Vera
@verathedoula.bsky.social
Birth Doula in Toronto
Childbirth Educator
Public Speaker
Co-owner of Doulas on Bikes
Hire me for virtual prenatal consults
Doulasonbikes.com
Childbirth Educator
Public Speaker
Co-owner of Doulas on Bikes
Hire me for virtual prenatal consults
Doulasonbikes.com
Had some trouble with the settings, so offering a 20% discount as my apology for anyone who had trohble purchasing - all fixed and now cheaper! www.eventbrite.com/e/yikes-preg...
#birthdoula #onlineclass #pregnant #pregnancyjournal #doulasofbluesky #midwivesofbluesky
#birthdoula #onlineclass #pregnant #pregnancyjournal #doulasofbluesky #midwivesofbluesky
Yikes! Pregnant & booked for a Medical Induction, what do I need to know?
Join us for a informative session with a birth professional about the ins and outs of birthing with a medical induction of labour.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Had some trouble with the settings, so offering a 20% discount as my apology for anyone who had trohble purchasing - all fixed and now cheaper! www.eventbrite.com/e/yikes-preg...
#birthdoula #onlineclass #pregnant #pregnancyjournal #doulasofbluesky #midwivesofbluesky
#birthdoula #onlineclass #pregnant #pregnancyjournal #doulasofbluesky #midwivesofbluesky
Medical induction? This session gets you prepped:
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#medsky #labouranddelivery #pregnancyjournal #birthprep #medicalbirth #childbirth #onlineclass
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#medsky #labouranddelivery #pregnancyjournal #birthprep #medicalbirth #childbirth #onlineclass
Yikes! Pregnant & booked for Medical Induction, what do I need to know?
Are you feeling overwhelmed about your upcoming medical induction? Join Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator Vera Kevic for a live, online event where we will discuss everything you need to know to pre...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Medical induction? This session gets you prepped:
doulasonbikes.com/product/medi...
#medsky #labouranddelivery #pregnancyjournal #birthprep #medicalbirth #childbirth #onlineclass
doulasonbikes.com/product/medi...
#medsky #labouranddelivery #pregnancyjournal #birthprep #medicalbirth #childbirth #onlineclass
Hosting a workshop to prepare pregnant people for having a medical induction.
- 2 date options
- Registration is open
- 90 min session
- Q&A time
- perks for participation
- birth workers can dm for a discount code
doulasonbikes.com/product/medi...
- 2 date options
- Registration is open
- 90 min session
- Q&A time
- perks for participation
- birth workers can dm for a discount code
doulasonbikes.com/product/medi...
Yikes! Pregnant & booked for Medical Induction, what do I need to know?
Are you feeling overwhelmed about your upcoming medical induction? Join Birth Doula and Childbirth Educator Vera Kevic for a live, online event where we will discuss everything you need to know to pre...
doulasonbikes.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hosting a workshop to prepare pregnant people for having a medical induction.
- 2 date options
- Registration is open
- 90 min session
- Q&A time
- perks for participation
- birth workers can dm for a discount code
doulasonbikes.com/product/medi...
- 2 date options
- Registration is open
- 90 min session
- Q&A time
- perks for participation
- birth workers can dm for a discount code
doulasonbikes.com/product/medi...
Hospital policy and protocol are for guidance and not governance over your birth
#birthdoula #hospitalbirth #labouranddelivery #birthmatters #maternalhealth
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#birthdoula #hospitalbirth #labouranddelivery #birthmatters #maternalhealth
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May 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hospital policy and protocol are for guidance and not governance over your birth
#birthdoula #hospitalbirth #labouranddelivery #birthmatters #maternalhealth
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#birthdoula #hospitalbirth #labouranddelivery #birthmatters #maternalhealth
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This study looked at the effects of #doula presence on birth outcomes. "for every 100 patients who received doula care, there were 15 to 34 more vaginal births after cesarean".
#doulasactivists #vbac #birthoutcomes
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#doulasactivists #vbac #birthoutcomes
www.ajog.org/article/S000...
Quantifying the association between doula care and maternal and neonatal outcomes
The United States suffers from an increasing rate of severe maternal morbidity, paired
with a wide disparity in maternal health by race. Doulas are posited to be a useful
resource to increase positive...
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March 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This study looked at the effects of #doula presence on birth outcomes. "for every 100 patients who received doula care, there were 15 to 34 more vaginal births after cesarean".
