Green Touch Doula Care and Massage Therapy

05/13/2026

Our community is fortunate to have Rachel's Hope available as a resource for women and families. From now until Father's Day I'll have this baby bottle available for you to donate cash, check or coins to help them continue providing these services. I'm sure they would be happy to accept any food, diapers or other unopened baby supplies or gently used baby clothing, baby furniture, toys, or books you might want to drop off at my office. Even if you don't have an appointment with me before Father's Day feel free to text me so we can figure out a good time for you to drop something off while I'm open. Or before 5 pm you can always come up through the back entrance and slide a labeled envelope under the back door and drop supplies outside my door on the floor to the right (under the bulletin board) without needing to text! Want to see their space? Bring donations to their beautiful building Tuesdays thru Thursdays 9am-4pm, down the street from my office at 313 2nd Ave NE. Want to donate online? Go to https://www.rachelshopemn.org/ or even mail a check to Rachel's Hope P.O. Box 333 Austin, MN 55912

05/04/2026

04/18/2026

Is there anyone interested in a free massage in exchange for being a model for some professional business photos I'm getting done this evening Saturday April 18th at 5:00? I have a couple models helping but I'm looking for one more. I'm specifically looking for a breastfeeding mom with a baby about 3 months of age or younger. This would hopefully include very basic tasteful photos of breastfeeding including pumping and then photos of baby receiving infant massage and infant craniosacral bodywork to help me highlight services that I offer. Located at my office on Main St. PM me if you are interested and available.

04/07/2026

“My milk supply dropped…”
…or your body regulated

Around 11-14 weeks postpartum, milk production shifts from hormone-driven to supply-and-demand

It can feel like everything changed overnight
What regulation often looks like:

• Breasts feel softer
• Leaking slows or stops
• You’re not feeling full between feedings
• Less of that sweaty, engorged, sticky feeling
• Pump output may look different
• Baby may cluster feed again or seem unsettled

These are hormonal shifts into efficiency, not signs your milk is going away

What’s happening physiologically:
In the early weeks, hormones drive higher volume production and storage
That’s why breasts feel full, heavy, and leaky

As your body learns your baby’s needs, it adjusts:

• Extra blood and fluid are in the breast for the first few weeks to help push milk to the baby while they are learning to feed. This goes away and breasts feel soft
• Production responds more to milk removal
• Supply becomes tightly matched to your baby

This timing throws people off because this phase often overlaps with:
• A final early growth spurt
• Periods of cluster feeding
• Changes in sleep that can look like a regression

So you see more feeding + less fullness + more night waking
It’s easy to assume supply is dropping

What’s important to understand:
• Babies don’t keep increasing daily milk volumes for long. Once they reach 10-12 pounds, they need 25-30oz a day. And that’s what they need daily through the first birthday. Not gallons a day
• As a newborn, babies usually take 65-80% of the milk in the breast at any given feeding. There’s more milk always available for cluster feeds and growth spurts
• Growth continues, just at a slower, steadier rate
• Your body is matching that shift

What to watch instead:
• Diaper output
• Swallowing during feeds
• Growth patterns over time
• Overall feeding behavior

Soft breasts can still contain plenty of milk
Less leaking doesn’t mean less milk. It means more efficient milk production

This is milk supply regulation into the next stage of lactation and is expected

03/14/2026

Schedule online at www.vagaro.com/greentouchdoulacare or text 507-210-1655☘️

03/10/2026

You can’t spoil a newborn 💙

Newborns are biologically wired to need closeness, responsiveness, and frequent care. Their brains are still developing, and they rely on caregivers to help regulate things like heart rate, temperature, stress hormones, and emotions.

When babies cry, they’re communicating, not manipulating. Responding to those cues helps build secure attachment, which research shows supports emotional regulation, confidence, and independence later in life.

Holding your baby, feeding on demand, and responding to their needs are not “bad habits.” They’re part of normal infant development.

Connection in the early months lays the foundation for security later.

Save this post for reassurance and share it with a new parent who might need the reminder. 🤍

03/09/2026

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