Trulove Doula Services

03/17/2026

I feel truly lucky to be able to support growing families! Wishing you and your lucky charm(s) a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️!!!

03/15/2026

As I’m working on filling my Spring/Summer 2026 calendar, I’m posting my updated doula menu!

If you follow me & would be willing to share my page with any local expecting friends, I’d appreciate it!
Thank you so much for supporting my small business! 💚

02/17/2026

Can’t wait to be part of this event in less than 2 weeks! Please share with your pregnant friends!

01/30/2026

Excited to be part of this event @ KINN collective! Please share with those expecting!

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Join us for a thoughtfully curated Community Baby Shower designed to bring expectant moms together in a warm, low-key setting, no games, no pressure, just real…

10/24/2025

This week marks 3 years of my Baby Steps Support Group! It is an absolute honor to be part of your parenting journies and I am so very grateful for all of you! Keep sharing and spreading the word! My first group had four parents and their babies and we’ve averaged 15 for the last month!

10/03/2025

Today’s Baby Steps Support Group was another record breaker - 15 parents and their babies! It was incredibly special because my kids were off school and able to join having joined all summer! I’m not sure who was more excited; my kids or the babies they’ve grown so attached to!

05/21/2025

This is such important information! Please share with a mom friend!

05/11/2025

Honoring & sending love to all the Moms on Mother’s Day!

05/01/2025

Please share with all local expecting mommas! Knowing your rights and being heard is always important but especially with medical events!

04/09/2025

Sharing because information is so important. An important excerpt highlighted below.

“We acknowledge that many mothers find it difficult to establish breastfeeding in the first place, that breastfeeding is a multi-layered investment on the part of a mother and that natural term feeding might not feel like - or be - a possibility for many.

Or you might simply not want to. We're not here to tell anyone what to do.

We also acknowledge that lack of information about our biology contributes to the lack of support for mothers when they want to establish - or continue - breastfeeding, but cannot find the help they need from people who understand why it matters so much, or what is normal.

Let's continue to turn that around.”

The natural term for us humans to breastfeed is anywhere between 2 and 7+ years. Some babies stop earlier, some children carry on for longer. It’s thought that the eruption of the permanent set of teeth (losing your milk teeth) influences this timescale.

Many cultures around the world breastfeed until natural term, including many women in the Western world. This age range is only surprising in cultures that interrupt breastfeeding, often without realising it or knowing which norms are biological and which are cultural.

The concentration of fats and proteins increase as the baby grows into a toddler, along with increased levels of antibacterial and antiviral components such as lysozyme, which is an anti-inflammatory, and destroys bacteria.

Lysozyme increases in concentration from about 6 months old, when babies become more independently mobile and everything (toys, sand, twigs, the cats biscuits?) goes straight in the mouth, and keeps increasing after the first year.

The concentration of Lactoferrin also increases over time. Lactoferrin inhibits the growth of some cancerous cells. It also helps our babies to absorb their own iron stores, whilst binding to the iron in our baby’s body which prevents it from being available to harmful microorganisms that need iron to survive. Lactoferrin also kills the bacteria strep mutans, which causes tooth decay and cavities.

Our body’s immune system takes around 6 years to become fully mature, so the support of the protective factors in human milk until our immune system can fully function on its own seems play a part in the timescale of natural term weaning too.

Longer term breastfeeding is also associated with reduced risk of diseases for the mother, including breast cancer.

We acknowledge that many mothers find it difficult to establish breastfeeding in the first place, that breastfeeding is a multi-layered investment on the part of a mother and that natural term feeding might not feel like - or be - a possibility for many.

Or you might simply not want to. We're not here to tell anyone what to do.

We also acknowledge that lack of information about our biology contributes to the lack of support for mothers when they want to establish - or continue - breastfeeding, but cannot find the help they need from people who understand why it matters so much, or what is normal.

Let's continue to turn that around.

More information and references about how remarkable you are at https://human-milk.com/pages/science-of-breastmilk

03/08/2025

Celebrating all women on International Women’s Day!

03/06/2025

I am so thankful to be a part of each of my client’s postpartum journies. This year I’ve had the extra special honor to support 2 repeat clients and it’s even more beautiful!!