#doulasactivists #vbac #birthoutcomes
www.ajog.org/article/S000...
#doulasactivists #vbac #birthoutcomes
www.ajog.org/article/S000...
How many laboured with a doula? #tolac #vbac #birthworkers #reducingrisk #educationmatters #morePDforOBs
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Investigating the implementation of a Trial of Labour After Caesarean (TOLAC) delivery bundle with respect to decreasing caesarean delivery rates: a multisite quality improvement initiative
Objectives To study the effect of implementing a Trial of Labour After Caesarean (TOLAC) delivery bundle with respect to decreasing caesarean delivery rates across five hospitals.
Design Prospective ...
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March 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
How many laboured with a doula? #tolac #vbac #birthworkers #reducingrisk #educationmatters #morePDforOBs
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At first read without diving into the supplemental data, looks like the suggestion to doctors that vbac is sometimes (moretimes) possible, uterine rupture risk has been overly feared & patients have a say in the matter 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 it’s a good start. Btw, sunnybrook has the lowest surgery rate @ 18% in 2020
🏥 On ob-gyn research team found—after delivery of quality improvement initiatives—a 6% decrease in caesarean delivery rates in those undergoing a Trial of Labour After Caesarean (TOLAC). 🔗 Faculty members are co-authors on the recently published paper. bit.ly/41ViuGY #uoft #uoftmedicine #uoftobgyn
March 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At first read without diving into the supplemental data, looks like the suggestion to doctors that vbac is sometimes (moretimes) possible, uterine rupture risk has been overly feared & patients have a say in the matter 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 it’s a good start. Btw, sunnybrook has the lowest surgery rate @ 18% in 2020
Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrw
Stop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanes
Call on all parties running in the Ontario election to reverse Bill 212
act.gp
March 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3WLGdrw
At my networking workshop today, I’ll be encouraging folks to join #birthdoulasofbluesky
Not enough of us here imo
#doula #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #birthwork #pregnancysupport
Not enough of us here imo
#doula #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #birthwork #pregnancysupport
March 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
At my networking workshop today, I’ll be encouraging folks to join #birthdoulasofbluesky
Not enough of us here imo
#doula #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #birthwork #pregnancysupport
Not enough of us here imo
#doula #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #birthwork #pregnancysupport
It’s like when people say the world was better when we had less divorce. Better for who? Divorced women used to have no rights. Likely to live in poverty. Women couldn’t get a credit card without a husband or father co-sign. Low birth rate is in part due to body autonomy. #choicematters #birthdoula
“Across cultures and religions, people overwhelmingly seek to control their fertility when given the choice. Research also shows that when women have access to education and contraception, they tend to choose smaller families.”
#ReproSky
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#ReproSky
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Why we shouldn’t let lower fertility rates fuel pronatalist policies
Embracing the lower fertility rates we’re seeing could help ease humanity’s impact on the planet.
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March 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s like when people say the world was better when we had less divorce. Better for who? Divorced women used to have no rights. Likely to live in poverty. Women couldn’t get a credit card without a husband or father co-sign. Low birth rate is in part due to body autonomy. #choicematters #birthdoula
I don’t know why Canadians would choose to want to lose their universal healthcare, 18 months paid leave after birth, and relative safety from gun violence? I’m not the most nationalist of people, but being american sounds fucking unappealing folks. #notmypresident
March 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I don’t know why Canadians would choose to want to lose their universal healthcare, 18 months paid leave after birth, and relative safety from gun violence? I’m not the most nationalist of people, but being american sounds fucking unappealing folks. #notmypresident
Delighted to be invited by the Association of Ontario #Doulas presenting on #NETWORKING!
Building community so we can all win 🥇
Join me Sunday Mar 16 at noon EST
#doulacommunity #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #professionaldoula #moneyinthebirthworld #birthwork
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Building community so we can all win 🥇
Join me Sunday Mar 16 at noon EST
#doulacommunity #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #professionaldoula #moneyinthebirthworld #birthwork
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Networking for Work & Fun: How Self-Employed Doulas Can Lift Each Other Up
Maximize your doula career with smart networking! Learn to build connections, get more clients, and have fun while you work!
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March 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Delighted to be invited by the Association of Ontario #Doulas presenting on #NETWORKING!
Building community so we can all win 🥇
Join me Sunday Mar 16 at noon EST
#doulacommunity #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #professionaldoula #moneyinthebirthworld #birthwork
www.eventbrite.com/e/networking...
