Mama's Friend Birth Services

Welcome to the world sweet Emilia 🌸 Her amazing mama ROCKED the super-fast, all-natural, intervention-free, drug-free birth of her precious baby girl. Less than 9 months after rocking the birth of baby girl #1, this incredibly strong mama called and asked us if were ready for round 2 with them 💪 Of course, we said heck yeah, bring it on! As a seasoned Mama’s Friend mama, she immediately became proactive on her pregnancy health & nutrition in preparation for her 2nd all-natural birth. Once labor started, things progressed quickly and we had to all high tail it to the hospital with flashers on! Shortly after arriving sweet Emilia made her grand arrival. Her peaceful, confident strength and resilience as she followed her body’s cues was beautiful to see. Congratulations Gina & David, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Emilia’s beautiful birth-day as well as big sister Mia’s 18 months ago 🌸🤍

🚨OPENING FOR CLASSES!🚨
Our newest Childbirth Education Class series starts up NEXT week. As usual we are overflowing so we have opened up 2 options. Our Sunday classes are FULL (we take 8 couples per class) for this session but we still have a couple openings in our Thursday evening classes! They start next Thursday Jan 12th from 6:00-8:00! We have put over 700 couples thru these classes in the past 10 years! Come learn *all of your options* for pregnancy and childbirth, meet other expecting families and and have lots of fun too!
🌟 If you’ve taken these classes before post your review below so others can know! 🌟

All. Of. This! 🤍🤍

Meet Ms. Helena 🌷 Her amazing mama ROCKED the all-natural, intervention-free, drug-free, HOME-birth 🏠 of her sweetheart baby girl! This was this incredibly strong mama’s 2nd birth @ home and she knew that with this birth she wanted to be more knowledgeable of her body and wanted to not be fearful of its power. She wanted to learn how to work with it, not against it. Hiring Jordan Marie Miles CNM/CPM @ With Women Midwifery & Mama’s Friend for childbirth education classes as well as pregnancy/labor doula support was her first step towards achieving the birth experience she so hoped for. All her hard paid off as labor was quick, less than a few hours! She was able to efficiently work thru mental barriers and completely surrender to the power of her body. Her complete strength throughout was incredible to see! Congratulations Megan & Jork, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Helena’s beautiful birth-day 🌷🤍

🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 Apparently I posted our final numbers for 2022 too soon, baby #80 decided he needed to be born before the new year and didn’t even wait on the doula to make it or even to make it to the hospital……Born on the side of the road in Andalusia @ 10:19pm! 1 hour & 20 min from from first contraction to baby! Wow wow!! Mama & baby are happy, healthy & perfect ❤️

🎊Thankful 🎊 Grateful 🎊 Blessed 🎊
As 2022 comes to a close, we wanted to reflect on this past year.....a record breaking year for Mama’s Friend. 🏆 We feel truly blessed to have welcomed *79* SEVENTY-NINE! (last year was 48!!! 😲) sweet doula babies into the world in 2022….our biggest year to date! Wowza!! Each of these precious babies hold a special place in our hearts....as do their amazing mama’s. They will always and forever be a part of Our Mama’s Friend Family. ❤️
We can’t wait to see what 2023 has in store for us as it’s already shaping up to be busy one....with January coming in strong with 11 babies expected! 😵‍💫 We have 46 expecting mama’s already on books between now and July! In fact we are almost completely booked until August with just a few remaining slots open so if you want to become a part of the Mama’s Friend family contact us as soon as the stick turns pink 😉

🌟Also in 2022 we moved into our new offices, collaborating with 5 other mama loving businesses forming what we affectionately call “The Nest” 🪺
Family First Chiropractic
With Women Midwifery
Sadie Pipkin, ND
Nourish Lactation Services LLC
Restore Pelvic Health Physical Therapy
We are unbelievably thankful for each one of these AMAZING women (businesses) who love our mama’s as much as we do! 🌟

**🙋🏻‍♀️ if you find your baby in this “Where’s baby” (like Where’s Waldo 😂) pic & post a current pic of your baby! Show us your cuties! **

~Are you pregnant and interested in joining the Mama’s Friend family? Message us to set up a free no-obligation consultation to meet us and learn about all of your options in the area. If you don’t know your options, you don’t have any! Knowledge is empowering! ~

