Why is no one talking about bad doulas!? It seems like there's so much hype around doulas, everything online has nothing but praises for the natural birth professional community. How do you know who is going to turn out to be a bad doula and who is actually good? Today I want to share my own experience with a doula for my first childbirth, what I learned from that experience, and what I would do differently.

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On today’s episode of Mom Material, authors of Comparison Girl for Teens, Shannon Popkin and Lee Nienhuis, share actionable strategies mothers can use to help their teenage daughters find freedom from comparison.

https://www.shannonpopkin.com/comparison-girl-for-teens/

https://leenienhuis.com/brave-moms-brave-kids/

On today's episode of Mom Material, Army Veteran, mother, and author of The Peppered Sky and Sleeping Giants, Sarah Doran, shares the importance of representing military children in literature and shares uplifting stories portraying the military family. The Sleeping Giants project will be LIVE April 1-30. Support Veteran author and mom Sarah Doran by Pre-ordering her book Sleeping Giants on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorsarahdoran

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On today's episode of Mom Material, Margie Sims, Christian author of Launch: Preparing Your Kids for Take Off, shares what she's learned over her 3 and a half decades of mothering 10 children. You'll definitely not want to miss this episode! |Margie’s Website:

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Facebook page for Margie’s Book:

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Amazon link for Margie’s Book:

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On todays episode of Mom Material we'll be discussing how we can apply the elements of highly effective teams with our values consistently through weekly connection check-ins, a practical strategy to stay committed, connected, and literally be on the same page with our spouse. Download a free copy of the Connection Check-ins Guide on the Mom Material tab of |Matrescencebirth.com|.

In todays episode of Mom Material, we’ll apply practical evidence-based strategies from high performing teams and reflect on biblical truths to create meaningful change in our marriages that lead us towards winning together.|For Marriage Performance Coaching go to Matrescencebirth.com for more info.|

On today's episode of Mom Material, we are going to look at renowned relationship expertise and biblical truths to strengthen our marriages, in turn creating better opportunities for our families specifically after childbirth.|

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Today's conversation is about the limited number of days we have on this earth, with each passing day we all grow older, some years it’s more obvious than others, and with aging comes the closeness of death.

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In today's episode of Mom Material you'll learn how to get your baby to fall asleep and stay asleep all night long using the Ferber Sleep Training Method. Get the rest you need to better love the people God has put in your life.

| Resources at Matrescencebirth.com| Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber, M.D.|

Welcome to today's episode of Mom Material where we dive into a vulnerable conversation about the ordinariness of motherhood. If you're a new mom who's desperate for rest, hopeful for the future, and trying to figure out how to find fulfillment in what seems to be the never-ending cycle of doing the same things every day, don't worry you're not alone! Tune in to learn how God can sustain and teach you through it all.

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