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Stephanie Spitzer-Hanks is a reverend and a doula in Waco, TX. Sometimes she writes blog posts about birtheology. Always she is the mother of two vivacious children and the wife of the most supportive man alive.

 
Some frequently asked questions:
Why *reverend* + doula?
What does a doula do?
Is a doula the same as a midwife?
Why do I need a doula?
–But I’ll have my partner with me.
Kicking off Black Maternal Health Week over here with a dream team of speakers at this breakfast panel sponsored by Waco Family Medicine. Representatives from @wacoareawic @wacofamilymedicine @comdoulaswaco @nursefamilypartnership_waco @ascensionprov
What, you wonder, is this delectable item? It's BACON WRAPPED, GOAT CHEESE STUFFED DATES, y'all. Not pictured: the paroxysms of delight that my husband experienced upon tasting one. I was chatting with Bryn @thebirthhour the other day about how I al
This child of mine has a social media policy ("Don't post my picture, Mom!") so you get him with his head cropped off. But I'm so dang proud of him, and I wanted to share here on my business page, particularly, in case some of the newer par
Y'all! Look at these cute earrings, but even better is the card that came with! I feel so honored every time I am invited to doula a family. Every. Time. And I never expect any sort of gift or thanks. But this family's circumstances were kinda spec
Yesterday I wrapped up another Evidence Based Birth®️ Childbirth Class, and this email from one of my lovely students made my heart sing! This is everything I want folks to take from this class: knowledge of their options and confidence to speak
I got to guest lecture in a Sociology of Health class at UMHB today! Talking about birth and doula support and how our society views all of it. So fun! So many great questions were asked and so many young people now know about other perspectives on b
A friend with a newly 13-year-old girl in her life asked me about OWL (Our Whole Lives) Sexuality Education, and if there is a virtual option, since said 13-year-old is not local to me. Sadly, no, there is no virtual OWL. 😢 It is only offered locall
These two babies are not babies anymore! The one on the left is my daughter, the one on the right was my neighbor when we lived in the Netherlands. Swipe to see the recreated photo from when we visited last summer! I'm facilitating New Moms Social
It is my honor and privilege to sit in the back of this class taught by @birthdoulacassie as she fulfills the requirements to become a certified childbirth educator with @iceachildbirth. Makes me a little misty-eyed thinking back to when @shelleyscot
I love, love, love postpartum visits! Hearing how things are going, reassuring new parents about what is normal, helping anticipate what might come next, talking through the birth story, offering support on feeding and newborn care as needed. revdou
Got one of those spam calls about how my Google business profile isn't properly verified, which prompted a mild panic because I wasn't sure if it was a scam or not. (It was! whew) But in checking my account, I saw that Google created these tags for t
This tool from my #revdoulabag is one of the ones that gets used the most! I love a good handheld fan so much, I got approximately 1 million (or at least it seems like that many! I can't remember now what the minimum order was, but I have a LOT of th