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• Celebrating ‘Motherhood’ – in all it’s forms.

  

                To all the women waiting to become mothers; the women waiting for ovulation, waiting for a positive test result, waiting for an embryo to implant, waiting for the next round of IVF….I see you. Happy Mother’s Day. May today your mother heart be strong and patient. May you…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  May 13, 2018

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• 946 Days

  

  One of the longest, most rewarding, and most fulfilling jobs I have ever had. Yes : I said “jobs” – because whilst it was wonderful and tender and wrought with hormones and body doubt and body gratitude and self doubt and self care and self neglect and ideological ambition and realistic set backs and unwaivering…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  January 23, 2017

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• Caesarean Birth Recovery – 45 Tips for Healing

  

  I’m guessing you are here because your birth story included a Csection. Perhaps it was planned, perhaps not. Either way you are now healing from major surgery. OK, I know that technically speaking a Csection is not “major surgery” because the uterus – the giver and nurturer of human life – is not considered to…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  April 7, 2016

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• Doulas are for Dads too!!! A father shares…

  Source: Doulas are for Dads too!!! A father shares…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  October 12, 2015

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• 3 Things….

  Two days ago I downloaded the series of podcasts from one of my top five most inspiring sheroes/heroines Elizabeth Gilbert who I was so privileged and inspired to meet in November 2013 at High Tea at the De Hortus Botanicus here in Amsterdam as a celebration and promotion of the release of her then latest…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  September 9, 2015

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• Ina May Gaskin comes to Amsterdam – and YOU are invited!!!

  

  Maybe you have heard the rumours??? Often described as “The Mother of Authentic Midwifery”, “America’s Most Loved Midwife” and notorious for her practice’s exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth: and it is true – she is coming to Amsterdam!!!! Maybe you thought, “Tickets will…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  August 26, 2015

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• Feeling “connected” to baby during pregnancy

  

  “Every orchestra has specific instruments and musicians, but you, the mother, are the conductor. You are writing your own symphony, you choose the music and the notes. If something is out of tune, you can change the music. You create the harmony. You are the maestro.” excerpt from The Greatest Pregnancy Ever: The Keys to…

  Ilena J Standring – Doula & Coach

  August 25, 2015

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