Kristie Horton - Birth Doula & Educator

01/09/2026

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This sentence drives me nuts! 😩
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You don't need to "𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧" after you give birth.
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This sentence is thrown around often and not only is it misleading, it has ruined many breastfeeding relationships before it has even started!
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People believe they are actually starving their child while they "𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧".
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It often leads to unnecessary formula feeding and panic!
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𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐊 that your body starts producing while you're pregnant it's called Colostrum.
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Colostrum 𝐈𝐒 milk.
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It’s there and ready before your baby is born.
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And it's in small amounts!
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Exactly what your baby needs and is plenty for them in those first few days.
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Your baby's tummy is the size of a marble when they are born. That's it.
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After those first few days, it transitions into transitional milk and then mature milk.
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01/02/2026

Just received an email that the submission for the new LLC has been successfully FILED. 🙌
Just waiting on the approval and certification!!!

12/26/2025

As 2025 ends so does an era of learning who I am and what I am becoming. As cliche as it is 2026 is ushering in a lot of NEW opportunities. As a result this page will undergo some modifications. Despite these changes, our services will remain.

Notably, our name will change as part of a transition to an LLC, following multiple adjustments over the past decade. With state registration underway, we anticipate LLC approval and receipt of our certificate early in the New Year. This change enables us to categorize all our services, encompassing education, doula support, discipleship, and other pursuits, under a unified personal service brand.

Looking forward with great anticipation for the year of our Lord, 2026.

Happy New Year!!!

12/26/2025

Merry CHRISTmas!

12/01/2025

I learned this a while back during my midwifery training. Why aren’t we using mama’s as incubators more?!? How much PDD could we eliminate if we were not separating premie babies from mamas?!?

💙💜💚 Studies conducted using infrared cameras have found that mothers raise their breast temperature as needed to warm their baby.
🍂 If a mother has twins and one is hypothermal and the other has a normal temperature, the mother's breast which is on the colder side of the baby will raise her temperature up to two degrees higher than the other with the baby at the right temperature.
🍂 Undoubtedly the best sanitary and the best incubator for the premature baby is the mother's body, and she is fantastically equipped to meet the needs of her immature baby.
Vicki Penwell.
Prematurity and care for mother kangaroo in natural disasters.
Words and photo📸 Credit .corazonnuestro

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=8724397570982645

12/01/2025

This year, I have been approached by at least a half a dozen midwives to conduct chart reviews for cases pending with their regulatory agencies or to provide expert witness testimony for trials. Th…

10/28/2025

I’m compilng some information for a assignment in a Midwifery Assistant Pogram. If this applies to you will you please share your experience? If not, will you please share this post for your friends to share their experiences?

If you experienced diet controlled gestational diabetes, how were you diagnosed? What diet changes worked for you? Did your GD affect when you gave birth or the size of your baby?

10/19/2025

Did you know doulas and midwives are not the same? While sometimes confused in conversations, doulas and midwives have very different roles.

A midwife can be hired instead of working with an OB/GYN for your pregnancy and birth. Sometimes, midwives work alongside OBs but still in a clinical manner to ensure the health and safety of mom and baby. Many midwives provide continuity of care, traditional birth support, and provide a more whole family, whole body, holistic support. However, their role is to keep mom and baby safe and focus on clinical care, meaning they may not be available to support with comfort measures and reassurance the entire duration of labor and birth.

A doula is in addition to your midwife or OB/GYN. Doulas do not replace any health care providers. Doulas provide continuous labor support the duration of your labor and birth. As they are not clinical, they are able to focus on your comfort and support needs regardless of how birth is unfolding.

Doulas and midwives often work together to support families but have very different roles.

10/17/2025

Working on this class and curriculum today.

09/14/2025

If you are waiting. Waiting for baby, waiting for answers, waiting for more...

Trust His Timing ❤️ ⏰️

Waiting is never easy! We want answers now, change now, breakthrough now. But God's timing is never late and never early—only perfect.

When the waiting feels heavy, remember: it is not wasted. In the stillness, He is shaping hearts, preparing paths, and weaving together what we cannot yet see.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, and it speaks of the end, and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it; because it shall certainly come, it shall not delay.
— Habakkuk 2:3

Trust the One who holds all time in His hands. 🌊✨️❤️

09/14/2025

Are you a pumping mama but feel like you are not getting enough milk from your pumps? You may have the wrong fl**ge size.

I now have fl**ge sizing kits available so that you can spend money on the correct fl**ge size alone. If you’d like to check your size let me know and we can plan a meeting.

09/08/2025