A Mother's Nature Birthing Service, LLc

07/24/2024

I am now VBAC certified!! Continuing my birth education!!

07/07/2024

Another day on the job! I love the work I do.

05/11/2024

Two weeks with this little man and two more to go. Honored to have helped this family through their postpartum period!

03/22/2024

Overnight Postpartum work. Up so you can sleep! Doula work is the best.

03/14/2024

Last day with my postpartum client and her family. Very honored to have work with this family during this special change in their life.
I love what I do!!

01/16/2024

Just getting home form helping a family at a birth. I so love the work I do. Even in the snow I made it.

01/06/2024

Another postpartum client down!! Really enjoyed working with this family. I love the work I do

01/04/2024

This year I plan on attending more births. Last year I had a lot of postpartum work. I love the work I do. So blessed to have found my passion!!

11/16/2023

Ask questions, especially if it's not medically necessary!!

Elective induction around a holiday is for convenience, but not yours.

With Thanksgiving & Christmas coming up, loads of unnecessary inductions and c-sections are about to happen.

Every year there is a HUGE decrease in births on (and around)...

🔆 Christmas
🔆 New Year’s Eve/Day
🔆 Easter (changes yearly - first Sunday after the full moon in April)
🔆 Memorial Day (changes yearly - last Monday in May in the US)
🔆 Independence Day (4th of July in the US)
🔆 Thanksgiving (changes yearly - last Thursday in November)

And it’s not just the United States - it's everywhere.

How could it be that all of these holidays have lower birth rates year after year?

It’s not a coincidence - it’s about convenience.

And not YOUR convenience. The convenience of providers.

No one wants to work on holidays, and hospital birth providers have a way to make sure (for the most part) that they don’t have to.

Inductions & c-sections are rarely scheduled ON holidays, but they ARE frequently scheduled in the days leading up to, or just after, a holiday.

If you are due around a holiday, and your provider suggests an induction or c-section, it’s a good idea to question why (remember that you always have the right to decline). If there is NOT a legitimate medical reason, they may be more concerned with being home in time for a holiday dinner than your well being.

For more info and references on this topic, check out my FREE holiday births handout on my website (birthuprising.com/resources).

10/20/2023

Gotta love these overnight postpartum work!! I love helping families 😊😁

08/10/2023

08/03/2023

It's a postpartum care kinda night!!
Love the work I do!!

06/28/2023

Current Postpartum Client of mine!!
I love the work I do!!

06/28/2023

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I love the work that I do

Whitney is amazing. My husband ruptured his Achilles and was no longer able to help with his typivcal baby duties, so we asked Whitney to provide night nurse support a few nights a week so that Momma ...

05/13/2023

Just finished with my 3 1/2 month postpartum doula clients. It was bittersweet, working with a great family and building a connection to them, and now it's all over. Now it's on to the next family to help!!

03/24/2023

Get you a Postpartum Doula!!