Doulas of Marquette

09/24/2025

We are a proud sponsor of the Superior Health Foundation gala! 🤍

08/23/2025

We were able to attend this wonderful event along with taking a tour of the Beacon House Marquette! The space, services, and staff are beyond words. So thankful to have this beautiful and healing place for families in our community to land when they need support the most. 🤍

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended the Expectant Mother & Infant Health Conference!💛 Your support and participation made the day truly meaningful, and we are so grateful to have shared this important conversation with such a caring community.

A very special thank you goes out to our amazing presenters from UPHS, UPHCS, and NMU Center for Rural Health - Linda Marshall, RN, IBCLC; Dr. Jenna Racine, MFM, MD; Kelly Kurin, NNP; Katrina Keough, MPA, R.T. (R.); and Elise Burr, Director of NMU Center for Rural Health. Each of you brought valuable insight, knowledge, and compassion, helping us shine a light on the importance of maternal and infant health.👶✨

Together, through events like this, we continue building stronger, healthier beginnings for mothers, babies, and families in the U.P. community. ❤️🏡

08/17/2025

What a beautiful offering! Hannah at Cloverland Botanicals is a trusted herbalist in our local area. Our entire team has seen her over the years and we highly recommend her! 🤍

08/09/2025

We absolutely love this visual by The Breastfeeding Dietitian 🙌⁠
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Most babies feed like the blueberries. Some big feeds and some small feeds. Some feeds close together and others spaced further apart. And then there's 'cluster feeding' – where your baby feeds very frequently (or almost continuously!) over a period of a few hours.⁠
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A rigid breastfeeding schedule can compromise a healthy milk supply. By offering the b**b whenever your baby 'asks' for it, you'll be stimulating your breasts to make more milk because breast milk production works on a ‘supply and demand’ basis – the more milk you remove, the more your body is signalled to make.⁠
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So watch your baby, not the clock and feed according to your baby's hunger cues. This way you'll support a healthy milk supply that's attuned to your baby’s needs.⁠

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08/07/2025

Join us Saturday, August 10th, at 3:30PM at for UP Mama Village!⁠
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UP Mama Village is a monthly gathering for all women and people in the Upper Peninsula who are part of the birthing continuum. Whether you’re pre-conception, pregnant, postpartum, or have experienced pregnancy or infant loss, this supportive space is for you.⁠
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Suggested donation: $10/month. If you’re unable to donate, that’s okay. Pre-registration isn’t required, but helps us know how many to expect. You can pre-register here --> https://www.bewellmqt.com/service-page/up-mama-village

08/05/2025

Happy World Breastfeeding Week!

Here at Doulas of Marquette we are not only a team of three experienced doulas, but we are all Certified Lactation Counselors (CLCs)—which means we’re here to support you from bump to breast and beyond.

Whether you’re navigating the early days of feeding, troubleshooting latch challenges, combo feeding, bottle feeding, pumping, or preparing to return to work, our combined skills in birth, postpartum, and lactation care offer you continuity, compassion, and confidence.

✨ One team.
✨ Three doulas.
✨ Full care and support for your family.

Let’s build a support system that meets your needs—right where you are!

08/03/2025

The first hour after birth—often called the Golden Hour—can have a lasting impact on breastfeeding success and newborn well-being.

There are so many benefits to baby being placed skin-to-skin right after birth and given time to adjust naturally. Here's just a few:

Breastfeeding benefits:
• Baby’s natural ability to find the breast and self-latch
• Higher likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding
• Better latch and milk transfer
• Earlier milk production and stronger long-term milk supply
• Reduced need for supplementation

Even if you don't plan to breastfeed, there are general benefits:
• Regulates baby’s temperature, heart rate, and breathing
• Calms both parent and baby
• Promotes bonding through oxytocin release
• Lowers stress levels for both

As doulas and Certified Lactation Counselors, we offer hands-off, evidence-based support that centers the parent's instincts. Research shows that minimal verbal cueing and space for self-discovery during the Golden Hour can empower new parents and support the baby's natural reflexes to breastfeed.

If immediate skin-to-skin isn’t possible, there are still many ways to support early connection and breastfeeding in the hours and days that follow. Every journey is different—and you deserve support that respects yours.

07/28/2025

Join us this coming Saturday! You can also wish our owner, Melinda Britton, a happy birthday in person that day too! 🤍

August is Breastfeeding Month!

07/12/2025

As a team of doulas, we have the flexibility to support clients in several ways at once, including attending births, providing postpartum family support, and teaching classes. If one of us is called to a birth, other experienced doulas are waiting in the wings to provide support.⁠
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We're booking now for Fall and Winter!

07/12/2025

IIsn’t it amazing? Colostrum (the first milk) tailors its composition to each newborn's unique needs. This 2025 exploratory cross-sectional study found that the level of protein, carbs & fat in colostrum vary depending on whether a baby is born small for gestational age (SGA), appropriate for gestational age, or large for gestational age (LGA). Learn about it here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/08903344251342561

07/10/2025

We’re overjoyed to celebrate Katie and Kristen on becoming Certified Lactation Counselors! With this, our entire team at Doulas of Marquette are now CLC's. 💜

We offer compassionate and skilled lactation guidance in the comfort of your home, walking alongside you whether you are nursing, pumping, combo feeding, and everything in between.

We are certified to offer evidence-based support with latching, milk supply, pumping plans, feeding challenges, and emotional reassurance- meeting you where you are at while always centering your desires and goals.

As a team, we offer more than just knowledge—we offer understanding and the reminder that you’re not alone. The care we offer nourishes both babies and parents alike. 🌿