birth workers Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

You Matter To Me

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, devotion

NOTE: I wrote this a couple of years ago when a wonderful mentor/colleague/friend of mine was going through a tough time. Today, most of us are going through a VERY tough time. But the birth workers I know – the childbirth educators, support group facilitators,...

Happy World Doula Week!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, calling, connection, doula, family-centered, preparation, resources, support

I can’t let this week go by without a shout-out to all of the wonderful women I know personally, and professionally, who’ve taken up the call to become a doula. A doula is a woman trained to assist other women in childbirth and/or to support a new family following the...

Empty Nest

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | baby, birth workers, coping, infant death, infertility, loss, miscarriage, pain, process, support

It takes a torrential rain or windstorm to blow the last remaining leaves off the trees revealing what was so well-hidden in the uppermost branches throughout Spring and Summer: one, two, sometimes up to three bird’s nests. They vary in size and shape, and I have no...

Making Predictions During Birth – About as Magic as the 8 Ball!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth plan, birth workers, Childbirth Education, doula, due date, labor

Did you ever have a Magic 8 Ball? I did. I loved that thing. I loved being able to ask a question, any question, and have the almighty oracle predict my fate. Inside the little window floated a single die, with twenty possible answers to life’s biggest...

Words Matter

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers

Recently, I spoke with two different folks about their births. Even though their births were very different from one another, there was one aspect that they both felt compelled to share in the re-telling of their birth story. Each of them stopped and dwelled on it...