958084010 Mar 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzzfah2i226https://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljzjhu2rpc2eThe answer in the rich world will sadly be more artificial hormones, Pre and post labour, more inducing preventatively. In the poor world, lack of enough meds and people will keep dying. If only we could balance the need with the supply and work like one world. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzjhu2rpc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljxlcxh5ps2oSame word in Serbian, and the link to placenta is 🤯🤯🤯😂 #birthnerd #wordnerd #placentaiscool [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxlcxh5ps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljvu7jnz522g09 Mar 2025 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljvu7jnz522ghttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljvtgih4sc2gBabies are born in all kinds of conditions. Choice matters. Place of birth is nobody else’s business 🪬 #homebirth #choiceofbirthplace #bornathome #birthrights [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2025 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljvtgih4sc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljvswoyivs2gConsent can be revoked at anytime! Speak up and empower your partner to be more than a bystander #consemtmatters [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljvswoyivs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3ljvqvmtd4k2gHere is my take on Dirty Obstetric practices coming to light ~ Part 1 of 13 How bout a show like Kitchen Nightmares but for medical clinics? An #OB in #Toronto is being investigated after discovery that the clinic had no evidence of proper sanitation since Oct 2020. #birth #TorontoOBGYN #doula09 Mar 2025 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljvqvmtd4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3liplc5srik2zParenting is about raising little beings into full grown adults. It’s rewarding, baffling, frustrating and magical. My kiddos are adults and I have to remember that they moved on because we did it right 🫶🏼 #birthmatters #parenting #raisinghumans #seedsofhumanity21 Feb 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3liplc5srik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3liknov2s3s2pCatch the full 25 min conversation on Instagram @doulasonbikes or @leadphysio in this snippet, we are discussing the importance of positive mindset and surroundings, and the impact it has on your pelvic floor #pregnancy #birthmatters #birthdoula #birthactivists #perinatalhealth #birthprep19 Feb 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3liknov2s3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lijnrqgwps24https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGImrleRWPN/?igsh=aWFudWsxazZuNjlj Head to Instagram (if you haven’t deleted it yet!) and join me LIVE today with (pregnant) pelvic health expert Lea Damata and we discuss how to get ready for birth. 2pm: please join and ask questions! #birthprep #birthdoula #iglive19 Feb 2025 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijnrqgwps24https://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lia5gvvb3k2dhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=FfVt-nqu5wQ #diastasisRecti is the separation of the ab muscles that happens after #childbirth that sometimes stays like this too long & it doesn’t have to persist! Check out this 10min gentle workout with Becky Choi- dm me if you want her pdf guide 🤞🏼 #postpartumrecovery #birthdoula15 Feb 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lia5gvvb3k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3li5mn2zuss2hhttps://youtube.com/clip/UgkxivZxLoHGV3H5Q_oofyNYyBRUyxJ6vWhq?si=janrYdFOtrH9I-jh Suzanne Lim: an absolute LEGEND in Toronto. This segment on CTV The Social is uplifting Doulas, and shedding some realities about birth outcomes for Black people. CND doesn’t collect race info on health data forms, but we see the disparity in real life #birthactivists14 Feb 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5mn2zuss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lhvwhcz34k24https://theconversation.com/caesareans-are-rising-fast-in-the-uk-but-giving-birth-is-getting-worse-for-women-246211 Why would anyone expect that a rise in cesarean birth rates would correlate with a rise in birth satisfaction?! Although I could see surgeons pleased to practice their craft with predictable regularity 😜#birthactivists #birthmatters11 Feb 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvwhcz34k24https://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lhvvyprfyk24Antibiotics routinely given in labour for those who test Group B strep+ even if the test is more than 2 weeks old/irrelevant. We don’t know the full life long impact of disrupting the newborn gut microbiome. #pregnancy #prenatalhealth #birthdoula #birthpractices [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvvyprfyk24https://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lhjvytnbc22gSad and sadly not surprising. #Placentas of premature babies have significantly more #microplastics than full term babies. Particularly these plastics: PET, as used in plastic bottles, PVC, polyurethane and polycarbonate. #doulaactivists #birthdoula [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjvytnbc22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lhedfpg4xc2vNow we just need to trust the integrity of the associations. And that OBs will allow a trickle of the evidence into their actual practices 🙏🏼🙌🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Feb 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhedfpg4xc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/verathedoula.bsky.social/post/3lhct4cm5bc2dPart 3/3 #CanCon #birthworker #pregnantincanada04 Feb 2025 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:ode3vrhhidfvsjugpfeduhic/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhct4cm5bc2d