The Uptown Doula

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The Uptown Doula

Mother Centered
•Prenatal & Postpartum Services
•Home Visits
•Relaxation Sessions
•Placenta Encapsulation
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The Uptown Doula is a service for new and expecting moms as they prepare for childbirth. A series of three classes are offered targeting the expecting mother's MIND, BODY and SPIRIT. The goal of the classes offered is to provide a high quality service, which is convenient for even the busiest mom. Each session is designed to meet the individual needs of a mother based upon her specific interests.

All that is asked of our mom's is that you open your heart and your door as we walk you through the stages of your pregnancy with ease. Listed below, you will find a brief description of each class, pricing and scheduling information. MIND - During this session, we will process the greatest concerns of your pregnancy to gain clarity and arrive at a place of comfort. The goal of this session is to provide support, ease tensions and evoke calmness as you prepare for a peaceful birthing experience. ($40)

BODY - Feel beautiful as you navigate through a process which will discover your body’s natural rhythms and optimum comfort. The goal of this session is for mothers to feel confident and comfortable as they prepare for their special day. ($40)

SPIRIT - Relax your mind and body as you unwind and allow yourself to just "be." This session is a mommy favorite, as no two sessions are alike! Moms are encouraged to customize their experience by choosing from an array of personalized services. ($45)

If you have any questions or wish to schedule a session, contact [email protected]

10/07/2023

Check out my article in the October issue ANTIGRAVITY Magazine titled ‘Who Gets To Be A Child’. I’m talking about how society robs Black children of their childhoods prematurely and how so many of us are fighting to shift that reality for our own children.

11/30/2022

Today felt like striped Girbaud outfits and Eastland boots.
Like pineapple monogram earrings.
Like a chain with my name on it.
It felt like DJs and car shows on the lake on Easter Sunday.
Like a fish plate with two pieces of cake.
Like a fresh pair of white G-Nikes.
Like sitting on the porch.
Like Daniel Green slippers.
Like pin curl ponytails and deep waves.
Like a beeper vibrating on your hip.
Like a ring on every finger.
Like Tommy Girl perfume.
Like flying kites at the Fly.
Like a St Aug Talent show.
Like Andrea’s beads on your nails.
Today felt like home.
If you can’t understand, it wasn’t meant for you.

10/01/2022

Seasons change 🍁🍂

09/25/2022

🌞🍂

09/16/2022

Collard Kids know how to have a good time. Heru absolutely loves cooking! I can’t wait until I’m his sous chef!

08/30/2022

Join me and a panel of amazing researchers, parents, lactation specialists and activists

Our goal for this conversation is to Inform parents and community members on safe practices for feeding and caring for infants and young children during natural disasters, public health crises, emergencies AND provide evidence based information, lived experience and storytelling to work towards the decolonization of wet nursing and or human milk feeding.

*This conversation centers human milk as the gold standard for feeding infants and young children, while understanding the challenge many parents face while nursing. In fact, we hope to bring light to these challenges and why they exist.

07/26/2022

The peanut butter to my jelly. Wishing a special birthday to my beautiful sister Lesley who is strong and brave and sensitive and funny and talented and artsy and Loving and nurturing and Don’t play! It’s so amazing to watch you grow over the years and I love our love for each other as we grow old together. So happy to call you not just a sister but also my friend. Don’t cry! .beauti

07/17/2022

Had an amazing day with my sweet oldest kid who made me get out of the house tonight. You don’t have to be sad about your kids getting older-I enjoy this one more and more every year.

