As the holiday season approaches, there's a unique blend of joy and anticipation in the air, especially for pregnant people. Yet, amidst the festive cheer, it's essential to prioritize your well-being and embrace relaxation techniques to navigate both the challenges of pregnancy and the holiday hustle with grace.
Read MoreThe annual One Love Team Retreat is our way to show appreciation to our Tampa Doula Team and further develop our skills in an effort to better serve our clients! By investing in our doula team, we continue to create quality experiences.
Read MoreOne of the first things our Tampa doulas at One Love Doula Services do during the labor process is remind clients to breathe! Breathing is one of the most important techniques you can do to ease pain, distress, and anxiety during labor. Controlled breathing brings extra oxygen to the uterus, muscles, and your baby. It resets the nervous system from a phase of fight/flight to rest/digest, and it regulates you and your baby’s nervous system.
Read MoreThe annual One Love Team Retreat is our way to say thank you to our people and further develop our team! By investing in our doula team, we continue to create quality experiences.
Read MoreWe at One Love are excited to announce that New Parent Coaching is on its way, Tampa Bay! New Parent Coaching will take how we support families to a whole different level by offering a wider spectrum of services that doesn’t just support and educate you on matters related to birth and pregnancy, but meets…
Read MoreWe sat with Dr. Lastra, owner of @head2toepediatrics, and it was such a treat learning about her Concierge Pediatric services. Concierge pediatric services offer the same services as an in-office pediatrician but with all the benefits of being accessible in one’s home. It’s a brand new concept that is in high demand, so here’s the low…
Read MoreOne Love Doula in Tampa Bay believes in caring for you completely from providing emotional support to supplementary services. This means we take the time to identify community partners that offer amazing local Tampa services that can contribute to your overall health, as well as birth services and postpartum goals. Have you ever considered Pelvic…
Read MoreSo you are preparing for the big day – your labor and birth is coming up! We know there is a lot to get through when it comes to your checklist. You are probably completing your birth plan, finalizing the nursery, and prepping meals for the postpartum period – but you may be missing one…
Read MoreAlthough we are continuously growing, One Love Doula’s mission remains the same. We strive to provide the best possible service in the area of birth planning, pregnancy support, labor support, and postpartum services. Our team of experienced doulas in Tampa have the never ending passion to serve others, and we are eternally grateful to be allowed…
Read MoreHaving a baby is one of the most beautiful times in one’s life: from finding out that you’re pregnant to finally meeting your child! It can also be one of the most stressful times, which is where finding a doula can be one of your best decisions. You may be thinking, “Where can I find a doula…
Read MorePregnancy and birth are full of beautiful, new experiences; however, we know this time can feel overwhelming to say the least! With Google, thousands of books, and the advice of well-meaning friends and family, it can be difficult to know which way to turn. FAIL TO PLAN, PLAN TO FAIL. One of our favorite phrases…
Read MoreYou may think that a doula is only useful for unmedicated or vaginal births. However, doula support is very valuable in every birth, regardless of where it takes place, or if your labor is unmedicated, medicated, or a cesarean. Often, we are asked, “How can a doula help me if I’m thinking of an epidural,…
Read MoreYour birth experience is not just what happens in your delivery room – or what your support people are able to see. Your birth experience is often described as an “out of body” or a “spirit and birthing world combined” journey. There is a thin veil between the spiritual and birthing world. During each phase…
Read MoreAs Labor Doulas, we spend most of our time educating and preparing our One Love family members for a positive birth experience. We would not be serving you well if we did not talk about the part that lasts much longer: the postpartum experience. The postpartum time period is defined as “the first 6 weeks…
Read MoreOne of the top things we go over with our newly postpartum clients is newborn care! Sometimes it can be a difficult to remember everything our wonderful care team tells us right after babe is born. Here are our top 3 tips based on the most commonly asked questions we get about how to take…
Read MoreWe are more than halfway through 2020 and we can all admit, it has been a challenging one. How are you all hanging in there? Lately, we have been talking with a lot of other soon to be parents and people that are already parents. A very common and nerve racking topic that has come…
Read MoreThere’s no doubt that the times that we are in are difficult and uncertain; especially for those of our One Love family getting ready to give birth. Whether it is for the first time or the fourth time, giving birth right now is different and challenging, to say the least. Most hospitals have made the difficult choice…
Read MoreFirst we want to ask- how are you? We hope that you are taking time for deep breaths and centering yourself with your thoughts, while attempting to calm fears. An excellent relaxation session offered by evidenced based birth can be accessed here. We may not be with you in person but we are still very…
Read MoreOne love was recently invited over to meet with Christina Noonan a Pelvic Floor therapist (PFT) at Potentia health– a facility for women’s health in Tampa Bay. One of the main things that I hear women convey is the fear of incontinence post delivery! Well don’t be afraid, there are solutions and preventative measures, therapy…
Read MoreYou just peed on that stick because lately you’re feeling a little nauseas in the morning. The excitement hits instantly the instant that test says ‘POSITIVE’ so you tell all your close friends and family and celebrate with your partner. What about this pesky morning sickness, what do you do now? We have five tried…
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