Welcoming a newborn can bring joy, tenderness, and unexpected emotions. Learn about postpartum mood and anxiety, signs worth noticing, and ways to prepare for this new chapter with care and support for you, too.

Skin-to-skin contact offers warmth and closeness after birth and can help a newborn begin feeding. Here’s why those first moments matter and why it’s never too late to begin.

What difference can it make to have someone by your side throughout labor? I share what the research says about continuous support and what doula care can look like when birth takes its own path.