The Reclaimed Village

11/07/2025

Love you all 💙

Come stay in touch with me over on my personal page:

05/06/2025

In 5 years as a doula I've seen many breech babies flip head down in pregnancy.

But I've also had 5 baby clients born breech.

I'm not advocating for any one way of birthing breech babies. I AM advocating for parents with breech babies to have real options. These parents deserve to weigh the risks and benefits of an ECV to try and turn baby, a scheduled C-section, or a breech vaginal birth, and they deserve to be supported by skilled care providers.

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03/24/2025

Mark your calendar for the First Friday of every month at 7pm!

First Fridays is a monthly gathering for pregnant people, postpartum families, and all caregivers of young children to gather in community. Some months we'll bring in an activity, or a guest speaker. Other months will be informal.

Registration and more information: https://thereclaimedvillage.com/classes

11/13/2024

Can I let you in on a secret?

I share a lot of different types of births on this account. But the truth is: I do not care how your baby comes out of your body. Vaginal birth, c-section, pain meds or no pain meds, etc. etc. I do not care and I will not judge you for your choices.

What I care about is that you feel empowered to decide what is best for you. Not what is best for me. Not what is best for your OB or midwife. What is best for YOU.

Period.

10/30/2024

I can't help myself 🫣

The doula/client relationship is so deep! When a repeat client reaches out and invites me to attend their birth again, I have such a hard time saying no.

Any other birthworkers feel my pain? 🤪

10/23/2024

This quote from Jen Hamilton has been on repeat in my head since I heard it last week.

Birth is wild.

It is messy, bloody, loud, and primal.

It is all-consuming, and can be overwhelming.

It is nothing like anything you've done before.

It will push you to your limit, your breaking point... and then it will push you further.

If you know what to expect, it's not as scary. Not as overwhelming.

Education is KEY to improving birthers' satisfaction with their birth experience.

❓Did you know what to expect for your labor? Did it help?

10/15/2024

10/11/2024

You always have options in birth 💕

This family's first C-section was unplanned, and emergent. Their HBAC for baby #2 was redemptive and peaceful, and I was so happy to be invited to it.

Did you know about HBACs??

09/25/2024

𝗔𝗟𝗜'𝗦 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪:

This review is long overdue, but I just saw that our wonderful doula [Megan] has some last minute openings this year so I said “mom brain be gone, write this review RIGHT NOW!”

Megan was our doula for my baby born in 2023, and I couldn’t recommend her or Bria enough. My husband was a bit on the fence when I initially brought the idea of a doula to him, but the minute after Megan left our first in-person meeting he was like “best money I’ve ever spent.” We clicked with Megan quickly and felt safe and comfortable with her. She is very laid back and easy to get along with, but also very knowledgeable and excited to share that knowledge and support her birthing families. She explained what my husband’s role would be during labor which gave him confidence going into everything, showed us lots of pain management tactics, and went over my birth plan with us. She was not judgmental over any decisions we made (we had a hospital birth with midwives and I got an epidural when my labor went from 0 to 60 real quick). During my actual labor, she made it her mission to turn my hospital room into a ~vibe~ complete with twinkle lights, battery operated candles and my birthing playlist, which made it even more special for us.

But the best part about working with a team is the added education and support. We had a one-on-one educational day with Bria which was phenomenal, and the lactation support with their LC was so helpful. If you’re on the fence about even getting a doula, DO IT. And then do yourself one better & work with Reclaimed Village, you won’t regret it.

08/27/2024

Only 4 days left to snag early bird pricing for our Keeping Your Power advocacy workshop for doulas (February 2025) with Birth Doula Brittany and Traci Doula, Maternal Instincts Doula!

I first took this workshop in 2020 when I was a brand new doula, and the skills I learned have been absolutely invaluable to me as I navigate making sure my clients are centered in their births. It gave me the tools to speak up, without creating animosity.

Learn more here:

A deep dive into advocacy, for birth workers

08/03/2024

Doulas have different perspectives on what advocacy means in our job. Here at TRV we believe doulas DO advocate. Which is why we're so excited to co-host this workshop with Birth Doula Brittany!

We'll be bringing in guest speaker Traci Doula, Maternal Instincts Doula to facilitate a weekend full of conversations and activities to help doulas learn how they feel about advocacy, and gain skills to help uphold their client's agency and autonomy.

The Keeping Your Power workshop includes topics such as:

• Why should doulas advocate?
• Understanding our personal triggers that can hinder advocacy
• Biases and why they can cause birth trauma
• True responsibilities
• Sustainable business practices and avoiding burnout
• Keeping Your Power®
• Perspective, conversations w/ empathy and compassion
• Advocacy scenarios in the birth room and practice
• ...and more!

Register by 8/31 to lock in early bird pricing!

https://www.thereclaimedvillage.com/event-details-registration/keeping-your-power-r-advocacy-in-action-workshop

07/07/2024

I posted this quote from on stories yesterday, but it needed a permanent spot in the feed. She just framed it so eloquently!

Rest 👏 is 👏 productive.

Share with someone in 3rd or 4th trimester, and maybe send them a coffee gift card to go with it ❤️☕