Mom & Me MD: Concierge Newborn & Postpartum Care

Mom & Me MD: Concierge Newborn & Postpartum Care Board-certified Pediatrician. In-home/virtual newborn & postpartum care. Life coach for Nicu moms.
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Before I was Dr. Jess, I was a grieving mother.
A woman on bedrest in preterm labor.
A NICU mom trying to find peace in ...
10/30/2025

Before I was Dr. Jess, I was a grieving mother.
A woman on bedrest in preterm labor.
A NICU mom trying to find peace in the midst of crisis.

I stood at the intersection of my personal and professional worlds — a doctor who had learned the statistics on loss and prematurity, only to realize…I had become one of them.

My degrees didn’t protect me from miscarriage or from having a preterm baby.
Those experiences changed everything.

It made me see compassion and equity not as ideals, but as necessities.
And it made me ask the question: How could my story—and so many others—have been prevented?

That’s the heart of my keynote at this year’s Once Upon A Preemie Conference:
“Healing Starts Here: Centering Compassion and Equity in Maternal and Neonatal Care—Even in a Time of Crisis.”

We’ll explore:
✨ The pain that’s still present — the disparities we can’t ignore.
💛 The people behind the statistics — the stories that deserve to be heard.
💗 Compassion as a clinical competency — because empathy isn’t soft, it’s essential.
🌱 The path forward — where healing and accountability meet.

Because healing doesn’t begin with policies.
It begins with people.
And it begins with us.

Join me for this transformative conversation at the 4th Annual Black Maternal Health & Neonatal Equity Conference.

Let’s reimagine care with compassion at the center. 💜
🔗 Register now! Link in my bio.



40 million Americans are about to be affected.And whatever you might think about people who receive SNAP benefits, here’...
10/29/2025

40 million Americans are about to be affected.

And whatever you might think about people who receive SNAP benefits, here’s something you probably didn’t know:
I grew up in a family that relied on food stamps.

Not because of bad choices.
Not because of laziness.
But because sometimes life is hard — and families need help.

This week, while rounding, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the families who will quietly be affected by this — in the background of a nation that calls itself “under God.”

But this… this is not of God.

What is of God is compassion.
It’s reaching out to help your neighbor, like the Good Samaritan did.

This moment calls for an each one, reach one kind of response.

Find your local food bank.
Even if it’s $15, $20, $50, or $100 — buy and donate food so families in your community can eat.

Yes, there are scammers — there always have been.
But that’s not a reason to stop doing good. Businesses scam people too, and we still spend money there.

So give where you trust.
Check on your neighbor.
Support your local food banks.
I’ve given to No Kid Hungry and plan to drop off food when I return home.

Because if each of us reaches out in our own community, every community will have help.

The way to fight back is together. 💛

There was a time when all I could feel was the pressure —the pressure of miscarriage, uncertainty, bedrest, prematurity,...
10/27/2025

There was a time when all I could feel was the pressure —
the pressure of miscarriage, uncertainty, bedrest, prematurity, and the NICU journey that followed.

But what I see now is how that pressure was shaping me.
It was refining me.
It was turning me into who I was always meant to be.

A compassionate advocate, nurturer, healer.

Pressure turned into purpose.
What felt like dirt became soil.
What felt like breaking became building.
And from it, Mom & Me MD was born — a purpose far bigger than my pain.

And I can’t wait to reveal what’s next.🌱

🌿 “A truly powerful life isn’t won. It’s cultivated.” — Dr. Anita Phillips, The Garden WithinWhen I read that line, some...
10/24/2025

🌿 “A truly powerful life isn’t won. It’s cultivated.” — Dr. Anita Phillips, The Garden Within

When I read that line, something in me paused.

Before that, Dr. Anita writes, “The Creator designed your heart to be a garden, not a war zone.”
She reminds us that emotions aren’t meant to be fought — they’re meant to be tended. They’re the soil where healing, compassion, and connection take root if we allow them to. 🌱

I thought back to being a little girl — when something hurt me, my mom would say, “Don’t let people see you cry.”
Even now, my husband sometimes says the same, wanting to protect me from showing too much.

But deep down, I’ve always believed the opposite.
My power has never been in hiding my emotions — it’s been in honoring them.

When I allow myself to feel, I also allow myself to heal.
That’s where growth happens. That’s where compassion begins.

And that’s why I focus so deeply on honoring the emotions of the families I work with. Healing isn’t just about fixing what’s medical — it’s about acknowledging the emotional and mental impact that coexists.

Because when we tend to the heart, the body follows. 💛

Thank you, Dr. Anita Phillips, for putting words to what I’ve always believed about emotions — and for connecting it so beautifully to God, to how He created us, and who He created us to be.

I could see it in his eyes before he even said a word… because fathers feel it too. Today, I had to transfer a baby to t...
10/23/2025

I could see it in his eyes before he even said a word… because fathers feel it too.

Today, I had to transfer a baby to the NICU for persistent hypoglycemia.

As I updated the parents, I could see the anxiety rising in the father. He admitted that he was struggling — worried for his baby, worried for his wife, and trying to stay strong for them both.

I paused to celebrate his honesty and told him about Postpartum Support International, because postpartum anxiety and depression aren’t just women’s issues — they’re family issues.

Postpartum experiences affect everyone: how a mom connects with her baby, how partners support one another, and how the whole family heals.

