by Nurture | Jan 15, 2026 | Birth, Breastfeeding, Community, Nonprofit Development, Perinatal Loss, Perinatal Mental Health, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Professional Development
Richmond residents: Are you pregnant, postpartum, or in the first two years of parenting? Do you work professionally with women and families who are pregnant, postpartum, or who with children under the age of two? Nurture is seeking input from childbearing families in...
by Nurture | Sep 22, 2025 | Birth, Community, Early Parenting, Five Questions, Perinatal Loss, Perinatal Mental Health, Postpartum, Uncategorized
What drew you to the field you’re in? As as young child I knew I wanted to help people when I grew up and decided to become a licensed clinical social worker to fulfill this passion. I chose social work because of its core values of service, social justice, dignity...
by Nurture | Sep 14, 2025 | Birth, Breastfeeding, Community, Nonprofit Development, Postpartum, Pregnancy
When I speak with pregnant or postpartum women about Nurture’s goal of opening a nonprofit resource center to support RVA’s childbearing families, they typically nod their heads in agreement saying “Oh yeah!” Their relief at the idea of a “home of their own” is...
by Nurture | May 29, 2025 | Birth, Community, Five Questions, Pregnancy, Uncategorized
Sara Krivanec was drawn to being a doula after delivering her first child in a highly medicalized birth. Now she’s 14 years into the birth field, where she’s helped countless women (and herself) experience the type of care and support she yearned for when she...
by Nurture | May 22, 2025 | Birth, Community, Postpartum, Pregnancy
May is International Doula Month, so we partnered with doula teacher Thérèse Hak-Kun to talk about the integral role doulas play in guiding expectant families into parenthood.* For the past 18 years, I’ve facilitated doula training workshops all over North America...
by Nurture | Apr 30, 2025 | Birth, Breastfeeding, Postpartum, Pregnancy
Nearly one in three women is sexually assaulted in their lifetime — and the experience of pregnancy and birth can be a minefield of triggers. Here, a 30 year old woman recalls disassociating during labor and having flashbacks to a sexual assault at age 7: “All I...
