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25/05/2025

Doula baby born 5/25 6:07 a.m.💛

14/04/2025

🚫STOP! DON’T WASH THAT BABY🚫

Ever wondered what that white cheesy substance is on your fresh baby? It’s called Vernix! It starts to form on your baby’s skin around 20 weeks. What’s exactly in vernix?🤔 Scientists have identified lipids, amino acids, proteins, antibacterial, and antimicrobial compounds such as:

🌿wax and sterol esters
🌿ceramides
🌿squalene
🌿cholesterol
🌿triglycerides
🌿phospholipids
and amino acids, asparagine and glutamine

61% of these proteins can only be found in vernix 🤗

What are the uses of Vernix? 📚
📌it acts as antibacterial agent to protect baby inside and outside the womb
📌protective covering while going through the birth canal
📌allows baby to pick up good back bacteria and leave behind overgrowth of bad bacteria
📌protects baby from meconium exposure(baby’s first p**p)
📌it acts as insulation by maintaining your baby’s body temperature. Infants who are immediately washed have a significantly higher rate of heat loss
📌acts as a lubricant and decreases friction during birth and reducing infant trauma
📌it smells like mama and helps keep baby calm after birth
📌your baby swallows Vernix in the womb. The same proteins found in vernix are the same as those in breastmilk. This helps baby’s digestive tract to be ready to breastfeed.
📌keeps baby’s skin soft and subtle

Why do nurses rub it off? 🤔
Many policies in the hospital system are outdated but still practiced. We were taught that Vernix was a risk of germs. You can ask staff to please reduce rubbing of baby to preserve Vernix on baby’s skin! When baby has their first skin to skin contact with you, this is the perfect time to rub it in, not rub it off.

MAJORITY OF VERNIX IS ABSORBED 24 HOURS AFTER BIRTH BUT ISNT FULLY ABSORBED TILL 5-6 DAYS AFTER BIRTH! LETS GIVE OUR BABIES TIME ABSORB THIS DELICIOUS CREAM THAT SCIENTISTS ARE SO DESPERATELY TRYING TO DUPLICATE BUT CANNOT!

18/12/2024

Walk into a room while I am supporting a birth and you might think that I am just sitting there doing nothing. I won’t be talking. I won’t be touching the client. I won’t be using anything in my bag.

So what am I doing exactly?

🪑 Watching mom’s breathing and sometimes breathing loudly alongside her to remind her to slow down her breath

🪑 Scanning mom’s body during the contraction to make sure that she isn’t holding any tension

🪑 Monitoring the temperature and lighting to create the peaceful environment that she desires

🪑 Calculating how long it has been since she emptied her bladder

🪑 Thinking about how long she has been in her current position and thinking about the next position that she might try

🪑 Timing contractions to see if they are longer, stronger and closer together

🪑 Thinking about when mom and her partner last had a snack

🪑 Reviewing her preferences to make sure that everything is going according to her plan

🪑 Giving the couple space to connect on an intimate level (allowing for oxytocin) and/or guiding the partner to be the lead support

🪑 Updating notes and capturing labor flow

Sometimes just being fully present is enough. Sometimes just knowing I am there in close proximity is all mom needs to be able to relax and focus on what she needs to do. Sometimes just holding space for them in an unbiased manner allows for a noticeable shift in the energy of the room.

And the list goes on….

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19/10/2024

I’ve never seen anything like this before

10/10/2024

Brad Edwards and doula Kyra Betts chat at a Dads to Doulas information session in a birthing suite in Barnes Jewish Hospital.

05/10/2024

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Fun Fact: BREASTFEEDING reduces the chances of breast cancer by over 4% for every 12 months!

Happy Black Breastfeeding Week 2024!
27/08/2024

Happy Black Breastfeeding Week 2024!

08/08/2024

You know we can’t celebrate World Breastfeeding Month without dropping a new t shirt design for Black Breastfeeding Week! This design was created by ! Order by 8/18 to get in time for black breastfeeding week!

01/08/2024

Happy World Breastfeeding week 🤱🏽

20/07/2024

If you’re a black Mama that breastfeeds/pumps this post is for you!

I’m a local Birth Doula and breastfeeding counselor! Over the last few years I’ve put together a photoshoot dedicated to our Moms in the community that breastfeed/pump. So it’s that time again! August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month and August 26th-31st is Black Breastfeeding week! I’d like to get Black Mamas together and do our 4th year of dedication and awareness for y’all!

Photos will be taken in August 🤱🏽👩🏽‍🍼

If you’re interested please comment and let me know!

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