07/15/2022

Grateful for our time in New York these past few days. In a city known for its fast pace of life, we found a rhythm that was slow-ish and allowed time to take deep breaths, sit in the sun and learn from Black sibs and joyful, free facilitation. Gathering with doulas from across the country to talk Doula reimbursement policies in our states and how we center liberation, authenticity to ourselves and center ancestral traditions without watering them down. I have big unpopular feelings about this and found a community that understood and held myself and others in getting past the moments when we want to say fu€ # this $ #!+ Big thanks to and for hosting. Also had a chance to spend time with my godbrother and get some pretty good street food. Onyx was a pretty cool travel buddy and I’m grateful for all the people who got me water, prepared my plate and smiled at my baby. Oh- and shout out to and for making airport navigation less sh*tty. 💕

05/03/2022

My community showed up and showed out today. Thank you to for hosting for Give NOLA Day and for feeding us. And to true Community Book Store .nola for lovingly welcoming me and giving me a comfortable place to pump and some good recommendations. Love y’all ❤️

05/03/2022

It’s such an honor to be a member/owner of this amazing organization. I’ve learned so much about myself, and how to show up in radical support. The people who are a part of Birthmark are truly committed to Reproductive Justice work and are continuously working to learn more and reflect ti show up on better ways for the families we serve.
We offer all of our services at a sliding scale defying the cost by 100% for a vast majority. We provide birth and postpartum doula services, childbirth education, emergency preparedness kits and workshops, home visitation, in clinic lactation support, a competitive maternity leave, childcare subsidies, community outreach and advocacy at both the grassroots and state level.

04/20/2022

While having lunch with some amazing doulas, we stopped in Baton Rouge for a bite to eat. As I nursed my baby at the table, our server can over to me and said- I saw you breastfeeding and let my manager know. I said okkayyyy. She said that he said there are a lot of customers who might be uncomfortable with this and may even approach me about it. I became defensive and said that it would be okay and that they’d have the right table! She said her manger said to let them know if anyone said something to me about breastfeeding and they’d ask THEM to leave.

Many of our people are in Baton Rouge. Please visit on Lafayette St. They are breastfeeding champions. More of this!!!!

Baby gotta eat too!

04/14/2022

We had such a good time at the last Beignets and Babies we decided to do it again! Meet us TOMORROW on the lawn outside of Cafe DuMonde. Bring your own blanket- and baby. 😂

04/14/2022

We had such a good time at the last Beignets and Babies we decided to do it again! Meet us TOMORROW on the lawn outside of Cafe DuMonde. Bring your own blanket- and baby. 😂

04/10/2022

SOMETIMES two under two looks like 💕💕💕

03/19/2022

Happy Birthday to my mama, who gets cooler and more beautiful with each passing year. Growing up, you always told me that one day we’d be friends and I’m grateful to say that day has arrived. I enjoy the way you’re always learning new things and growing into better versions of yourself. The best is yet to come! Love you Jennifer Hill

03/12/2022

I have laughed, cried and danced with, been inspired by, learned from, fought alongside, and been called in by most of these humans. What a wonderful way to spend the morning with so many leaders of the Reproductive Justice movement past, present and future. Moral of the story- take care of yourself and love your people in and through this work.

02/14/2022

Eat your heart out lovers 🥰

01/24/2022

Onyx Ryan Sol and her Paw.

12/25/2021

Ori in Yoruba mythology means your soul, it means your essence, it means your instincts.

Ori is a Yoruba metaphysical concept- literally meaning "head," and refers to one's spiritual intuition and destiny. It is the reflective spark of human consciousness embedded into the human essence, and therefore is often personified as an Orisha in its own right.

This is the first pregnancy I’ve been able to celebrate. Been able to walk my own path and make intentional decisions without fear.

Inspired by ancient Yoruba symbols made popular by who coined this art as “ The spirit as the Ori” There are hidden messages throughout my bodysuit and skin that represent love, freedom, fearlessness and strength.

When coming up with the concept for this shoot, I talked with my friend since 7th grade and artist nolacreative for hours about my journey through motherhood and how it defined so much of my life and at this point in my life I’ve been somebody’s mama for longer than I have not. Its been the greatest test and taught me the most about myself and how I navigate life in general.

Everything about this shoot flowed and felt divine. From finding the space and - a space owned by some dope ass Black women and curated in a loving and intentional way so graciously allowing us to use it as the backdrop for this special moment to who always seem to be there for my most special moments, stepping out of her bubble to paint me. I’m so grateful to everyone who helped to bring this vision to life.