I remember after my own miscarriage, I was so engulfed in my own grief that I didn’t stop to ask my husband how he felt — not for years.

When I finally did, the conversation opened my eyes. His pain, his fears, his quiet strength — they had all been there, just unspoken.

While we often focus on maternal health (and we should), we can’t overlook the ripple effect on fathers, partners, and families as a whole.

This is why, even though my company is called Mom & Me MD, I’ve expanded the narrative to include the broader family.

My work now centers on trauma-informed, family-centered care — because every person attached to that baby matters. The mom. The dad. The partner. The family. When one hurts, they all do.

So the next time you have to deliver difficult news or witness a family in distress, take a moment to look at both parents.

Fathers feel it too. 💙

NICU mom, can I tell you what I see far too often?When I round, I see parents who are weary — not just from watching the...
10/22/2025

NICU mom, can I tell you what I see far too often?

When I round, I see parents who are weary — not just from watching their baby fight through the most heartbreaking experience imaginable, but from a delay in self-care.

So many moms are pouring everything into their baby and nothing back into themselves. 💛
They feel guilty for resting. Guilty for breathing. Guilty for even thinking about their own needs — as if self-care somehow takes something away from their child.

But here’s what I’ve learned as both a NICU mom and a pediatrician: our babies do as well as we do.

So take that nap. Meet that friend. Talk to that therapist. Go for that walk. Do the thing that fills you back up.

Because when you care for yourself, your mind and body become clearer — and your connection with your baby grows even stronger. 🌿

You don’t have to give up yourself to give your baby the best — you already are the best. 💛

Sometimes when I’m talking with families in the NICU, I pause and remember my own journey — the anxiety that knotted my ...
10/19/2025

Sometimes when I’m talking with families in the NICU, I pause and remember my own journey — the anxiety that knotted my chest, the grief over what I imagined this season would be, the constant waiting for good news that seemed just out of reach.

I often wonder how their story will unfold — their journey of love, faith, and fragile hope — even when hope will feel impossible.

Because let’s be honest…
How do you hold on to hope when you’ve just been told your baby has a brain bleed?
Or that they’ll be in the NICU for an unknown number of days?
Or that surgery is needed for necrotizing enterocolitis, or there’s concern for retinopathy of prematurity?

The next thought you have isn’t one of hope — it’s “How am I going to survive this?”

I wrote Anchored In Hope because I’ve walked that road.
I’ve felt the ache in the unknown, the exhaustion that comes from trying to stay strong, and the quiet prayers whispered through tears.
And I know what’s possible.

When you connect with other families, you begin to see what’s possible too —
because even when outcomes aren’t what we prayed for, God is still good.
He’s still working.

And the very breath, heartbeat, and presence of your baby — however long or fragile — is still a miracle.

To the one who’s hurting today:
You are not alone.
Your anxiety, your grief, your pain — they matter.
To God, to me, and to a whole community of NICU families who understand. 💚

When you’re sitting in a NICU…Watching your baby surrounded by monitors, and every moment feels uncertain — gratitude ca...
10/18/2025

When you’re sitting in a NICU…

Watching your baby surrounded by monitors, and every moment feels uncertain — gratitude can feel impossible.
It can even sound crazy. 🙋🏽‍♀️

I remember reading “give thanks in all circumstances” and whispering, “How, God?”
How do you give thanks when your premature baby is doing everything they can just to live?

Yet through my experience, I discovered this:
You’re not thankful for the pain — you’re thankful that even in it, God is present.
He’s working.
He’s strengthening you.
Refining you.
Drawing you closer to Him.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 reminds us — give thanks in all circumstances, not because everything is okay, but because God is good.
Because He is enough.
And because His peace still meets you here. 🌿

🎵 “I’ll Give Thanks” by Housefires speaks to this beautifully — giving thanks not because everything feels good, but because God is already present, already providing, and already knows what you need.

Even here… you can give thanks. 💛

🕯️ Wave of Light | Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness DayI remember asking why? — over and over.The questions of grief ca...
10/15/2025

🕯️ Wave of Light | Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day

I remember asking why? — over and over.
The questions of grief can come like waves. The what-ifs and what-elses that pull you under before you even realize it.

But then you meet others who have stood in that same ocean — who’ve felt the same ache and still found their way back to shore. 🌊

This year, while on my locum assignment, I had the honor of participating in a Wave of Light ceremony — standing beside others who understand. Every time I share my story, there’s a little more healing, a little more light.

Through shared stories and community, there is hope.
There is light — even here. 💛

If you’d like to honor your baby or child, I’d be honored to light a candle in their memory.
✨ Drop their name below so we can remember them together. 💫

🎙️ Calling all faith-based podcast hosts!I’d love to be a guest on your show to share about my new devotional, Anchored ...
10/15/2025

🎙️ Calling all faith-based podcast hosts!

I’d love to be a guest on your show to share about my new devotional, Anchored In Hope: A NICU Parent’s Devotional — a 30-day journey of strength, peace, and faith through one of life’s hardest seasons.

As a pediatrician, NICU doctor, and NICU mom, I wrote Anchored In Hope to help families see God’s presence even in uncertainty — to remind them that healing and hope can coexist. 💚

If your podcast encourages faith, resilience, or finding purpose through pain, I’d be honored to connect and share this message with your listeners.

📩 DM me or tag a podcast you think would be a great fit!

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