Honoring The Mother
Sheryl Grunde, certified yoga instructor, massage therapist, and doula helps guide women smoothly through pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. 
Through yoga and massage women deeply connect with their bodies and babies during pregnancy, finding their breath, releasing tension, and learning to trust their body signals. Emotions and experiences stored in the body are brought to the surface and released. This connection to the physical body is integral for the birthing process, which is a woman's ultimate challenge in remaining present and trusting nature and her body.
As a doula, I offer women a dependable, continuous support, reminder them that they are safe and powerful. A doula is like her mother or sister in labor; the reassuring presence who offers calm words, soothing hands, and experience with natural process of labor as well as the medical interventions available.
I also offers a wonderful selection of ERGO Baby Carriers and accessories here, because when my daughter was 1 year old, I tried one on, and immediately every mom I knew to have one. This is the most supportive, comfortable, and convenient baby carrier out there. I am in support of parents holding their babies close enough to respond to their subtle cues, but not at the expense of their own physical comfort. In this carrier, mom can keep her new baby close, just as nature intended, while allowing her arms to be free and her body to be comfortable.
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"Sheryl's intuitive sense and calming nature make her a wonderful doula and yoga teacher. Many of my patients have worked with her and love her. I am so grateful to have her in our community!"
Jani Rollins M.D.
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Most Recent Blogs
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Family Currency and The Sticker Chart
Before having my second child, I thought the "reward system" of sticker charts and tokens was basically bribery, and I believed that my children would learn to behave just for the sake of the natural consequences for good behavior. I have found the time and place for a sticker chart, though. My second child has been an incredible challenge for all of us, and I've had to reexamine what is really the best thing for her. She needs clear consequences, positive and negative. She needs freque ... by Sheryl Grunde
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Mama catches her own waterbaby at the hospital!
Lisa and Bill lived across the street from the hospital, and were hoping to labor at home as long as possible with me there as their doula. When she called me around 5pm on Friday her water had just broken, and she reported that her contractions had kept her up most of the night before. When I arrived at their home, she was up and about, and they were both excited about things moving along. I suggested that she might like to get some rest as it could be another long night. We put on some musi ... by Sheryl Grunde
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The Fertility Awareness Method
“ Why didn’t I know about this?” I’ve probably heard this question at each Fertility Awareness class I’ve taught over the last seven years. “Why don’t they teach this in school?” There is sometimes a hint of sadness in their voice, sometimes resentment or anger. I’ve witnessed this humble moment of reckoning so many times. Luckily, it is often followed by a deep inhalation of empowerment as the class continues and the information settles in to its’ rightful place, the body of the w ... by Sarah Bly
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The Power of Suggestion
Sofia was at 5 cm when I arrived at the birth center. She had been at the hospital since the afternoon and seemed fairly comfortable at 7:30 when I arrived. She had been checked in the morning at her appointment and was at 4 or 5cm then, too. Sofia seemed to not want too much attention. She was asking how her husband was feeling, checking to see who was with my children, and so concerned about her dog that she sent her husband home to feed him. Things seemed pretty mellow, and Sofia w ... by Sheryl Grunde
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VBAC
The birth center at Ashland Community Hospital called at 10:45 today with a VBAC patient dilated at 2 or 3 cm, whose water had just broken. They said she had requested a doula, and asked me to come right in. Five years ago, Julia had labored with her first baby to 8cm, then the doctor realized the baby was breech and did a ceasarean section. When I arrived at 11:45, Julia was in the bathroom with her husband. She was pretty uncomfortable, and wanted to get in the shower. They stay ... by Sheryl Grunde
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