Precious Arrows Doula Services

11/22/2025

Such different experiences.

11/19/2025

Each hospital and even location in the hospital has different policies on monitoring.
Possible options:
Doppler- listening every 20- 30 minutes during labor
Intermittent- belt monitor 20 minutes of ever hour
Continuous - wired belt monitor
Continuous water-proof wireless belt monitor
Wireless Bluetooth monitor
Monitoring can prevent freedom of movement and disrupts the hormonal labor zone.
Your doula can discuss options by facility.
Have you discussed risk vs benefit of different monitiring options with your care provider with your care provider? Have you discussed what they require?

11/15/2025

I wish this doesn't happen. It does. Regularly.
Not because of race, but because of environment and policy.
Exactly why you need a good doula
Time to sensitize the desensitized.

11/15/2025

Some days you may feel trapped, like all you’re doing is breastfeeding. Cluster feeding is common and normal at all ages and stages of breastfeeding. Cluster feeding naturally boosts your supply in the early weeks after delivery, making sure your body makes enough milk as baby grows. Later on nursing becomes comfort, emotional support, and a place to connect and process the world. The Breastaurant is a social experience where babies easily become distracted and want to play as well as eat. While you may feel trapped, your baby most certainly is having a party. Your body brings comfort, balance and regulation as well as nutrition and hydration. Periods of cluster feeding may happen for a few days or a week or two. It does change with time and doesn’t last forever. Enjoy the party.

11/15/2025

11/15/2025

Highly recommend this podcaster.
Fibroids? Here are the episodes they did about them.

11/15/2025

11/14/2025

A safe provider helps.

11/13/2025

The biggest blessing.

11/11/2025

******NOT ABOUT INFANTS WHO NIGHT WEAN NATURALLY ON THEIR OWN*******

Night weaning before 12 months isn’t generally recommended because nighttime feeds serve more than just nutrition. They help regulate your baby’s hormones, maintain milk supply, and provide comfort and security, all essential for healthy emotional and physical development.

🌙 Here’s why night feeds still matter:
- Caloric needs: Many babies under one still rely on breast milk for a significant portion of their daily intake.
- Milk supply: Prolactin (the milk-making hormone) peaks at night, which means those nighttime sessions help sustain your supply.
- Emotional regulation: Night nursing provides comfort, reassurance, and bonding, especially during developmental leaps or teething.
- Sleep cycles: Babies wake frequently as a biological protection mechanism , it’s developmentally normal, not a “bad habit.”

While some babies may naturally drop feeds earlier, most benefit from waiting until closer to 18 months before fully night weaning. At that age, nutritional needs, emotional regulation, and attachment are more mature.

If you do begin night weaning later on, it’s best to approach it gradually and gently, with reassurance, physical closeness, and understanding that every child’s readiness is different.

🤍 Night feeds are not setbacks, they’re part of a healthy, normal rhythm of infancy.