Building community so we can all win 🥇
Join me Sunday Mar 16 at noon EST
#doulacommunity #birthdoula #postpartumdoula #professionaldoula #moneyinthebirthworld #birthwork
www.eventbrite.com/e/networking...
The answer in the rich world will sadly be more artificial hormones, Pre and post labour, more inducing preventatively. In the poor world, lack of enough meds and people will keep dying. If only we could balance the need with the supply and work like one world.
📢 New study on causes of maternal death:
Severe bleeding (haemorrhage) and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths, together claiming around 130,000 lives worldwide in 2020.
bit.ly/43AzEvM
Severe bleeding (haemorrhage) and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths, together claiming around 130,000 lives worldwide in 2020.
bit.ly/43AzEvM
March 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The answer in the rich world will sadly be more artificial hormones, Pre and post labour, more inducing preventatively. In the poor world, lack of enough meds and people will keep dying. If only we could balance the need with the supply and work like one world.
Palačinky for dinner here, and palačinka 'pancake' is another Czech word with a Latin origin.
The word goes back (via Hungarian palacsinta) to Romanian plăcintă 'pie, pastry'. This in turn derives from the Latin for 'cake', placenta.
The word goes back (via Hungarian palacsinta) to Romanian plăcintă 'pie, pastry'. This in turn derives from the Latin for 'cake', placenta.
March 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Babies are born in all kinds of conditions. Choice matters. Place of birth is nobody else’s business 🪬
#homebirth #choiceofbirthplace #bornathome #birthrights
#homebirth #choiceofbirthplace #bornathome #birthrights
Would-be mother ready for homebirth despite Cyclone Alfred: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-03-07/tropical-cyclone-alfred-homebirth-sunshine-coast-woman/105021392
Would-be mother ready for homebirth despite Cyclone Alfred
The threat of a cyclone can be stressful, but imagine preparing to give birth with a storm approaching.
www.abc.net.au
March 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Babies are born in all kinds of conditions. Choice matters. Place of birth is nobody else’s business 🪬
#homebirth #choiceofbirthplace #bornathome #birthrights
#homebirth #choiceofbirthplace #bornathome #birthrights
Consent can be revoked at anytime! Speak up and empower your partner to be more than a bystander #consemtmatters
At home, in a birth center, in the hospital, anywhere. You are allowed to say no. You can say stop. You can fire your doctor! Even in 1984, in Canada, my mom told her on-call OB to “GET OUT,” when it wasn’t the doctor she expected. 🧵
March 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Consent can be revoked at anytime! Speak up and empower your partner to be more than a bystander #consemtmatters
Here is my take on Dirty Obstetric practices coming to light ~ Part 1 of 13
How bout a show like Kitchen Nightmares but for medical clinics? An #OB in #Toronto is being investigated after discovery that the clinic had no evidence of proper sanitation since Oct 2020.
#birth #TorontoOBGYN #doula
How bout a show like Kitchen Nightmares but for medical clinics? An #OB in #Toronto is being investigated after discovery that the clinic had no evidence of proper sanitation since Oct 2020.
#birth #TorontoOBGYN #doula
March 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here is my take on Dirty Obstetric practices coming to light ~ Part 1 of 13
How bout a show like Kitchen Nightmares but for medical clinics? An #OB in #Toronto is being investigated after discovery that the clinic had no evidence of proper sanitation since Oct 2020.
#birth #TorontoOBGYN #doula
How bout a show like Kitchen Nightmares but for medical clinics? An #OB in #Toronto is being investigated after discovery that the clinic had no evidence of proper sanitation since Oct 2020.
