by Leslie Lytle | Apr 26, 2016 | Community, Five Questions
As part of our strategic focus on sistering with other organizations, we are partnering Capital Diaper Bank to spearhead a diaper drive at Nurture’s Birth & Baby Fair on May 7. Capital Diaper Bank provided more than 1.5 million diapers and served over 7,000...
by Leslie Lytle | Nov 5, 2015 | Community, First Person, Nonprofit Development
I started teaching prenatal yoga 15 years ago, before it was a “thing.” Having worked with pregnant women as a massage therapist and a doula, I was able to integrate some pregnancy-related information into my classes. But I was so focused on poses that most of this...
by Leslie Lytle | Sep 14, 2015 | 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 Leslie Lytle | May 22, 2015 | 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 Leslie Lytle | May 5, 2015 | Community, Early Parenting, Postpartum, Pregnancy
My son was born by emergency C-section with a cord triple-wrapped around his neck. He arrived during a maelstrom of miscarriages, three before and three after his birth. In the same few years, I had surgeries to remove an adrenal tumor, my gall bladder, fibroid tumors...
