Well Rounded Doulas

Well Rounded Doulas Nurse—>doula/monitrice/midwife assistant/CLC. 💫supporting your inner wisdom in your birth space💫

When your capsule machine holds 100 capsules, and the placenta you’re encapsulating needs exactly 100 capsules…it’s a li...
07/10/2024

When your capsule machine holds 100 capsules, and the placenta you’re encapsulating needs exactly 100 capsules…it’s a little like winning the placenta lottery!
Plusssss, the doctors left me a sweet little hemostat treat in the bag ✂️ 🎉 (that’s a first for me!)

Ever birth is special and magic, but first time mamas birthing and meeting their babies always holds a little extra dose...
10/30/2023

Ever birth is special and magic, but first time mamas birthing and meeting their babies always holds a little extra dose of magic 💫

This mama let me know after just a few hours of labor that things were getting intense and she wanted me to head over for more support. When I got to her house, it was evident she was working so hard. She asked for a cervical check and she was 7cm! We headed in to the hospital and after a couple more hours and some intense contractions, she pushed her sweet boy out and onto her chest in just the way she had envisioned and prepared for!

Second homebirth after two c-sections….and he’s 11 POUNDS! Forever in awe of birth and our bodies 💫
09/26/2023

Second homebirth after two c-sections….and he’s 11 POUNDS! Forever in awe of birth and our bodies 💫

The question asked of me the most often is, “what can you do to help me with pain?” Hands down, it’s what people worry ...
09/10/2023

The question asked of me the most often is, “what can you do to help me with pain?” Hands down, it’s what people worry about most often when they think of labor and birth.

Do I have tips and tricks up my sleeve to help manage and cope with the surges and intensities of labor? You betcha

Do I think there is a much MUCH greater underlying fear of pain that is so deeply ingrained in us in this society, especially when it comes to birthing, that really needs addressed more? Absofreakinglutely

How can I help you let go of the fear of your body so majestically and magically at work bringing new life earthside? Or how I can stand alongside you as you process and work through previous birth experiences? It’s so much deeper than hip squeezes and position changes and squeezing combs.

It’s partnering with you. Encouraging, supporting, providing you with resources. It’s talking through those fears and dismantling them step by step. It’s helping you feel confident in your right to choose your birth process and in your ability to make choices if plans change. It’s helping you feel empowered and strong-as-hell when you face labor because you feel in your bones the thrill and power that is your life-giving force.

Labor prep is a little more than learning a few techniques, but I promise it’s so worth it.

You can do this 🤍

“For some reason it just really feels right to hold my hand down here.” “I want to feel his head again. This is fun!”Wit...
09/09/2023

“For some reason it just really feels right to hold my hand down here.”

“I want to feel his head again. This is fun!”

Witnessing this mama trust and lean into her innate instincts to birth her baby boy was beautiful! She moved, moaned, and breathed that baby down, out, and right into her arms 🤍

Second labors can be sneaky quick sometimes! She went from seeing some bloody show in the morning, to spaced out contrac...
08/20/2023

Second labors can be sneaky quick sometimes! She went from seeing some bloody show in the morning, to spaced out contractions through the day, to under two hours of active labor before brilliantly pushing out her baby on her bedroom floor before 8pm!
All the congratulations to my brother and sister in law! All birth is special but family birth hits different. It’s good to be an Auntie again! 🤍

Mama wanted to labor mostly out of the hospital and then roll in to have her baby so she decided to spend some of her la...
08/18/2023

Mama wanted to labor mostly out of the hospital and then roll in to have her baby so she decided to spend some of her labor at Sharon Woods! It was a beautiful morning in the trees and then so much excitement in the room when she got her vbac after two cesareans and met her baby on her chest!

