The Shoals Doula - Katie Terry

01/18/2026

Ironic that this 2016/2026 trend is happening. 2016 was the first time I had two births in one day and here we are 10 years later and it happened again! Can’t wait to share more about those recent births soon 🤗

01/17/2026

What a beautiful birth to end 2025 🥰

This couple was committed to and prepared for a different kind of birth but when little miss Bodhi turned from breech to footling breech, they were confident that cesarean birth was the best route. Thankfully they were in great hands and Bodhi’s birthday was so beautiful!!

Maleia and Ike, Thank you for your trust to be a part of this journey. I know this was not on your bingo card for 2025 but I’m so proud of how you both handed it all. Bodhi has some of the sweetest parents!! Love yall so!!

Lastly shoutout to Dr. Robinson along with the team at Crestwood Hospital who went above and beyond to make my clients feel comfortable and make their birth preferences happen in the OR. Thank you!

01/17/2026

What a beautiful birth to end 2025 🥰

This couple was committed to and prepared for a different kind of birth but when little miss Bodhi turned from breech to footling breech, they were confident that cesarean birth was the best route. Thankfully they were in great hands and Bodhi’s birthday was so beautiful!!

Maleia and Ike, Thank you for your trust to be a part of this journey. I know this was not on your bingo card for 2025 but I’m so proud of how you both handed it all. Bodhi has some of the sweetest parents!! Love yall so!!

Lastly shoutout to Dr. Robinson along with the team at Crestwood Hospital who went above and beyond to make my clients feel comfortable and make their birth preferences happen in the OR. Thank you!

01/14/2026

What started with a “I’m not sure we can do that” ended with a “I’m glad we could make that happen”.

Don’t stop advocating my fellow doulas… we belong in the OR!

01/14/2026

My third catch but first one to have a photographer present for. I will cherish these photos forever!

Disclaimer: Doulas are not primary pregnancy medical care providers. I’m trained and within scope to support my clients in the need a birth transitions quickly and no medical care provider is present and how to respond until medical care arrives. We were supported over the phone with their midwives who were on the way and arrived minutes after baby’s birth.

01/12/2026

Hey Friend 👋🏻 Let’s talk about it.

Part 6: Postpartum Hormones

What was your experience like after birth? Were your prepared for the feelings or changes or was it something you wish someone would have told you about? Comment below!

01/10/2026

So sweet!

01/08/2026

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01/07/2026

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01/02/2026

This year reminded me why I do this work— supporting difficulty, trusting my training, and watching the beauty of it all (after I caught my breath 😮‍💨). Grateful for every opportunity the Lord gave me to witness and support.

I caught a baby.

I directed not one but two clients to receive life saving emergent care for placenta abruption.

I witnessed a family struggling with tremendous loss be blessed again.

I assisted more cesarean births IN the operating room (instead of the waiting room) than I have in my entire career.

Had some stellar folks take childbirth education.

Postpartum doula support is like becoming a fun aunt of a family. It’s so sweet.

If you hired me, thank you. If you followed along and supported me, than you. If you told someone to look into their options, thank you.

Happy 2026 ✨

12/27/2025

“No one ever told me…”
“No one ever talks about…”

LET’S TALK ABOUT IT!

Comment with what surprised you during pregnancy, birth, postpartum, feeding, parenthood.

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12/25/2025

In Bethlehem’s hush, beneath a borrowed roof,
A virgin knelt where promise met the earth.
The Word made flesh took breath and bone,
And heaven touched the dust of human birth.

No crown adorned the Child she bore,
No throne but straw, no royal hall—
Yet angels watched in trembling awe
As God made small, made weak for all.

She bore Him not by human will,
But by the Spirit’s holy breath;
Obedient faith her offering still,
Her yes undoing Adam’s death.

The One who flung the stars in place
Now cried against her beating heart.
She wrapped eternity in cloth,
And held salvation in her arms.

O blessed womb, by grace made pure,
O faithful servant of the Lord—
Through you the Light of Life was born,
The long-awaited, promised Word.

Sending all my love to you and yours for a joyous Christmas,
🤍 KT

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