#birth #TorontoOBGYN #doula
Parenting is about raising little beings into full grown adults. It’s rewarding, baffling, frustrating and magical. My kiddos are adults and I have to remember that they moved on because we did it right 🫶🏼
#birthmatters #parenting #raisinghumans #seedsofhumanity
#birthmatters #parenting #raisinghumans #seedsofhumanity
February 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Parenting is about raising little beings into full grown adults. It’s rewarding, baffling, frustrating and magical. My kiddos are adults and I have to remember that they moved on because we did it right 🫶🏼
#birthmatters #parenting #raisinghumans #seedsofhumanity
#birthmatters #parenting #raisinghumans #seedsofhumanity
Catch the full 25 min conversation on Instagram @doulasonbikes or @leadphysio in this snippet, we are discussing the importance of positive mindset and surroundings, and the impact it has on your pelvic floor #pregnancy #birthmatters #birthdoula #birthactivists #perinatalhealth #birthprep
February 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Catch the full 25 min conversation on Instagram @doulasonbikes or @leadphysio in this snippet, we are discussing the importance of positive mindset and surroundings, and the impact it has on your pelvic floor #pregnancy #birthmatters #birthdoula #birthactivists #perinatalhealth #birthprep
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Head to Instagram (if you haven’t deleted it yet!) and join me LIVE today with (pregnant) pelvic health expert Lea Damata and we discuss how to get ready for birth. 2pm: please join and ask questions! #birthprep #birthdoula #iglive
Head to Instagram (if you haven’t deleted it yet!) and join me LIVE today with (pregnant) pelvic health expert Lea Damata and we discuss how to get ready for birth. 2pm: please join and ask questions! #birthprep #birthdoula #iglive
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February 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Head to Instagram (if you haven’t deleted it yet!) and join me LIVE today with (pregnant) pelvic health expert Lea Damata and we discuss how to get ready for birth. 2pm: please join and ask questions! #birthprep #birthdoula #iglive
Head to Instagram (if you haven’t deleted it yet!) and join me LIVE today with (pregnant) pelvic health expert Lea Damata and we discuss how to get ready for birth. 2pm: please join and ask questions! #birthprep #birthdoula #iglive
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#diastasisRecti is the separation of the ab muscles that happens after #childbirth that sometimes stays like this too long & it doesn’t have to persist! Check out this 10min gentle workout with Becky Choi- dm me if you want her pdf guide 🤞🏼 #postpartumrecovery #birthdoula
#diastasisRecti is the separation of the ab muscles that happens after #childbirth that sometimes stays like this too long & it doesn’t have to persist! Check out this 10min gentle workout with Becky Choi- dm me if you want her pdf guide 🤞🏼 #postpartumrecovery #birthdoula
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February 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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#diastasisRecti is the separation of the ab muscles that happens after #childbirth that sometimes stays like this too long & it doesn’t have to persist! Check out this 10min gentle workout with Becky Choi- dm me if you want her pdf guide 🤞🏼 #postpartumrecovery #birthdoula
#diastasisRecti is the separation of the ab muscles that happens after #childbirth that sometimes stays like this too long & it doesn’t have to persist! Check out this 10min gentle workout with Becky Choi- dm me if you want her pdf guide 🤞🏼 #postpartumrecovery #birthdoula
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Suzanne Lim: an absolute LEGEND in Toronto. This segment on CTV The Social is uplifting Doulas, and shedding some realities about birth outcomes for Black people. CND doesn’t collect race info on health data forms, but we see the disparity in real life #birthactivists
Suzanne Lim: an absolute LEGEND in Toronto. This segment on CTV The Social is uplifting Doulas, and shedding some realities about birth outcomes for Black people. CND doesn’t collect race info on health data forms, but we see the disparity in real life #birthactivists
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February 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Suzanne Lim: an absolute LEGEND in Toronto. This segment on CTV The Social is uplifting Doulas, and shedding some realities about birth outcomes for Black people. CND doesn’t collect race info on health data forms, but we see the disparity in real life #birthactivists
Suzanne Lim: an absolute LEGEND in Toronto. This segment on CTV The Social is uplifting Doulas, and shedding some realities about birth outcomes for Black people. CND doesn’t collect race info on health data forms, but we see the disparity in real life #birthactivists
theconversation.com/caesareans-a...
Why would anyone expect that a rise in cesarean birth rates would correlate with a rise in birth satisfaction?! Although I could see surgeons pleased to practice their craft with predictable regularity 😜#birthactivists #birthmatters
Why would anyone expect that a rise in cesarean birth rates would correlate with a rise in birth satisfaction?! Although I could see surgeons pleased to practice their craft with predictable regularity 😜#birthactivists #birthmatters
Caesareans are rising fast in the UK – but giving birth is getting worse for women
In England, the national caesarean rate is now 42%. Which is way higher than many other wealthy countries.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Why would anyone expect that a rise in cesarean birth rates would correlate with a rise in birth satisfaction?! Although I could see surgeons pleased to practice their craft with predictable regularity 😜#birthactivists #birthmatters
Why would anyone expect that a rise in cesarean birth rates would correlate with a rise in birth satisfaction?! Although I could see surgeons pleased to practice their craft with predictable regularity 😜#birthactivists #birthmatters