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Why High-Achieving Women Become the Default Parent—And What to Do About It
This guest blog comes to us from Chelsea Boateng, The Professional Parent Hi! I am Chelsea; mom of four and a seasoned career professional turned parenting coach. If you’re anything like the professional women I work with (and me), you’re used to being the one who holds it all together. You’re strategic. You plan ahead.…
Read MorePostpartum Advice to Survive Parenting Older Children During Covid-19
Now that 2020 is halfway gone, I can’t quite believe all that has happened. As a postpartum doula, my job is to support parents, and that has meant something different this year. Many in our community are 100 days into stay-at-home isolation, but – just like with a newborn – you may have found that…
Read MoreMetropolitan Doulas featured in the Washington Post!
We here at Metropolitan Doulas are very excited to be featured in the parenting section of the Washington Post on Wednesday August 9th, 2018. “There were many things about being a new mom that Courtney Lee-Ashley didn’t know: How often she’d need to pump. How hard infant poop stains would be to get out. How…
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