Mujer Fuerte Doula

08/23/2024

08/19/2024

The birth of my daughter was magical. It is a moment that I will never forget and that I think about often. Thinking back on it now I was so completely ready. Soul. Body. Mind.
Spirit.

On March 20, 2024 during the day I started experiencing a lot of cramping and lower back pain. I had a feeling that baby girl was moving down and getting ready to meet us. I asked my husband to stay home from work that night. For some reason, I just knew. Thankfully I did because around 8:15pm, sure enough, I found a tiny speck of bloody show in the toilet and that was all of the confirmation I needed that I would meet my girl really soon. That night, we ordered Taco Bell and went to bed. Nothing glamorous. It was what I had been craving all my pregnancy 😭
Around 2-3am, in the early hours of the morning, I was woken up by the intensity of a contraction. It pulled me out of my sleep and forced me to take a big deep breath. It’s here. I welcome you and I trust your timing. I took my own advice that I usually give to clients and I went back to bed for a couple hours. Around 5am I felt the presence of the contractions. There she was again. This time I could no longer stay distracted. My husband ordered breakfast and played songs off the playlist he made for our daughter. Then something switched. I told my husband to drop the dog off as I needed to focus. I needed silence. At around 7am he went to drop off Bruce at the doggy day care while I made a bath. I texted my doula, my soul sister, Selena and she reminded me of my strength and sent me a song to twerk to. Cue Never Loose Me by

As things became more intense I decided that I wanted an epidural. A decision that I had left to make as a game time decision. A lot of the decisions I made surrounding my pregnancy and birth were very firm. For example, I didn’t get an NIPT test and didn’t want one. I wouldn’t have induction I preferred a cesarean. Just to name a few. An epidural was something I hadn’t quite decided that I fully wanted yet but I wanted to keep my options open as I suffer from chronic body pain.
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04/05/2024

Happy 2 weeks to us! 2 weeks of holding your little hand, counting your toes, kissing your chubby cheeks, feeding you from my body, blow out diapers at 2am, soothing you when you cry or crying along with you, letting you know how much I love you, witnessing your dad stare at you in amazement. Thank you for choosing me. You’ve already taught me so much about myself and the version of myself I want to be. So in love with you, my Riley girl🩷🩷🩷

04/01/2024

Not excited about ending my maternity leave in 3 months but super excited about supporting families with this new and fresh perspective! As you all know birth and postpartum *should* be booked months in advance and therefore I’m officially opening my books up now for July and August!

Use the link in bio to schedule a free consultation with me where we’ll get to know each other, your birth desires, what you are looking for in a doula and see if we would be a great match❤️

Looking forward to connecting with you🤗

03/11/2024

I started collecting colostrum at 37 weeks. Colostrum is thick and has a yellow or “gold” hue to it and it is PACKED with white blood cells and antibodies to support baby in those first few days of life. It also has a laxative effect to help baby pass meconium and prevent jaundice. How freaking cool right?

It was important for me to collect colostrum for baby in the case that baby needed some additional support in those first few days after the birth or if I needed to be away from baby for some reason so my partner had to feed baby. Colostrum is a complete food. It meets all your baby’s needs in their first days of life and let me tell you it is a labor of love. Because of its thick consistency it takes a lot of hard work and patience to get out but I’m so proud of the little stash that I’m building for my girl 🩷🍼

Did you collect colostrum before the birth of your baby?!

03/08/2024

happy international women’s day🩷

12/29/2023

the bond these two share is so special. thank you both for teaching me about unconditional love, patience and to remember to laugh through it all. our perfect little family of four♥️

08/03/2023

Posted • ☁️ Ask a Doula Friday ☁️⁠
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Join me tomorrow with Eugenia & Selena to discuss lactation!⁠
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Come with your questions on infant feeding - what makes a good latch, help with positioning, knowing when your baby is full and so much more!⁠
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Tune in tomorrow Instagram Live at noon EST. See you there!⁠
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06/29/2023

Hey ya’ll!!!!

and I had one spot open up for an August birth due to some early babies born if you’re looking for birth support or someone you know is pregnant send them our way we’d love to chat with them!

Use the link in bio to schedule a free consultation with us where we’d love to get to know you, your birth desires, what you are looking for in a doula and see if we would be a great match!

Check out the slides for our availability for the rest of the year into 2024 (did I just say 2024 🤯 No but seriously, where is the time going?

Looking forward to connecting with you🤗

06/28/2023

It’s the middle of the week so I thought I would drop in here and post one of my favorite doula pictures with ’s bebesita ❤️

Spread joy!!!!!!!

05/28/2023

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It’s been a minute since I dropped a selfie. Happy Sunday! 😊😊😊

Enjoying the last days of being off call🎉 before baby time! 😬

05/16/2023

That’s it. That’s the caption. There is nothing left to say. You do not need to explain yourself. You do need to justify yourself.

No is a full sentence.

An exercise I practice with some of clients having a hard time saying no or who find themselves or know themselves to be “people-pleasers (no shame! I have struggled with this from as early as I can remember *cough cough* still working on it🥲) is saying no in the mirror over and over again. It might sound silly but we’ll practice in different tones. We’ll role play various hospital scenarios and you’ll practice saying no and what happens is we grow more and more comfortable not having to explain ourselves. The other thing is the memory that our body holds when it has experienced something in the past. Starting getting comfortable saying no before the birth so it doesn’t feel new or awkward when you’re at your birth.

Saying no is a powerful thing. It allows you set clear boundaries and allows you think before committing to something. As my client, I want you to put your own needs first. I want you to feel safe and respected when you’re making decisions even if it means saying no. Practice saying “no” in the mirror and see what comes up for you.