Welcome to the world sweet Lexie 🌾 Her amazing mama ROCKED the birth of her sweetheart baby girl 🤍 This mama’s heart has always been for homebirth, to birth her babies in the comfort of her home, confident in her body’s ability. After her first little girl was birthed at home, the plan for baby girl #2 was the same, this time with the help of Jordan Marie Miles CNM/CPM @ With Women Midwifery, in which she received all of her prenatal & postnatal care with. Sometimes…..our bodies or our babies have a different plan. The discovery of a placenta previa was discovered early in her pregnancy. This was not concerning at first as these are common early on and usually move but the further into pregnancy she went, it was determined that her placenta previa was not budging. When at 32 weeks it still hadn’t moved, it was decided that prenatal care would transfer to an OB/GYN for a scheduled family centered cesarean @ 39 weeks. This was not at all what she wanted but she knew it was medically necessary and what her and her baby girl needed. We are so thankful for Dr. Gordon @ Dothan OB/GYN for facilitating such a peaceful, beautiful (although touchy at times) and flawless family centered cesarean birth experience for this sweet family. Some options which were important to her were: Doula with her through prep, birth @ repair, clear drape, calming music playing in the OR, delayed cord clamping/milking, immediate skin to skin, no separation of mama/baby/daddy/doula, delayed newborn procedures etc all which were supported and honored. She even pre-banked some of her husbands blood (& friends’s blood) to use in case of a needed blood transfusion (something that was important to them) which ended up being a necessity! Congratulations Emily & Jon Michael, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Lexie’s beautiful birth-day as well as big sister Lana’s 2.5 years ago 🌾🤍

Introducing sweet Dax Abel 🖤 His amazing mama ROCKED the birth of her gorgeous baby boy! Right from the beginning this incredibly strong mama knew she wanted to be more involved in her birth options with her 2nd pregnancy. She spent months researching, asking questions and immersed herself in learning about her pregnancy/birth options as well as her prenatal health & nutrition. Labor was longer than she expected with a few variations but she was the key decision maker along the way, fully educated in all of her options….which made her feel empowered. Her strength & perseverance throughout was beautiful to see. Congratulations Haley & Jordin we are so happy for you! Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Dax’s beautiful birth-day 🤍🖤

Meet Ian 💛💚 His amazing mama ROCKED the labor and birth of her gorgeous little boy! She knew from the beginning she wanted a solid support system in place, for both herself and her husband. By exploring all of her options together and getting a better understanding of her body in the last weeks of pregnancy as well as what to expect during labor and delivery, he was better able to support her in the way she needed. They both felt more at peace throughout the whole process which ended up lasting several days and including many bumps in the road. All of which they walked thru together. Her peaceful perseverance throughout was incredible to see! Congratulations Vayla & Richard, are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Ian’s beautiful birth-day 💚💛

Welcome sweet Roman 🌿 His amazing mama ROCKED the birth of her precious baby boy! When she was told early on that her chances were high that she would deliver her baby by 34 weeks, this incredibly determined mama knew she wanted to learn more. She wanted to know all of her options so she could be a decision maker regarding her care thru pregnancy and birth. Being proactive about her nutrition as well as optimal fetal positioning proved fruitful as sweet Roman decided to stay in all the way to 41 weeks 💪 Her peaceful strength throughout her labor as she worked her way thru each one of her options, was beautiful to see. Congratulations Elizabeth & Rob, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Roman’s beautiful birth-day. 🌿🤍

Welcome to the world sweet Paisley💐
Her amazing mama ROCKED the all-natural, intervention-free, drug-free HOME-BIRTH 🏠 of her precious baby girl! After traumatic birth experiences with her first 2 babies, this incredibly determined mama knew she wanted something totally different for this pregnancy. She immediately hired Jordan Miles CNM/CPM @ With Women Midwifery for more individualized (& personalized) prenatal, labor & postpartum care in preparation for a birth in the comfort of her own home. They also started in on Mama’s Friend 7 week Childbirth Education classes in order to learn all they could on all of their pregnancy and birth options for their 3rd pregnancy and hired us for doula support as well. This proved to be evidentially revealing as they again processed their previous birth experiences.….slowly healing from them. All their hard work paid off as they were able to have their redeeming birth for for their final sweet baby, completing their family. Sweet Paisley decided to wait all the way until 41+ weeks before making her grand debut! Labor was purposeful and beautiful, her strength and perseverance throughout was amazing to see. Congratulations Paige & Johnie, we are so happy for you! Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Paisley’s beautiful birth-day 💐🤍

Guess what, guess what!!! Beth Turner IBCLC with Nourish Lactation Services LLC is now accepting insurance!! Check it out! If you are nursing or plan to be nursing you NEED Beth Turner in your life! 🤱

📢BREAKING NEWS📢

I am proud to announce that Nourish Lactation Services LLC is now accepting insurance through The Lactation Network.