And shoutout to myself for realizing that most importantly I am the altar. Act accordingly.

12/24/2021

35.

12/24/2021

Spirituality is a deeply personal journey. It won’t look like anyone else’s- ever. Some search for communities that can lead them in a direction that feels right, others wander through the world seeking to find their own way through connection to people, nature, and experiences.
There’s no right or wrong and there is no point of arrival.This journey is a continuum of learning and expanding. These traditions and rituals are inherently African, inherently Black and run through our DNA. I’m appreciative for the silence I’ve been granted over the past few weeks of my maternity leave to allow for a richer connection to myself, those who have come before me and those that will usher in bringing my baby earth-side. Thank you to my beautiful doula, friends, family and birthing team for holding my hand always as I navigate the beauty and the the turbulence that is pregnancy. Blessed and highly favored.

12/21/2021

Each year my family sets intentions for the new year. Usually, it’s 10 minutes before the clock strikes 12 on New Years Eve in the corner at a family party. The past couple years have been a little different and this year in particular holds lots of transitions for us. On the last full moon of the year, we gathered on our living room floor around my birthing altar, sipped pomegranate tea from my bestie and wrote our intentions for the new year along with what we are grateful for. The things we’re leaving behind in 2021 -we shared aloud as we threw into a bonfire filled with wood and dragons blood gifted from my sis . After we were done, J and I prepared foot baths for one another while Hill Heru played in our water and Ryan got some alone time smoking a cigar. This is our last year as a family of 4 and our last year together before J goes to college. I’m grateful for these sweet moments and for creating traditions with some of the people I love the most.

12/16/2021

Y’all! Parenting a bad ass.free thinking. Intelligent. Unapologetic. Fearless.Black teenager is not for the faint at heart!!! We’re always learning and growing over here, which means that we often have to get to know new versions of each other and ourselves which isn’t easy and many times don’t exist harmoniously with each other. But somehow - no matter how hard things may get, how unfamiliar the territory we enter may be, we somehow always manage to find our groove. I love you so much for that and will never stop my inner work to make sure I can keep up to the force that you are. Thank you for allowing me to bear witness to all of you. Thank you for always challenging me to get out of my comfort zone. We were truly made for each other! This is 18.

12/13/2021

Happy Holidays Playa!
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11/27/2021

Spent the day completing our baby registry ( Ashley Hamilton) .nola. We’ve been going there since I can remember and they were the only place I could find to replace my childhood book collection by Fred Crump Jr. which recreated traditional stories using all beautiful Black characters. Now, my kids have a chance to have those stories and many others with kids who look like them. What did we miss y’all? What are your favorite childhood books with Black characters?

11/18/2021

Black Birth Matters Walking Tour in the French Quarter and Treme area on Saturday, Nov 20! Get your tickets now to learn about the history of New Orleans and it’s connection to Black Birth work with a picnic lunch in Armstrong Park afterwards. Sign up using the link in bio!

11/09/2021

Made one of my favorite fall desserts tonight adopted from umpteen years years ago. Baked pears ( if peaches aren’t in season )with goat cheese, honey and pistachio. Thank me later!

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SOMETIMES two under two looks like 💕💕💕

Each year my family sets intentions for the new year. Usually, it’s 10 minutes before the clock strikes 12 on New Years Eve in the corner at a family party. The past couple years have been a little different and this year in particular holds lots of transitions for us. On the last full moon of the year, we gathered on our living room floor around my birthing altar, sipped pomegranate tea from my bestie @thebeauteaco_ and wrote our intentions for the new year along with what we are grateful for. The things we’re leaving behind in 2021 -we shared aloud as we threw into a bonfire filled with wood and dragons blood gifted from my sis @j_queen_things. After we were done, J and I prepared foot baths for one another while Hill Heru played in our water and Ryan got some alone time smoking a cigar. This is our last year as a family of 4 and our last year together before J goes to college. I’m grateful for these sweet moments and for creating traditions with some of the people I love the most.