Virtue & Valor Birth Services

03/17/2026

03/10/2026

Do your research. Tell your friends.

A large 2019 systematic review (Hutton et al.) found no increase in perinatal or neonatal mortality for planned home birth vs planned hospital birth among low‑risk women in high‑income countries with well‑organized systems.

Planned home birth for low‑risk people is consistently associated with:

Fewer inductions, epidurals, episiotomies, forceps/vacuum, and cesareans

Less severe perineal trauma

Higher satisfaction and sense of control

11/22/2025

Research tells us that babies who co-sleep in infancy, especially in those early years get around 13,000 extra hours of touch.

Thirteen thousand.

Because when you keep your baby close, day and night, they’re getting 10 to 12 extra hours a day of your skin, your warmth, your presence.

That’s not spoiling.
That’s wiring.

Touch is brain food.
It releases oxytocin, serotonin…
It lowers cortisol.

It teaches your baby’s body how to feel safe.
How to come back to calm.

We actually have studies showing
co -sleeping babies have lower stress reactivity meaning their little bodies bounce back from stress faster.

That’s not dependence.
That’s coregulation.
That’s safety being built from the inside out.

So the next time you’re contact napping,
bed sharing, doing whatever gets you both some rest and someone tells you you’re creating bad habits, remember this ~

You’re not creating a clingy baby.
You’re creating a resilient one 🖤

The Breastmilk Queen - Amy McGlade 🥰

09/25/2025

Because we’re more about empowering women than saying “you can’t use that, so suffer!” 🫠

09/25/2025

Exciting News!!

I’m now accepting homebirth doula clients beginning January 2026!

If you’re planning a homebirth in Madison County, AL or Lincoln County, TN, I’d be honored to walk alongside you with encouragement, comfort, and support through pregnancy, birth, and beyond.

Spots will be limited, so if you’d like more information or want to reserve your place, please reach out soon! 🤍

09/18/2025

This is the best!! 🤣

09/16/2025

All of this!!!

Birth can be traumatic for dads too.
We just don’t talk about it enough.

While everyone checks in on mom,
there’s often a dad sitting in that hospital room…

Trying to stay calm.
Trying to be strong.
Trying not to fall apart.

He watches the woman he loves scream in pain…
or get rushed into emergency surgery.
He sees machines, hears alarms, watches the panic.
And he can’t do anything but hope and pray.

No one asks if he’s okay.

And after the birth?
He’s expected to hold it together.
Support her.
Support the baby.
Go back to work like nothing happened.

But sometimes he’s hurting too.

Birth can shake a man to his core.
Especially when things don’t go as planned.
Especially when he thinks he might lose the love of his life, or his child.
Especially when no one sees the weight he’s quietly carrying.

So let’s say it loud,
Birth can be beautiful and life changing,
but it can also be terrifying.
For dads too.

Let them talk about it.
Let them feel it.
Let them heal.

©️Caty Sanders

09/16/2025

Trust your instincts.

Mother Nourish Nurture 🫶🏼

08/10/2025

Homebirth emergency - is it what you think?

At home:

– Decels? I reposition mom, left lateral, call EMS before we’d need them.

– Baby crowns, no restitution. Shoulders not stuck, but not moving — PAC pull was the best move for this dystocia.

– Baby out to mom’s chest. Slow cry, great tone, fat pulsing short cord. Pinked up in our hands.

-Ems arrives with no job to do, and is sent away happy they didn't have to deliver a baby.

In hospital:

– Same decels? Likely whisked to OR for “emergency C-section” before pushing.

– If not, second alarm sounds for shoulder dystocia.

– Mom flat on her back in McRoberts, four-step sequence, maybe an episiotomy “just in case.”

– Cord clamped & cut instantly.

– Baby to warmer, then NICU “for observation.”

– Mom left with surgery or stitches, separated from her baby.

Birth isn’t just where — it’s how it’s handled.