If you’re in need of lactation support, visit my website and verify your insurance coverage. Once verified, we can schedule a consult at no out of pocket cost for you!

www.nourishlactationservices.com

What an AMAZING, FABULOUS day🎄🎅
We were thrilled to have a total of 137 members of our Mama’s Friend & With Women families with us today @ our Annual Holiday Reunion! It makes my heart so happy when our families are able to get together and develop friendships…kindred spirits. It takes a village and this is our village!❤️💚

Meet Archer 🍂🍁 His amazing mama ROCKED the all-natural, intervention-free, drug-free birth of her gorgeous little boy! We are so proud of this incredibly strong, first time mama for proactively seeking out knowledge on *all the things* as she knew she wanted to be educated on all of her options for pregnancy, labor, birth & postparum so she could be a part of her own birth experience. Sweet Archer was so comfy in his mamas tummy, he decided to stay in all the way to right at 42 weeks! Her peaceful strength, patience and determination throughout her labor and birth was incredible to see. Congratulations Megan & Bruce, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Archer’s beautiful birth-day 🍂🍁

Introducing sweet Nathan 🌿 His amazing mama ROCKED the birth of her beautiful baby BOY….a surprise until his grand arrival! From day 1 of her pregnancy journey, this determined mama had strong feelings on how she wanted her first birth experience to go….she immediately got set up with Jordan Miles CNM/CPM with With Women Midwifery in preparation for a birth at home, hired Mama’s Friend for doula services and Childbirth classes, established weekly appts with Dr. Jessica @ Family First Chiropractic and saw Jessica Munk, Pelvic Floor PT @ Restore Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She did *all the things* to set herself up for success & was in optimal health 💪 But sometimes you can do *all the things* and elements that are out of our control, our bodies….or our babies, have a different story to tell. And that’s ok. After a beautiful, peaceful, controlled labor at home for over 24+ hours, circumstances changed a bit and following her mama gut, the decision was made to transfer to a local hospital to explore other options. The transition was flawless….both the doctor on call and nurses at Southeast Health Family Birth Center were welcoming & supportive, which made this incredibly strong mama feel at peace with her decision. After laboring several more hours, events revealed the need for a cesarean birth, and the staff embraced mama’s wishes for a beautiful family centered cesarean.
What happened? Well sometimes babies know better 😉 Nathan was all tangled up in his cord…around his back, thru his legs, over his shoulder, under his armpit….little boy had been doing gymmastics inside apparently 😜 Even though Nathan’s birth did not go as she had hoped she has no regrets. She knows without a shadow of a doubt that this is how his birth needed to be. She never felt rushed or pressured into anything. She was able to work thru each one of her options at her own pace, felt supported, encouraged, and loved throughout. Her strength and determination throughout was incredible to see. Congratulations Abi & Matthew, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Nathan’s beautiful birth-day 🌿🤍

Meet Sam 🌞 His amazing mama ROCKED the epidural-free birth of her gorgeous baby boy 💛 A medical professional herself, this incredibly strong mama knew she wanted to be educated on all of her evidence based options and emotionally & physically supported in her decisions throughout pregnancy/labor & delivery.
*Now let me tell you about Sam, one of the strongest/smartest babies I know (he gets it from his mama 😉) He knew he was going to need optimal lung development and growth once he was earthside so he decided to stay put all the way to 42 weeks….and his mama made sure to let him! After a gentle, patient controlled induction, this hard core mama pushed for 4+ hours (as Sam was positioned a bit wonky) before he was finally in his mama’s arms. Latching immeditely, Sam was the picture of health….but just a few short hours later things changed and Sam was ultimately diagnosed with Transposition of the Greater Arteries and immediately airlifted to Birmingham with his mama following closely behind. 4 days after birth, sweet Sam had open heart surgery to fix his heart defect. Prognosis showed him to be in Birmingham for 3 weeks post surgery but he surprised everyone and less than 5 days later, he was being diacharged to go home! Wow wow!! What a whirlwind 10 days for this strong, resilient mama! Congratulations Casey, we are so happy for you. Thank you for allowing Mama’s Friend the honor of being a part of Sam’s beautiful birth-day 🍂🧡