Janel Rogers Doula Services

12/18/2024

This💜

Walk into a room while I am supporting a birth and you might think that I am just sitting there doing nothing. I won’t be talking. I won’t be touching the client. I won’t be using anything in my bag.

So what am I doing exactly?

🪑 Watching mom’s breathing and sometimes breathing loudly alongside her to remind her to slow down her breath

🪑 Scanning mom’s body during the contraction to make sure that she isn’t holding any tension

🪑 Monitoring the temperature and lighting to create the peaceful environment that she desires

🪑 Calculating how long it has been since she emptied her bladder

🪑 Thinking about how long she has been in her current position and thinking about the next position that she might try

🪑 Timing contractions to see if they are longer, stronger and closer together

🪑 Thinking about when mom and her partner last had a snack

🪑 Reviewing her preferences to make sure that everything is going according to her plan

🪑 Giving the couple space to connect on an intimate level (allowing for oxytocin) and/or guiding the partner to be the lead support

🪑 Updating notes and capturing labor flow

Sometimes just being fully present is enough. Sometimes just knowing I am there in close proximity is all mom needs to be able to relax and focus on what she needs to do. Sometimes just holding space for them in an unbiased manner allows for a noticeable shift in the energy of the room.

And the list goes on….

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11/25/2022

This is a good reminder, but also so cute!!!

A WONDERFUL reminder! 👇😊💜💕
As the holiday season approaches, it may be tempting to offer your little one a few bites of mashed potatoes. As a reminder, here are the signs that baby is ready for solids:

▪️Baby is at least 6 months old
▪️Baby can sit up without support
▪️Baby no longer has tongue-thrust reflex
▪️Baby is able to chew/mash gums
▪️Baby can use a pincer grasp
▪️Baby is interested in solids

Remember, all of these must be present before offering baby solids. If baby isn’t showing all these signs, it’s best to wait until baby is developmentally ready before offering solids.
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09/13/2022

I am super excited to share my new website is live!!! Go check it out!!!

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09/05/2022

Here is a little funny for your day!!

08/30/2022

Keep things positive and picture the birth you desire💜💜💜

08/16/2022

The difference is night and day.

07/18/2022

Very good explanation of why it’s important who your care provider is💜

Midwives are not ‘doctors helpers’… they are highly skilled professionals, having done a three or four year degree course, or an 18 month conversion course from nursing and they specialise in physiological birth. They are experts in normality. They know how to recognise and facilitate it. Midwives can also quickly recognise if a birth is moving away from normality, and have the skills to help bring it back in line.

Many women think that by paying a huge amount of money for an obstetrician to look after their pregnancy and birth, they’ll have the best care. But while obstetricians are highly specialised in birth, their real expertise is dealing with emergencies. And they are absolutely amazing at that. I am exceptionally grateful that the life saving skills of obstetricians are available when they’re needed.

The thing is though, if your main experience of birth is dealing with emergencies, then you’re probably not going to view birth as a completely natural, normal, incredible part of life...

So when choosing your care it’s good to keep that in mind. If you want to have a normal physiological birth, and are considering an obstetrician, you might want to ask them what their caesarean rate is, and how often they have actually supported physiological births.

If you have a healthy, normal pregnancy, and want to have a normal, physiological birth, then that’s what (particularly home birth/independent/midwife led unit) midwives specialise in, and they do an absolutely incredible job. ❤️

07/09/2022

🥰milksharing

https://www.eatsonfeetsresources.org/my-sister-friend-relative-etcetera-has-offered-to-wet-nurse-my-baby-is-this-ok

07/07/2022

Beautiful 💜

✨ “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well” - Psalm 139:13✨

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05/26/2022

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cd94JfTpJeK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

This is so very important. Surround yourself with the people who are giving you correct information and positive support 💜💜💜

christianhypnobirthing • Original Audio

10/15/2021

So blessed to be a part of this amazing Journey💜

05/30/2021

Be educated on your rights ☝🏻✅

✂️💥 Facts about routine episiotomies (where scissors are used to cut the va**na when the baby is born):

- NOT evidenced based
- NOT “normal” and should NEVER be routine
- does NOT make birth easier
- does NOT make tearing less severe

- should only be used the case of a dire emergency for YOUR BABY

- if there is time for lidocaine, it’s not emergent

- does NOT heal faster or better than a natural tear

- should NOT be used “because you were going to tear anyway”

- CAN be refused 🙌

And yes, they are still widely used in hospitals today, particularly with older providers who have “always done it this way” 🤮

How to prevent it?
- ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS while you’re pregnant! If your provider cuts even ONE episiotomy a month, SWITCH FAST!! (Midwives have an almost 0% episiotomy rate, btw 😉)



👉👉 Watch my CajunStork Episiotomy vs Natural Tear Video Here to Learn More: https://youtu.be/rJBfQ6PPX4I

🗣 Yes, at the BirthHouse we take most insurances AND late into care (third trimester) transfers too!