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Meet Laine
Why a Doula?
Birth Support
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The Newborn Days Workshop
Childbirth Education
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BOOK A FREE CONSULT
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Doula or No Doula? Hospital or Home? Your Guide to the Birth Decisions That Actually Make a Difference + Podcast
Pregnancy & Postpartum, Birth Preparation Laine Ferguson 2026-06-01 Pregnancy & Postpartum, Birth Preparation Laine Ferguson 2026-06-01

Doula or No Doula? Hospital or Home? Your Guide to the Birth Decisions That Actually Make a Difference + Podcast

After my chat on the Root & Remedy Podcast, I'm breaking down the three big birth decisions in full: hiring a doula, birth setting, and birth plans

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The Birth Laine x OVRY: The Mental & Practical Birth Preparation That Makes a Difference
Birth Preparation Laine Ferguson 2026-03-16 Birth Preparation Laine Ferguson 2026-03-16

The Birth Laine x OVRY: The Mental & Practical Birth Preparation That Makes a Difference

Preparing for labour starts long before the first contraction. In this post, Birth Doula Laine Ferguson shares practical and mental strategies to help you feel confident and supported heading into birth.

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Nelson + Kootenay parents-to-be: this one’s for you! 🤍

You’ll spend months getting ready for birth, but the part that catches most first-time parents off guard? Everything that comes after.

The Newborn Days is a hands-on, half-day work
Whether your bottle feeding, formula feeding, nursing, or a combination of all-of-the-above - feeding a newborn is tiring and HUNGRY work.

Quick, nutritious, one-handed snacks are essential.

For the first four months with my firstborn, these postpa
The partners are SHOWING UP and I am here for it. 🙌

Not too long ago, birth partners were sitting in waiting rooms - pacing the halls, maybe passing out cigars, completely removed from the whole experience. LAME. 👎 

I’ve witnessed some AH-m
PSA: This one goes out to anyone who thinks doula support is only for first-time parents.

Second births can feel like uncharted territory in a whole new way - you’re coming in holding a past experience, you’re excited about growing your
Two pink lines in the Kootenays?! First - take a DEEP breath 😮‍💨 

First trimester can be a lot to take in. I’ve done some of the heavily lifting, so you don’t need to go down a Google rabbit-hole at 1am.

Here’s the order you

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Proudly serving my community in Nelson, BC, the West Kootenays, and beyond.

Inclusive care is at the heart of my work - meeting every family with respect, empathy, and open-hearted support.

I acknowledge with gratitude that my work of supporting birth and families takes place on the traditional territory of the Sinixt, Syilx, and Ktunaxa Peoples, and on land shared with Inuit and Métis communities. I honour the enduring relationship between land, community, and new life.

I am proud to serve Indigenous families living in BC as an approved provider under BC’s Doulas for Aboriginal Families Grant Program


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