The Shoals Doula - Katie Terry

10/29/2025

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

I’m excited to share some wonderful news for our community! Three Alabama midwives have expanded their practice to focus on serving the Shoals community! These services including clinic time on Mondays as well as pregnancy and home birth support for northwest Alabama!

If you’re curious about these services or would like to meet the midwives, join me at .flo this Sunday at 3 pm for a “rethink birth” chat!

Hope to see you there!

10/28/2025

🌿 To the single mothers in our community — we see you.

We know that many families are being impacted by SNAP benefits not being provided this month. While we wish we could fill all of your pantries, what we can offer is a moment of care for you.

✨ East + West Wellness is offering free Ayurvedic lifestyle consultations to single mothers during this time.

Our hope is that this small act of support brings a sense of peace, balance, and steadiness — for you and for your children — in the midst of uncertainty.

You do so much to hold it all together. Let us help you refill your own cup.

💛 In addition, we’ll be collecting non-perishable food items at Shoals Bodywork to help support local families who may need a little extra this month. If you’d like to donate, please drop items off anytime during business hours — every bit helps.

🕊️ To schedule your complimentary consultation, send us a message or visit eastwestwellnessflo.com

With love and care,
Danielle + Priya
East + West Wellness

10/28/2025

We recognize that many families are experiencing hardship due to the recent government shutdown or the loss of SNAP benefits. In an effort to provide support, we will be offering one family per week in November a gallon of our homemade chicken stew.

If you or a family you know has been affected, please send us a private message with a brief note. All nominations and selections will be handled privately.

We want to offer support to our community as long as we are able. Let’s all do our part during this difficult time around the holiday seasons. We wouldn’t be here today without the support of the community.

10/28/2025

This piece is called "Held in Blue". It captures a mother baby wearing, surrounded by a luminous blue stained glass design that glows with love and serenity.

Shes looking for a new home! -> LaurenJTurnerFineArt.com

10/28/2025

Did you know your baby doesn’t fully realize they’re their own person until around 6–7 months old?

In those early months, your little one truly experiences the world as though they’re part of you. They depend on your presence for comfort, nourishment, and security.

As they grow, they begin to understand that you and they are separate — a beautiful milestone that brings both independence and new emotions.

This awareness often leads to separation anxiety. Your baby may cry or reach for you when you step away — even for a moment. While it can be hard to see, this is actually a sign of healthy attachment. It means your baby feels safe and connected to you.

Supporting your baby through this stage:
✨ Respond consistently — calm, predictable care builds trust.
✨ Offer comfort and reassurance — your touch and voice remind them they’re safe.
✨ Encourage gentle independence — security gives them confidence to explore.

Every cuddle, smile, and soothing word helps your baby build the emotional foundation they need to thrive.

You don’t need to do it perfectly — your love is more than enough.

As a doula, I love reminding parents that connection, not perfection, is what babies need most. 💞

10/28/2025

Strong evidence supports what midwives already know, skin-to-skin contact after birth called to be recognized as not only the standard of care but, to not do so would be unethical.

Leave your thoughts below. To Read the full updated review visit https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003519.pub5/full

10/18/2025

If you know , you know how talented, kind, loving and FUN she is. I saw her at an event at and she gifted me some of her art to give my clients who have experienced loss. I unfortunately have distributed them all. Having someone engage me on the “behind the scenes side” of my work truly meant the world. Thank you, Audrey 🤍

If you have experienced a loss through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss in our community. Please know you are not alone and there are resources here for you.

offers online support groups.

specializes in perinatal trauma with their counseling services.

can help support your physical needs after your loss.

As a doula, I offer in-person support through the miscarriage process whether this is at home, hospital, or virtually at no charge.

Other online accounts:

If you need someone just to go on a walk or get a cup of coffee, I’d love to listen and pray for you. I know would be willing to do the same.

“Blessed are those who mourn or grieve, for they will be comforted.” Matthew 5:4

10/14/2025

10/11/2025

When I became a midwife at 21, I had no idea where this path would lead — but I knew that women deserved better. That belief still drives me every single day. 💫

Midwifery is more than a profession — it’s a calling, a movement, and a promise to protect the power of birth.

10/11/2025

👩‍⚕️ Happy National Midwifery Week to our incredible team of intelligent and caring Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs)!

We’re so grateful for this powerhouse team of dedicated CNMs who work tirelessly day in and day out to support, guide, and empower their patients.

Each of our CNMs excel in providing the highest level of care to all patients; whether it be during your annual well woman exam, throughout your pregnancy and postpartum period, and beyond 🩵

Our team of CNMs delivery exclusively at Huntsville Hospital Women & Children.

🎉 Please join us in celebrating these women and all they do for Women’s healthcare in North Alabama!

📲 256-759-9269
📍Women4Women OBGYN
320 Pelham Avenue Suite 301 Huntsville, AL 35801