Our story begins long before you were born… It begins with the meeting of your daddy and me. We had only been together for a short time when life gave us the most beautiful surprise: you. You invited yourself into our lives like an unexpected little ray of sunshine. I still remember the moment I […]
On International Women’s Rights Day, we usually celebrate the pioneers who shattered the glass ceiling. But we rarely stop to ask: once that ceiling is broken, are we forced to climb to the top alone? The traditional image of an entrepreneur is that of a lone conqueror. A CEO who “disrupts” the market, sacrificing everything […]
There are topics we only bring up in a whisper, even with close friends. Life as a couple after having a child is one of them. I hesitated for a long time before writing about this. Who am I to talk about it? Can my experience really shed light, offer comfort, or resonate with anyone? […]
Written by Maëlle Context Note from the Co-op With respect for lived experiences, we share here a birth story as it was entrusted to our team. This testimony reflects a personal experience, unique to the person telling it. Every pregnancy journey is different, and medical practices can vary depending on the clinical context.This text does […]
A little over five years ago, our paths crossed as new moms. Hannah and I were experiencing the sweet yet dizzying transformation of parenthood. Between sleepless nights and days that all seemed to blend together, we felt — sometimes with a pang in our hearts — the isolation that often comes with becoming a parent. […]
In the spring of 2025, we were approached to offer a doula training in Northern Quebec. In Matimekush. Thousands of kilometers from home.Our first reaction was to ask ourselves: why us? Two white women, with no real understanding of the Indigenous experience. When we realized that no Indigenous doula could offer this training, we decided […]
THE question! The one that seems to be on everyone’s mind. We rarely worry about other people’s sleep in normal situations. At night, we sleep. End of story. No controversy here. But when it comes to new parents and their babies, sleep turns into an obsession and a hot topic! Entering parenthood inevitably comes with […]
I’ll always remember the first time I heard about doula work. I was 12 weeks pregnant, attending a prenatal yoga class, when a hippie woman approached us to discuss her birth accompaniment services. At the time, I found the idea of having a stranger present at such an intimate moment strange. I was certain of […]
A few hours postpartum, still lost in a kind of fog after a birth that left me full of questions. – Congratulations! What’s it like to be a mom? I remember reading this sentence on my phone and not really understanding what I was being asked. Am I a mom? Well yes, I guess it […]
Mom: Amélie T. Like every night for the past month, I was still having intermittent contractions. But this night was the one! When I woke up because of a contraction, I felt a big splash. It wasn’t pee, but the breaking of my water. Since it was 4 a.m., I didn’t call my midwife immediately. […]
