Katherine Clare Doula Care

09/25/2025

I took a short break from social media.🥰 *highly recommend*
While I was away, I had the honor of supporting and witnessing a beautiful, strong birth. 💙..What a sincere joy it was.

09/10/2025

So honored to watch a Baddie Birther rock her induction and welcome a sweet baby into her arms.

09/02/2025

💯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

You might think you're just being informative by sharing your baby's due date, but what you're really doing is:

👉Making it harder to be pregnant past your due date when people keep asking why you still haven't had the baby

👉Inviting people into your labor experience who will want to give you tips on how to "start labor"

👉Carrying other people's stress about your baby's birthday

👉Putting the focus on the baby rather than your well-being and needs

👉Making the wait seem even longer

👉Questioning your baby's ability to be born

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝?

✨"My baby is due sometime in November."
🌟"She'll be born between October and November."
⭐"She'll come when she's ready."
✨"We're hoping to have her late fall."
🌟"Due dates aren't accurate, so we're open to her coming weeks before or after her due date."

I get it. You're excited and want to share the joy with others, but only 4% of babies are actually born on their due date, and about 50% of first-time moms give birth closer to 41 weeks. So, do yourself a favor and get comfortable with the idea that you don't know when your baby will be born.

09/02/2025

This. This. This! Mamas, your uterus can push out your baby! 🙌🏼 Just because you are "complete" doesn't mean it's time! Pushing before your body tells you it's time can lead to prolonged pushing and a higher risk of damaging your pelvic floor and perineum. A forceful approach to pushing can also lead to stress on your baby's heart rate, especially when there is not enough recovery time in-between contractions.

08/23/2025

These are great labor movement! Every body is different. Try these and see how they work for you.

08/22/2025

Great position options!

08/18/2025

What an honor to witness such strength, such calm.
What an amazing way to begin any day.
Mamas, intentional self-care and preparation can pay off for birth!

08/17/2025

It will be a great night!

Let’s drop the filter for a minute.
We know you’re strong. We know you’re doing your best.
But sometimes even the strong ones need space to exhale.

So this week's challenge is simple—but real:
Finish this sentence: I need this night because…

Maybe it’s:

💔 “I’ve been taking care of everyone but myself.”
😵‍💫 “I’m exhausted from being ‘fine’ all the time.”
✨ “I want to reconnect with the woman I used to be.”

Whatever your answer, we see you. And this is your chance to receive something just for YOU!

HOW TO ENTER 👇

✔ Like this post
💬 Finish the sentence: I need this night because…
👯 Tag a friend who will understand
📲 Share to your stories + tag us

🎁 THE PRIZE: A FREE ticket to our fundraising event: Pour Into You: Wellness, Truth, & Cocktails or a Comprehensive Health Evaluation with Dr. Jennifer at Simplify Health!

🗓 Winner will be announced on Friday, August 22!

You deserve a space where you don’t have to hold it all together.
You deserve to be poured into. 💖

08/14/2025

🌿Yes! This! And it is always an honor to witness and hold space for each mama as she journeys through her unique birth story. 🌿

Doulas have to surrender too.

Birth always involves surrender for mothers. We talk about open hands, soft jaws, low sounds, and the release that's needed to welcome a baby. But doulas, you'll find that fully supporting a woman in the thick of it involves our own kind of release. We have to be willing to let go of our own plans, and fully lean into trust.

Supporting mothers means that we unreservedly believe that they are the best ones to decided what's right for their body and for their baby. It isn't our job to make sure they the "right" kind of birth, whatever we personally believe that looks like. It's our calling to walk alongside them, provide guidance when they look to us, and to help them uncover their own desires.

If we go into births expecting to "save" the mother, we'll miss the chance to serve her. We must surrender what we think is best and center what the mother knows is best for her.



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08/13/2025

🌿What a great tip!💖

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08/12/2025

🌿Mamas, I'd love to know - what brought peace to you during birth? How do those memories still affect you today?