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04/26/2026

At hOMe holistic, we are deeply committed to holding women through pregnancy and postpartum with care. We recognize that not every woman or family has access to the kind of support they truly deserve during these seasons.

Our Doula Love Fund was created to help bridge that gap. Through this fund, we’re able to extend our nurturing, evidence based doula services to women and families who might otherwise go without support during such an important time.

Your generosity helps us offer presence, guidance, and care when it’s needed most. If this speaks to your heart, we invite you to contribute or share with others who may feel called to support this work. 🤍✨

04/19/2026

One thing we already knew! Now proof!

A 2025 study published in AJOG adds powerful, up-to-date data showing associations between doula care and improved maternal and newborn outcomes.

Key Maternal Outcomes:

More vaginal births after cesarean (VBAC): For every 100 patients who received doula care, there were 15 to 34 additional VBACs compared with those without doula care.

Higher postpartum follow-up attendance: 5 to 6 more per 100 received postpartum office visits.

Key Neonatal / Infant Outcomes

Increased exclusive breastfeeding rates: Babies whose families had doula support were more likely to breastfeed exclusively.

Fewer preterm births (and early preterm births): Doula-supported births showed a reduction in preterm birth rates.

In short, the study links doula care with improvements in birth outcomes — across birth mode (more VBACs), infant health (less prematurity), and early infant care (breastfeeding, postpartum follow-up).

Read more: https://internationaldoulainstitute.com/2025/11/evidence-for-doulas-new-ajog-study-finds-doulas-improve-outcomes/

04/12/2026

04/11/2026

04/11/2026

I love this statement… And what we’ve been telling families for over 20 years… Couples have to hold onto the reigns of their birth… When we know all of our options, know the risks and the benefits with each intervention… Understand why our provider is recommending whatever it is that they are recommending and take a moment to make the decision that is best for their family, which is unique only to them, their birth, and their baby… When I worked for many years as a trauma therapist… What I saw over and over again wasn’t the intervention itself, but how an intervention was presented… When it felt like there was no choice for the mother and “things just kept happening” to her… That’s the trauma that’s the overwhelm that’s when we want to have a do over…

Research shows that birth trauma is deeply linked to a loss of agency. It is the feeling of being acted upon instead of being cared for. It is the sense of being a clinical subject under observation rather than a human being who is truly supported.

When a mother feels like the leader of their team rather than a patient in a bed, the brain stays out of "fight or flight" mode. This is how consent literally changes the physiology of birth.

Help: https://www.bonfire.com/cesarean-awareness-month-2026/

04/09/2026

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Birth is one of the most vulnerable, powerful moments of your life and you deserve to feel supported through it 🤍

A doula is there to hold space for you, to remind you of your strength, and to help you feel a little less alone through the journey.

If you’ve been curious about doula support, come meet us ✨

Our Meet the Doula gatherings are every other Thursday at 10:30am and are completely free (our next meeting is April 16th!)

Visit the link in the comments to learn more about our doula crew!

02/21/2026

In a new study presented at , researchers shared that pregnant patients who stopped taking their antidepressant medication during pregnancy were almost twice as likely to experience a mental health emergency compared with pregnant patients who continued taking their prescription.

Learn more at www.smfm.org/news/

02/14/2026

We have a very special announcement 🌿

Introducing the Doula Love Fund

At hOMe holistic, we believe every mother deserves to feel supported, seen, and held during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. The Doula Love Fund helps provide doula support to moms in need.

If you feel called, you can support this fund with a one time or recurring donation (linked in comments!). Every contribution helps create more supported births, calmer transitions into motherhood, and families wrapped in care from the very beginning.

Thank you for being part of this loving+supportive community 🩷

02/07/2026

One thing we know for sure

A 2025 study published in AJOG adds powerful, up-to-date data showing associations between doula care and improved maternal and newborn outcomes.

Key Maternal Outcomes:

More vaginal births after cesarean (VBAC): For every 100 patients who received doula care, there were 15 to 34 additional VBACs compared with those without doula care.

Higher postpartum follow-up attendance: 5 to 6 more per 100 received postpartum office visits.

Key Neonatal / Infant Outcomes

Increased exclusive breastfeeding rates: Babies whose families had doula support were more likely to breastfeed exclusively.

Fewer preterm births (and early preterm births): Doula-supported births showed a reduction in preterm birth rates.

In short, the study links doula care with improvements in birth outcomes — across birth mode (more VBACs), infant health (less prematurity), and early infant care (breastfeeding, postpartum follow-up).

Read more: https://internationaldoulainstitute.com/2025/11/evidence-for-doulas-new-ajog-study-finds-doulas-improve-outcomes/

02/03/2026

And what is it we mean by losing it? Our temper? tolerating what we no longer have the capacity for? Our ability to keep doing all of it all the time? Our ability to restrict what we eat? To be quiet?

I’ve been there. My patients have been there. My girlfriends have been there.

It happens premenstrually, in pregnancy, postpartum, in perimenopause and menopause (where I’ve personally felt this edge of my mind!). And it happens sometimes - just because.

I believe it’s not madness at all. It’s the weight of emotions too big to contain, truths too wild to silence. It’s the body screaming for release, the mind unraveling under the strain of being “good,” “calm,” “in control.”

The truth is, anyone can feel they’re losing their s (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/i/?hl=en)!. The mind and body are one—one imbalance, one trigger, and life as we know it shifts. Neuroscience confirms it. But what if this “madness” isn’t something wrong inside of us - the rage, the edge, the self wanting to be free is a reckoning? Maybe it’s a a return to something deep, primal, something real? To our deepest, truest, wildest selves.

Maybe we aren’t afraid of losing control. Maybe we’re afraid of what happens if we finally let go.

So good to be back with you as I slowly ease into socials, and as always keep it real!

💭 What do you think? And importantly, too, how do you feel? Share below. ⬇️

01/10/2026

Forward leaning inversion helps mothers and babies. It’s NOT only for breech babies but can help encourage them to turn head down. It always supports optimal fetal positioning, and pelvic balancing!
Message us anytime for more info.

01/05/2026

Holding your hand. Offering a supportive gaze. The word. The space. The b r e a t h you need. To support you. To support your journey. Honoring you in this powerful time of your life. We are honored and grateful to stand beside you. We love being your doula crew.

Thank you for allowing us to birth with you in 2025. We look forward to many more births in 2026!

Join us for meet the doulas every other Thursday at 10:30am 🌿