One of my favorite parenting guides, Dr. Becky , uses the phrase “two things can be true” and I love it so much in all a...
08/08/2023

One of my favorite parenting guides, Dr. Becky , uses the phrase “two things can be true” and I love it so much in all areas of my life. So…

Two things can be true:
1. Birth can be uncomfortable, intimidating, and a little overwhelming

AND

2. Birth can be empowering, transformative, and even kind of fun

Learning the “why” behind what our bodies are doing during labor is the FIRST step toward squashing our cultural fear of birthing and start stepping back into the power that we contain to birth our babies. How do we do that? Books, documentaries, childbirth education classes, doulas, midwives, stories from people who have experienced it. We empower ourselves through education to make the choices that feel best for our bodies!

The way we birth and how we feel while doing it has a profound effect on the rest of our lives. It’s not about how you choose to give birth, it’s do you feel supported, safe, and empowered in those choices. And then we just go from there 🙂

(Swipe to see pics of my superhero birth supporters in 2017…we had a lot of fun!🥰 📸 )

There is no “right” kind of doula birth. Hospital or home, medicated or unmedicated, vaginal or cesarean…you do you. The...
07/09/2023

There is no “right” kind of doula birth. Hospital or home, medicated or unmedicated, vaginal or cesarean…you do you.

There is a “right” way to approach birth though! Aware of your mindset, educated in your choices, empowered to make decisions, and protective of your space.

I will never step into your space with the expectation of birth going a certain way. But I very very VERY much want you to feel so safe, supported, validated, and loved as you meet your baby in whatever way you see fit 🤍

What is the only thing truly within our grasp to control in life?Ourselves. Our actions, reactions, and energy. What doe...
06/29/2023

What is the only thing truly within our grasp to control in life?

Ourselves. Our actions, reactions, and energy.

What does that look like in preparation for birth?

It looks like exploring expectations and fears, a commitment to learning, an openness to trust, a dedication to healthy choices and mindfulness, and the opportunity to build your dream birth team to support you (and your superpower: intuition) in the entire process.

If you’re looking for birth support on your journey to parenthood, I’d love to chat 💕

A couple weeks ago I had the honor of witnessing a mama deer eat her placenta. It was one of those full circle “woah” ki...
06/27/2023

A couple weeks ago I had the honor of witnessing a mama deer eat her placenta. It was one of those full circle “woah” kind of moments for me. Two thoughts:

1. Placenta encapsulation would have been way easier for her 😉

2. Being present for such a sweet moment felt like an intrusion. We (humans) are quick to understand that the birthing process for most mammals should be given privacy, left alone so they feel safe, undisturbed as much as possible. Why do we do that? Why feel that way for them but then rarely grant ourselves the same honor?

Let’s change that, friends! Let’s talk about what would make birthing feel most safe to you. Let’s talk about ways to make it feel intimate and to honor the true power that is happening in your body and your birth 💫

(Peep the sweet mama deer and her babe!)1

My hope, as your birth support, is to help you recognize and own the authority you can (and do!) have in your experience...
06/23/2023

My hope, as your birth support, is to help you recognize and own the authority you can (and do!) have in your experience of meeting your babe.

I think that this is a hard concept to really grasp in most situations. But, I have personally felt and witnessed, an even further divide from this concept since the pandemic began. We moved through that experience (as a collective whole) feeling fear and uncertainty and most definitely not feeling in control of our bodies, choices, or outcomes. And now, that’s bleeding into how we are facing our birth experiences.

Now obviously I’m not saying our birth experiences can be completely controlled. Birth, like life, unfolds in ways we cannot imagine. But I am saying that you can approach birth with a feeling of agency and comfort. You can arm yourself with knowledge, listen intently to your intuition, and shed the fear that seems to be demanded by our society.

You get to believe that your body knows what it is doing. You get to trust yourself. You get to trust your baby. You get to make choices that feel safe and right to your body. And in realizing those things, you get to feel a sense of ownership as you move through the waves of pregnancy and birth.

My hope is to support you as you find your own path. It’s not my path, the path of your provider, or even the path of your partner or family. It’s yours. And it’s valid and beautiful and ready to unfold 💫

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