NoCo Doula Collective

10/27/2025

Love notes from clients always give us the warm fuzzies 🥰

10/24/2025

Breastfeeding isn’t a solo journey. Partners play a huge role in support—from bringing water and snacks to offering words of encouragement. Swipe for 5 tips to support nursing mothers 🤱

Mamas, is there a tip you'd add to the list? Tell us in the comments 👇

10/22/2025

Ain't that the truth?! 💫

10/21/2025

Meet Jessi (she/her), Postpartum Doula and Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), supporting families as they navigate the tender transition into parenthood as a much-loved member of NoCo Doula Collective 🥰

After the birth of her first son, Jessi faced a difficult postpartum period marked by anxiety, depression, and breastfeeding challenges. That long journey to healing transformed how she approached her second postpartum experience—and showed her just how essential compassionate, informed support is during this vulnerable time.

Jessi's approach is rooted in both lived experience and evidence-based education. She holds degrees in Human Development & Family Studies and Psychology, and in addition to being a CLC, is also a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist (PMH-C) and Postpartum Nutrition Specialist.

Jess is especially passionate about the role of nourishment in postpartum healing. She pursues ongoing education in clinical lactation, trauma-informed care, perinatal mental health, cultural humility, and equity—because EVERY family deserves inclusive, ethical and evidence-based care.

When she's not geeking out about the fourth trimester, you’ll find Jessi with her favorite people—her husband and two neuro-spicy boys who keep life full of laughter, curiosity, and movement. They love camping, fishing, and soaking up the beauty of the Colorado outdoors. Jessi also loves gardening, getting lost in a good book (or audiobook!), and savoring the rare but precious time with her mama friends.

We love you, Jessi! ❤

10/19/2025

Wow 🤯 could this be true?!

During pregnancy, fetal cells migrate out of the womb and into a mother’s heart, liver, lung, kidney, brain, and more. They could shape moms’ health for a lifetime, Katherine J. Wu reported in 2024:⁠ https://theatln.tc/W8aBhPp2
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The presence of these cells, known as microchimerism, is thought to affect every person who has carried an embryo, even if briefly, and anyone who has ever inhabited a womb. The cross-generational transfers are bidirectional—as fetal cells cross the placenta into maternal tissues, a small number of maternal cells migrate into fetal tissues, where they can persist into adulthood. ⁠
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Genetic swaps, then, might occur several times throughout a life. Some researchers believe that people may be miniature mosaics of many of their relatives, via chains of pregnancy: their older siblings, perhaps, or their maternal grandmother, or any aunts and uncles their grandmother might have conceived before their mother was born. “It’s like you carry your entire family inside of you,” Francisco Úbeda de Torres, an evolutionary biologist at the Royal Holloway University of London, told Wu.⁠
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Some scientists have argued that cells so sparse and inconsistent couldn’t possibly have meaningful effects. Even among microchimerism researchers, hypotheses about what these cells do—if anything at all—remain “highly controversial,” Sing Sing Way, an immunologist and a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, told Wu. But many experts contend that microchimeric cells aren’t just passive passengers. They are genetically distinct entities. And they might hold sway over many aspects of health: our susceptibility to infectious or autoimmune disease, the success of pregnancies, maybe even behavior. ⁠
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If these cells turn out to be as important as some scientists believe they are, they might be one of the most underappreciated architects of human life, Wu writes.

10/19/2025

Mental health is health. Full stop.

Pregnancy and postpartum can bring joy, but they can also bring feelings of overwhelm, anxiety and even depression. Friend, just know that if raising a baby is feeling hard you're not alone. We weren't meant to do this on our own --without a village-- and some days it can feel like you're lost at sea.

We're here for you. Because every parent deserves support 💜

10/19/2025

Expecting a baby next year?! Jump on our End of Year Special 🎉

We're offering $250 off ALL 2026 birth doula packages (yes, even those packages that include postpartum doula support as well!) now through December 31st.

📌 Here's how to grab this special rate:
- Must be expecting a baby after January 1, 2026
- Pay your retainer & sign contract before December 31st
- Mention this special discount in your initial consult
..and that's it!

Contact us for more info: https://nocodoulacollective.com/

10/14/2025

Doctors and nurses rotate shifts. Doulas? We stay.
We don’t clock out when contractions pick up. We don’t disappear when the baby arrives. We'll even come to your house to support you in labor *before* you head out the door for the hospital or birth center. That's what we mean by seamless support...

We’re with you before, during, and after baby the birth of your baby 💛

10/09/2025

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month.1 in 4 pregnancies ends in loss. Behind each number is a family, a story, a love that will always remain 💗
This month, we hold space and offer support for grieving parents 🕊

10/06/2025

As we wrap up International Babywearing Week, don't forget the TICKS acronym to safely wear your baby! 👶🏽

10/03/2025

🌟 The Life of a Birthgirl 🌟

Your birth story, your stage — we’re here to support every act.

The FATE OF OPHELIA doesn’t have to be your story — we’ll help you navigate fear, overwhelm, and uncertainty so your strength shines through.

You deserve the confidence of ELIZABETH TAYLOR — grace under pressure, beauty in the moment, fully YOU.

We bring a gentle, steady presence — kind of like a FATHER FIGURE — someone you can depend on when the spotlight’s on.

As an ELDEST DAUGHTER, you may feel expectations weighing you down — we’ll hold space for ACTUALLY ROMANTIC dreams of a positive experience.

We’ll shift through the WI$H LI$T of birth preferences together — informed, safe, respected, flexible, empowered.

OPALITE vibes only: gentle, glowing and ready for the encore.

Don’t RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP, why wouldn’t you have your bestie trained in birth by your side?

When things feel like they might be CANCELLED!, we’re your backup plan, your calm anchor, your advocate and your grounding WOOD — steady, rooted, and strong.

You can call us HONEY “if you want. Because we’re the ones that you want.”

At the end of it all, we believe your birth deserves its own The Life of a Showgirl moment: supported, celebrated, honored, remembered.