Benefit/Photo Contest Starts Today!

Hello friends!

Today I'm officially launching my business, Baby Time! But the best part of it is celebrating by helping out a great charity in Families Helping Families of Iowa!

We still have a couple spots today and tomorrow for mini sessions with Angie from Jungling Photography! Don't forget the cloth diaper resale tomorrow from 9-3 too!  I have a feeling things will be picked over early - so stop by early to get the best stuff! Only $5 to sell your items - for more details see Baby Time.

Finally - I'll have a table full of Baby Time products that you can see and purchase! Great deals on Planet Wise  snack and sandwich bags as well as GroVia AIOs.

Hope to see you there!!!!!

Changes are a'comin'

I love this blog - It was my first attempt at sharing my doula journey and document some of my birth stories. It was also my first point of contact for several of my clients! But I'm feeling the need to change and update this blog layout, and possibly even the host.

The biggest change is my new business. Baby Time has been so exciting to see grow! I have enveloped my doula business with a retail store of items I use and love.  Some of the things I currently offer are cloth diapers, slings/carriers, mama cloth and reusable wet/dry and snack bags.  I seem to be adding to my inventory every week with new finds! 

However, I still love my Mamatoto blog. I love that something I read when I was 17 was planted in my head and has grown into Baby Time and my calling as a doula. 

So we shall see.....

Another event that Baby Time and my friend over at Jungling Photography are collaborating on:

We'd love to have a very full schedule on the 27th (1-7pm) and 28th (9-3pm) and lots of participation in the cloth diaper resale! Just $5 for a spot at a table, you keep all of your earnings and you get a $5 gift certificate to Baby Time to buy new diapers, or to give to a friend!

I still have a very open doula calendar, so if you are local to the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area, please give me a call!

Welcome Baby A!

Thanksgiving 2011 was special this year. Not because I got to eat an entire meal cooked by my husband (pie included) but it also included a birth. And a VBAC, no less!

Starting around Midnight on Thanksgiving Eve, my client called to let me know her water broke and she was on the way to the hospital. A few hours later it was confirmed she was a centimeter dilated, and so I decided to rest as much as I could (and urged her to do the same) until active labor began. I arrived at the hospital around 10am and labor progressed with the help of a little Pitocin.

After several hours of labor and an epidural for comfort, Baby A was born! It was great to work with the midwives again, and see how supportive they are of a VBAC. The hospital worked very hard to get the baby turned so she could be birthed vaginally. What a wonderful Thanksgiving and so very much to be thankful for.

And yes, the hubs did a GREAT job on dinner. My plate of leftovers around 8:30pm hit the spot!