Abbey Bartley - Doula

04/24/2026

💭Thursday Thoughts💭

It's easy to focus on how things look, but who you are matters so much more. Your character shows in the quiet moments, the hard ones, and the ones no one else sees.

Be grounded in that🙌

04/16/2026

I’ve been seeing so many posts lately of birthing women doing incredible things - birthing twins at home in a tub, birthing their babies through needed cesarean sections, advocating for their rights to informed consent, growing and birthing beautiful and large babies, and so much more - that I just wanted to pop on and say that women are awesome!!

04/10/2026

I couldn’t agree more with Abby Cape Doula Services! The doula group in our area is so amazing!

It takes a village to raise a child. It also takes a village to make this doula thing work. When I had to step out to care for a postpartum client, Theresa Burmeister Birth Co. stepped IN to facilitate our last stroller walk. 🍃

So thankful for her (and so many other doulas turned good friends!) passion to support other new families alongside me. Our Mid-Missouri doula group really is something so special and uplifting. We work independently, but when you hire a doula in our area, there's a whole tribe behind her. We practice what we preach to our clients: support, collaboration, giving & receiving in different seasons. 🙌

Join us for the next New Mom Meet Up, first Tuesday morning of every month. Messy buns and spit-up shirts required 😜💕

03/25/2026

03/18/2026

Two weeks ago, on March 3rd, 2026, Monique White, DC, MS, ICCSP, and I hosted our second Mindful Birth Prep Event at Advanced Physical Health in Columbia, MO. We invited Kristie Wright, DPT, from Libertas Physical Therapy to join us to discuss pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy. It was so exciting to connect with the pregnant families and other perinatal providers who came to the event! I am writing this blog post to share a little bit more about our hearts behind the event, and our future hopes for the event as well.

Two weeks ago, on March 3rd, 2026, Monique White, DC, MS, ICCSP, and I hosted our second Mindful Birth Prep Event at Advanced Physical Health in Columbia, MO. We invited Kristie Wright, DPT, from Libertas Physical Therapy to join us to discuss pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy. It was s

03/12/2026

I’m currently reading this book - already gaining some great insights! Does anyone else want to read it with me??

Keep an eye out for a blog post with my thoughts!

One in three births is traumatic. It doesn’t have to be that way.

03/04/2026

Our second annual Birth Prep Class is a wrap!🤍 Thank you to everyone who came out and spent the evening with us!

Each class is designed to give families practical tools, knowledge, and confidence as they approach birth. Together, our goal is to help parents walk into labor and birth feeling informed, supported, and prepared.

We had our team of a birth doula, perinatal chiropractor, and pelvic floor physical therapist share their expertise. Some of the topics we covered this evening:

✨Stages of labor
✨Value based birth planning
✨Pelvic anatomy
✨Positions to help labor progress well
✨Common interventions and options
✨The neuroscience of birth
✨Pelvic floor health & postpartum healing

We’re so grateful and can’t wait for the next one!!

02/22/2026

If you take a look at my “About Me” page on my website, you can probably guess where I’ve been this week 🧐👀

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02/14/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕 I hope you’re enjoying a heart-shaped pastry this morning too!

02/09/2026