In Joy Birth

08/29/2025

08/25/2025

Next Wednesday (September, 3rd) is our next class! Come join in on the fun.

08/21/2025

Were so excited! We have 4 spots left!
September 13-14 11am-5pm Tree of Life Birth in Altamonte Springs. Sign up now.

08/21/2025

Another beautiful placenta going home with to encapsulate. We love making that all over town.

08/21/2025

A loving reminder that it’s not really about the size of your baby but the position that can make or break birth Yes, we can spin your baby during labor but not always and often getting there can be a journey. Setting yourself up for success ahead of time is key. Cat/cow exercise exercises for five minutes twice a day is probably the best thing you can do for yourself in that last trimester. We also encourage you to add in the Miles circuit at the end of the day and no more reclining when you’re sitting in a chair. We encourage you set up 90° or leaning forward. Laying sideways on the couch instead of leaning back. That can help your baby find its optimal positioning well before labor starts.

08/15/2025

1 more month! Want to be a Postpartum Doula but skip the birth part? We do that too! Reach out for more info.

08/15/2025

In Joy's Postpartum Doula training & mentorship is ready to launch! Learn from seasoned and active Postpartum Doulas, both in the classroom and homes of local families as well as community experts like IBCLCs & LMHCs. The program comes with 2 lifetime certifications, hands on training, a job offer (starting at $20 an hour) and a whole new career. September 13-14th.

08/14/2025

Don’t believe Heather when she tells you she’s more of a dog person than a baby person. Lies!

08/14/2025

Dishes washed, breakfast made for mama after she nursed, dog played with, toddler breakfast mess cleaned up and talked through all the topics. Sent mama off for an everything shower so I got to enjoy a sweet little moment with Miss P before her next nap.

08/12/2025

Across nearly every Indigenous culture around the world, the placenta has been considered sacred, powerful, and deeply connected to the child’s soul, the Earth, and the spiritual world. NOT waste

Modern Western obstetrics often treats the placenta as medical waste, unless it’s being sent to pathology, pharmaceuticals, or biotech.

It’s routinely yanked out, discarded, and disrespected even though it’s the literal organ that kept the baby alive.

Indigenous people did not treat the placenta as waste.

Western medicine did.

And that mindset, the one that views powerful parts of birth as disposable, is deeply colonial.

Things you can do with your placenta:

🧶 Bury it
• Often done with ceremony or intention (under a tree, with a blessing, or near home).
• Common in Indigenous cultures worldwide to symbolize connection to land and ancestry.
🧶. Honor it with ritual
• Paint with it (placenta prints), offer prayers, include in naming ceremonies, etc.
🧶. Keep it with the baby (Lotus birth)
• Allowing the umbilical cord and placenta to remain attached until it naturally detaches (typically 3–10 days).
🧶Placenta prints
• Using blood or paint to make a “tree of life” imprint on paper.
🧶Preserve the cord
• Dried and shaped into a heart, spiral, or word like “love.” A keepsake of connection.
🧶Dry and encapsulate it
• Steamed or raw-prepared capsules consumed postpartum (believed by some to aid recovery, mood, and milk supply).
🧶Make a tincture
• Alcohol-based extract for long-term emotional or hormonal support.
🧶Turn it into jewelry
• Using dehydrated, powdered placenta in resin to make beads, pendants, or rings.
🧶Plant it under a tree or in a garden
• Fertilizes the earth and marks the child’s life with growth and rootedness.
🧶Compost it
• If burial isn’t an option, composting returns its nutrients to the soil.
🧶Examine or photograph it
• Some people keep it short-term to study its structure, appreciate its form, or teach others about placental function.

What are some things you have done with your placenta?

08/08/2025

Over the last 5 years we’ve trained nearly 40 Doulas in our extensive 12+ month program. We are SO excited to see 5 of our past students over at making the magic happen as seasoned Doulas.