Birth Euphoria

Birth Euphoria Birth & Postpartum Doula Services in Houston, TX, USA

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03/17/2026

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I am HIV positive and 37 weeks pregnant.

Unfortunately today SIMPLIFED Lactation Consultants decided to stop my care because of my HIV diagnosis.

The consultant I was working with was very kind, knowledgeable and empathetic but said that โ€œthe higher ups said they do not have the โ€˜resourcesโ€™ to monitor my careโ€

Basically saying they want no parts of consulting and safely instructing an expecting mother just because she is living with HIV.

I canโ€™t say Iโ€™m surprised but I am disappointed. I thought all the advancements made in the last 3 years in the United States would make this experience different but it is CLEAR there is still a lot of work to do to end the stigma against HIV.

God is in control. ๐Ÿ˜ž

02/24/2026
02/24/2026

๐Ÿผ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿฝ This is a lactating breast. Not cysts. Not inflammation. Not โ€œtoxic buildup.

Those little bubble-looking spaces?

Theyโ€™re called alveoli and theyโ€™re where milk is made. โœจ

Breasts are made up of thousands of tiny milk-producing sacs, clustered into lobules, all connected by a branching highway of ducts ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿงฌ that carry milk toward the ni**le.

When milk is present, those alveoli can look:
๐Ÿ’งrounded
๐Ÿ’งpale or white
๐Ÿ’งfull and distended

That white youโ€™re seeing?
๐Ÿฅ› Thatโ€™s milk.

Not stored in one big โ€œreservoir.โ€

Not sitting in pockets.

Milk is made continuously in these tiny sacs and released when your body gets the signal, like baby suckling, hand expression, pumping, touch, even thinking about your baby ๐Ÿ’ž

๐ŸŒธ A few important things most people were never taught:

๐Ÿฉธ Breasts are highly vascular, especially in pregnancy and lactation. All that blood flow supports milk production.
๐Ÿง  Milk ejection is hormonal, not mechanical. Oxytocin matters. Safety matters.
๐Ÿ“š This anatomy is normal. Functional. Brilliant.

So if youโ€™ve ever seen images like this labeled as โ€œdisease,โ€ โ€œabnormal,โ€ or โ€œconcerningโ€โ€ฆ thatโ€™s not your body being wrong, thatโ€™s education being missing.

โœจ Your body doesnโ€™t fail at feeding.
โœจ Your breasts arenโ€™t broken.
โœจ This system has sustained human life for thousands of years.

Milk-making isnโ€™t simple.

Itโ€™s alive, responsive, and powerful.

And it deserves to be understood, not feared. ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿผ

โ™ฅ๏ธThis is a conceptual illustration, not a literal or to-scale image of breast anatomy. Itโ€™s meant to show how milk-producing structures relate to ducts and blood supply, not what you would see in a real dissection. The physiology is real but the proportions are illustrative like what we would see in medical education all the time because real anatomy is too small, complex, and layered to photograph clearly sometimes. We often use illustrations in anatomy textbooks, lactation education, and physiology lectures.โ™ฅ๏ธ

-Love,
Badassmotherbirther

๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐š๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž, & ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!
Salud Articular

02/12/2026

There has been a bit of misinformation and confusion so we wanted to set the record straight and keep you informed.

HB 1389 passed WITH amendments that were agreed upon by midwives and consumers alike .

Those amendments ensured that midwives are apart of the advisory council that will determine regulation. The council will:
-be embedded in DOH
- be a midwifery majority always
-has consumer voice included

This is a WIN for midwives and consumers ! Mississippi needs licensed midwives who can care for community ro their fullest capacity.

Mississippi must invest in midwives and the midwifery model of care . And the time is NOW!

02/11/2026

At this very moment, I remember thinkingโ€ฆ

How we as womenโ€”collectivelyโ€”must raise the bar.

Because this isnโ€™t casual.

This isnโ€™t small.

We literally risk our lives just to bring forth life.

And I remember prayingโ€ฆ not for myself only, but for every woman.

That we would be protected.

That we would be guided.

That we would walk with divine discernment before ever making a decision so holyโ€ฆ and so life-altering.

I remember standing there, quietly, asking God to encapsulate me in strength.

To wrap me in peace.

To cover me in something deeper than fear.

And after that conversation with Himโ€ฆ

Something shifted.

I remember the sunlight pouring through my bathroom window like it was brighter than it had ever been before.

Like Heaven was whispering back.

And in that moment, I knewโ€ฆ

It was time.

02/11/2026

We provide a variety of comprehensive Birth Emergency Skills Training Workshops and online programs for out of hospital midwives, student midwives, nurses, and birth workers. Check out shoulder dystocia (2.5 hours) and postpartum hemorrhage (3 hours).

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02/11/2026
01/27/2026
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01/26/2026

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