Wonderfully Made Doula and Lactation Support

09/13/2025

A little honey 🐝 was on the way!

Sweet girl has arrived!

09/08/2025

The only thing that sucks about breastfeeding to sleep, co-sleeping, cuddling all night is that it doesn’t last forever.

09/06/2025

“I hope my OBGYN is not too crazy and doesn’t try to bully or coerce me into unnecessary interventions”

My OBGYN:

08/29/2025

Guilty

Yup, done this 😅

08/28/2025

👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

08/20/2025

Latching a newborn can be very challenging, but trying to latch a baby while swaddled is certainly not going to make it easier.

You would think that by restricting their movements you would be able to latch or control them but no…. Let’s remember that birth and breastfeeding is a game of two. You and your baby.

1. Interferes with Feeding Cues
• Babies show early hunger signs by moving their hands to their mouth, rooting, and sucking on fingers. Swaddling restricts their arms, making it harder for them to signal readiness to feed. This will lead to parents to catch the late cues (crying and screaming) and make latching way more difficult.

2. Hinders Proper Latch
• Babies use their arms and hands to help position themselves and stabilize during breastfeeding. Swaddling can make it more difficult for them to self-attach and achieve a deep latch.
They also use their hands to stimulate milk let down and flow ☺️💕

3. Safety Concerns
• A swaddled baby may overheat if held close during a feeding.
• If baby falls asleep while swaddled at the breast, it could increase the risk of positional asphyxia (chin-to-chest positioning).

4. May Reduce Intake
• Babies often need to wake their body up to feed effectively. Swaddling can make them too cozy or sleepy, leading to shorter or less effective feeds.

5. Interferes with Bonding & Regulation
• Skin-to-skin contact during feeds helps regulate baby’s temperature, heart rate, and breathing, while also boosting milk supply. Swaddling blocks this contact.

👉 Instead, it’s best to unswaddle baby for feeds (or at least free their arms), do skin-to-skin when possible, and then re-swaddle afterward if that helps them feel secure for sleep.

08/16/2025

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08/14/2025

A recipe to fail at breastfeeding.

1. Not taking a breastfeeding class. Going in thinking it will come natural or that you will figure it out. Some lucky people might be able to pull through but is probably going to be way harder.

2. Not latching the baby will force you (if you want to bf) to pump at least 10 times in 24 hours. And this is the first mistake that happens at the hospital. Because when they bring you a bottle of pre made formula, they should bring you a pump as well, but sadly it doesn’t happen that way. Postpartum is A LOT and when bf is no prioritized sometimes it can not be fixed later. Baby will more than likely prefer the bottle and not come back to the breast, the lack of stimulation will lead to a low milk supply and early ending of lactation.

3. If you are home and your have formula as an option, YOU WILL GIVE formula, you will skip pumping and the snowball starts… again.

4. Unless your pediatrician has lactation education or an IBCLC in office, I wouldn’t take advice from them when it comes to breastfeeding since sometimes breastfeeding goals are not being prioritized.

5. If you skip night feedings, or go more than 4-5 hours without latching or pumping your milk supply will decrease.

If baby doesn’t latch: PUMP! Pump every 2-3 hours and don’t skip night pumping.
Reach out to a LC to figure out latching.
If your pediatrician recommends formula before referring you to a lactation consultant, look for a LACTATION SPECIALIST.

If you had a rough start but still want to breastfeed, find a lactation specialist and understand that it may take some hard work but you can still achieve your goals!!!

08/12/2025

Eat your placenta.

1. Call or text 432-296-2676 to book
2. I’ll pick it up and get it ready for you
3. Enjoy postpartum with a nurtured body.

Postpartum doesn’t have to suck.
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08/12/2025

Which one you like?
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08/10/2025

Why are people like that? Our non epidural births don’t take anything away from yours….