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09/24/2025

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09/11/2025

Never Forget.

09/04/2025

This Moment! 🩷

09/01/2025

Happy Labor Day 😏

08/25/2025

The best we can do - be grateful for the time we have, be present, and live in the moment.

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08/21/2025

Curious about birth doula care?

08/15/2025

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You are capable of extraordinary things. 💪

Share this post with a pregnant friend!

08/13/2025

If you're curious to know more about the Body Ready Method or movements like the aligned lunge or psoas release that she mentions, please reach out!
As a certified BRM Pro, I use tools like these with my clients to help them prepare for and move through birth.

08/06/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

Breast milk, and the process of nursing your baby and producing milk, is absolutely amazing! This is only a small list of the benefits of breastfeeding your baby.

🌍✨ World Breastfeeding Week kicks off the start of National Breastfeeding Month — a time to celebrate, honor, and support the incredible power of human milk and the families who choose to breastfeed. Whether you nurse at the breast, pump, or combo feed— your milk matters. 💛

Here are just a few mind-blowing facts and benefits of breastfeeding and human milk:

🍼 Nutritional Superpower
Breastmilk contains over 800 unique components, including antibodies, enzymes, hormones, living cells, and stem cells.

It's always changing — adapting hour by hour to meet your baby’s needs, even when they’re sick.

🦠 Built-In Immunity
Colostrum (early milk) is often called "liquid gold" because it’s packed with immune-boosting properties.

Breastfed babies have lower risks of ear infections, respiratory illnesses, diarrhea, and SIDS.

🧠 Brain Boosting
Studies show breastfed babies have slightly higher IQs on average.

Human milk contains DHA, a fatty acid essential for brain development.

💸 Cost Effective
Breastfeeding can save families $1,200–$1,500 a year by reducing formula costs and healthcare expenses.

💖 Mama’s Benefits Too
Breastfeeding lowers the risk of breast, ovarian, and uterine cancers, type 2 diabetes, and postpartum depression.

It promotes bonding through oxytocin (the "love hormone") release — and that closeness? Priceless.

🌡️ Temperature-Regulating Magic
Did you know? Your chest can heat up or cool down by a few degrees to keep your baby perfectly warm. Like a living incubator!

🌈 Diverse Journeys, One Purpose
Every feeding choice comes with a story — and every story is valid. Some feed directly, some pump, some combo feed, some supplement — and every drop counts.

🙌🏽 Let's use this month to uplift, inform, and walk beside one another with grace, compassion, and evidence-based support.

08/05/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

07/04/2025

I am very grateful for the country in which we live!

Happy Independence Day!