From Bump to Beyond

02/16/2025

As a healthcare worker (Doula, CNA, & CBS), I’m so exited for this giveaway! Be sure to come join the group and invite all your essential worker friends & colleagues 🫶🏽.

Join The Debrief: Support for Healthcare Workers & First Responders’s First Giveaway!

We’re excited to announce our very first giveaway; a simple and rewarding opportunity to win some fantastic prizes!

👩🏽‍⚕️ How to Enter:
•Invite friends and colleagues in the medical field or first responders to join our community.
•Supporters of first responders and medical professionals are welcome, too!
•For every 5 people you invite who join the group, you earn one entry.
•Share the giveaway details on your personal account and tag our group for an additional entry.
•Comment your entries below and reply to your original comment with additional screenshots.

🎉 Prizes:
Once our group reaches 500 members, we’ll select the winner to receive:
•A $30 gift card to Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks (winner’s choice).
•A 40oz Almond Birch-colored Simple Modern tumbler.

That’s a $60 prize just for inviting friends to be part of our community!

Let’s reach this goal together! Start inviting today!

Direct link to enter: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Et6Fzeoyg/?

06/07/2024

“In a world that tells you that you and your needs do not matter, where Black women are expected to suffer in silence, and where Black women are disproportionately dying at a higher rate from things like heart disease and maternal-related illnesses, self care is more essential than ever.”

-Oludara Adeeyo, Self-Care for Black Women

Our community lacks resources to needed services and proper care. Please advocate for yourself and prioritize your mind, body, and soul. 🩷

05/25/2024

Why you should say no to fenugreek…

Chances are as a breastfeeding mother, you’ve been told fenugreek can help with your milk supply. While fenugreek is one of the world’s most popular galactagouges, it does have adverse side effects and risk for both mom and baby.

According to LactMed, out of 85 women who took fenugreek, 45% reported having an adverse reaction. Some were a decrease in milk production, gassiness in baby, and a maple syrup smell from mother’s body.

Below are a few side effects that can happen to mom and baby:

Side effects for mom:
-It can decrease your milk supply
-Should not be taken in moms with diabetes or hypoglycemia
-It may worsen asthma symptoms
-It may lower the thyroid hormone T3
-It may cause gastrointestinal issues, loose stools/diarrhea, allergic reactions, & excretion of a maple syrup odor from the urine, sweat and possibly breastmilk

Side effects for baby:
-It may cause allergic reactions, gastrointestinal issues (colic, gas, reflux, upset stomach, diarrhea), maple syrup smell just like mom, & green, watery and/or frothy stools*

*Per “Thomas Hale PhD, Medications and Mothers Milk”. "The transfer of fenugreek into milk is unknown, but untoward effects have not been reported." Hale classifies it in Lactation Risk Category L3 (moderately safe).

If you have concerns about a low milk supply, please do not immediately run for supplements or cookies. Instead, contact a knowledgeable lactation consultant to discuss your breastfeeding challenges and goals. Also, just like with all supplements, talk to your doctor before you start taking any form of fenugreek even if your lactation consultant recommends it.

This link from NIH has great info that’s helpful and easy to understand!

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/fenugreek

In my professional opinion and personal experience as a breastfeeding mother, I would steer clear of fenugreek. The benefits do not outweigh the risks.

04/09/2024

Hello everybody!

My name is Brittney and I’m currently a birth & postpartum doula in training through MaternityWise Intl! I would like to offer my doula and breastfeeding services for 3 mothers who are due in May, early June, July, and/or early August in exchange for an evaluation from you and your spouse or birthing partner! If this interests you, please send me an email at: brittney@frombump2beyond.com! I am local to Fort Stewart/Hinesville!

04/01/2024

Happy Month of the Military Child!

As a military spouse of 7 years with two kids, this month means a lot to me. My kids have had to say see you later too many times to their dad. He’s actually gone right now and hearing them ask for their dad breaks my heart. They are little troopers though. They see him on video and it’s like he’s here with us!

I know being without your spouse can be hard, especially with littles! I’m always here if you need a listening ear! 🩵

-Brittney 🌻

03/08/2024

Happy International Women’s Day!

https://www.internationalwomensday.com

02/15/2024

Let’s talk birth doula! Why do you need one?

As a mama of two who didn’t get the childbirth experiences she wanted, I know exactly what it means to stick with a birth plan. I know what it means to have the dream birth. I want to help you!

Birth doulas are there for you, the expectant mother, as your support person. We’re going to make sure that you follow your birth plan, unless medical intervention is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. We’re going to make sure your childbirth experience is a positive one. We’re attentive, nurturing, and supportive during your birth. We also come offering our knowledge and expertise in providing guidance for not just you but your family, throughout your pregnancy and birth!

-Brittney, Birth & Postpartum Doula (CLD/CPD) & Lactation Support & Educator (CLSE)

02/11/2024

Keep it going!!

I’m a breastfeeding mom, of course I leak if I hear a baby cry 😂

01/10/2024

Why do I recommend breastfeeding? Why do I personally say, breast is best and fed is necessary?

“Breastfed babies have a lower risk of asthma, obesity, type 1 diabetes, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).” -Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Breastfeeding has many benefits for baby and mom. Learn more.