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Breastfeeding: Plans, Fears & Reality
As a formula-fed baby born in the 70s, I didn’t know much about breastfeeding when I became pregnant with my first child. But, like all things pregnancy and birth-related, I wanted to try to educate myself and do the best I could to give my kiddo a great start. I had two way-off-base views of breastfeeding. I thought you were either one of two types: there were the awesome, natural, hippie, healthy moms who could do it with no problems and then there were the moms who struggled and the horror stories of soreness, lack of milk, failure, and formula. I was wrong.

Getting to Know Tamara Kankowski
Selecting a doula is a personal decision for your family. We thought it would be fun to take a moment to get to meet Tamara. Not the stuff that is talked about on the biography page, but really get to know some of her quirks, things she likes and some of her guilty pleasures.

Why a Doula?
Channel 12 recently did a story on how more couples are choosing doulas. I thought this would be a good time to review some of those reasons why people choose a doula and what is a doulas role...

FREE Doula Services
Tamara is looking for up to 4 families to provide either pregnancy or postpartum doula services to for FREE. Tamara is working towards finalizing her certification and needs to write reports on two pregnancy and two postpartum clients. If you are pregnancy and in your third trimester and would be willing to help out by receiving free services, please contact Tamara today!

Welcome to Stork Helpers
Welcome to Stork Helpers!
I created Stork Helpers to help families through pregnancy, birth and postpartum care. Whether you plan to have a natural childbirth or a ceserean, there are many choices and options along the way.
I will be your advocate. My role is to simplify the process for you and your partner so that you can make the decisions that are right for you and your family.

New Birth Doula in Cincinnati and Dayton
Expectant couples getting ready to add a new addition to their families should look no further. Stork Helpers is a birth and postpartum doula service based out of Northern Cincinnati with easy access to Dayton Ohio as well, that has opened its doors.