Dreamspired Doula and Lactation services

07/30/2025

Join on August 8th behind Hellen Keller Hospital

Calling all Mamas! 🤱✨ Join us for our upcoming Women's Center event, "The Big Latch On" next Friday, August 8th at Helen Keller Hospital. This event is held annually during World Breastfeeding Week to raise awareness, strengthen community support, and improve the health of children and women worldwide. Bring your little ones, meet other amazing mamas, and enter to win door prizes!

📍 Helen Keller Hospital (Back Lawn)
📅 Friday, August 8
⏰ 10 AM

07/24/2025

A bath is not necessary right away and will remove a very important protective barrier

08/26/2024

Study: Only 2.9% Plan a VBA2C!

We have discussed that only 7% plan a vaginal birth after two or more cesareans.

That was national data published in 2015.

A study of California births, published in 2020, found that only 2.9% plan a vaginal birth after two cesareans (VBA2C.)

Data out of California can be a significant indicator for what is going on nationally as 1 in 8 US births occur there.

Why is the number so low?

As a mother shared: "A provider told me years ago that she had the ACOG rupture rate statistics right in front of her and I had an 80% chance of rupture for a VBA2C and that it is absolutely against medical advice for me to even attempt."

Nowhere in ACOG's VBAC guidelines do they say the uterine rupture rate after two cesareans is 80% or that planning a VBA2C is against medical advice.

Is it any wonder that 97% “choose” a third cesarean when this is the kind of counsel they receive?

Birthing women deserve better.

08/20/2024

⭐️𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓!⭐️
Your milk ducts grow with each pregnancy!
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Did you know that women produce significantly more milk with their second babies than with their first?
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Most women who struggled with milk production with their first have an easier time with their second.
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(This does not apply to moms who have medical conditions or issues causing them to have a low supply.)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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❓Did anyone else notice an increase in milk supply with their second baby? Comment below ⬇️
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08/15/2024

08/10/2024

I’m in day 5,130 and still figuring jt out, one day at a time

Honestly?

We’re all just kinda winging it 🤷‍♀️

07/13/2024

First stand alone birth center in Northern Alabama!

We are thrilled to announce that Alabama Birth Center has officially been granted a birth center license!

🌟We are now the first stand-alone birth center in North Alabama! 🌟

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing team members featured in this photo (Elisabeth, Dr. Robinson, Mariah, & Vanessa), and to those not pictured (Tracie, Mr. Johnson, Sarah, and our ACLU attorney, Lindsey ♥️). A special shoutout to everyone supporting us from the sidelines and behind the scenes (including you, Mr. Baxter!). We're also incredibly grateful to Callie, WHNP, from Alabama Women's Wellness Center, who played a crucial role in our early stages. Additionally, our thanks go out to everyone who has generously donated their time, money, and expertise, including contributions from the Yellowhammer Fund.
We could not have done it without you ALL!!

Now, LET'S HAVE SOME BABIES!! 👶🏻👶🏼👶🏽👶🏾👶🏿

04/25/2024

Parenting is so tough

04/24/2024

Pregnancy causes all kinds emotional abnormal behavior lol

For example: "When my wife discovered I ate the last cookie, she became so prangry!"

04/19/2024

Babies don’t manipulate they have needs that need to be met and sometimes those needs are just comfort and security

Does your baby do any of the following:

👉cry when you put them down
👉nurse constantly
👉needs constant reassurance
👉gets fussy when they are tired
👉cry out when you are out of sight

Then your baby is definitly NOT manipulating you!

You are the only constant in their ever changing world.

Your baby will be independent one day. Holding them and reassuring them will only aid in their independence.

Babies cluster feed and nurse for comfort. Comfort IS a valid need!

Babies are many things including: incredible, adorable, and snuggly. But one thing they aren't is manipulative.

Ignore those who tell you differently and judge you for being an attentive mom and keep on holding your little one!

The days are long but the years are short❤

04/08/2024

Great ways to help promote positive breastfeeding immediately after birth

‘No hatting, patting, or chatting immediately after birth!’ was a phrase coined by Carla Hartley, a passionate women and baby’s advocate, and refers to the ideal conditions for post birth recovery, bonding and the initiation of breastfeeding.

But what does it mean?

Humans are mammals and giving birth is a hugely sensory experience for us.

Imagine what being born must feel like to your baby!

After birth it’s important (if health and condition of mum and baby allow) to create a peaceful, quiet and calm environment with low lighting, where possible, to allow the new family to get to know each other, for oxytocin to flow, to allow the baby’s feeding instincts to be nurtured and encouraged, and for all the senses to be promoted.

Hats for baby should be avoided as long as they are skin to skin with Mum or Dad (or supporter) as they may interfere with the natural processes and sensory stimulation that sniffing a baby’s head gives the mother.

After delivery no one besides the parents need to touch (or pat!) the baby. Any checks that can’t be completed while baby is on mum’s body can wait until later, at least until the ‘golden hour’ has passed.

Keeping the environment quiet and calm with mum and dad’s voices or others talking only in hushed tones will also help to create a post-birth haven and promote the possibility of that first calm feed for baby. Don’t forget baby has been listening to mum’s conversations from the inside so her voice will be reassuring and comforting in this new environment.

03/27/2024

Colostrum is liquid gold for new babies