Birth & Postpartum Articles | Dancing Star Birth

Baby Essentials. What Do We Really Need?

Dancing Star Birth has the ultimate baby gear list. Make sure you don't overbuy for your newborn but still have everything you need on hand

Tips for Partners During Labour

Dancing Star Birth shares the top 10 helpful reminders for birth partners. How to keep your partner comfortable during the process of labour

Preparing for a Family-Centred Cesarean

Dancing Star Birth helps you prepare for your caesarean birth. We will walk you through the event so you can think ahead and prepare.

Having a baby? The Best Hospital Bag List

Dancing Star Birth has the best hospital bag list for labour and delivery. Be prepared for your birth.

Why Doulas Are The Best Investment

What a birth doula does and how they can help you during your birth. Vancouver has some of the best doulas in the world to support you durin

Speed Dating with Vancouver Doulas

Dancing Star Birth is bringing back Doula Speed Dating, the online version. Come meet a bunch of Vancouver birth and postpartum doulas.

Visitors, Family and the Newborn

Etiquette with visiting your friends with a newborn. How to set boundaries and help after the birth of your baby.

Vancouver Home Birth List

Having a home birth in Vancouver. Here is a list of things you will want at home. Dancing Star Birth supports both home and hospital births.

Where to have your baby in the Lower Mainland

Deciding on where you would like to give birth is a big decision. Sometimes you don't know what you want until later in your pregnancy....

Choosing your Maternity Health Care Provider in BC, Canada

You are pregnant. Now what? The first thing you will have to do after the initial excitement is over is choose a care provider. In B.C....

How to interview a doula?

You know you want a doula. How do you know which one to choose? If you want more information about doulas, here is a great article about...

Birth Plan Organizer

Dancing Star Birth helps pregnant people create and organize a birth plan that will work locally in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Pregnancy Loss Resources

We have gathered these resources to support those of you who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, termination or...

Tell Me Something

“Tell me something,” I said to my husband, Derek, as I sunk down into the tub. I was 39 weeks and six days pregnant and going on my...

Fear of Giants!

One thing that sometimes comes up in class is fear of having a very large baby. Sometimes this fear can be traced to our own fear of...

Cord Clamping: Making the Decision

Making the decision about cord clamping Recently, some parents in our classes have come with a dilemma. They’ve heard about the benefits...