Doula Belle

07/16/2024

We’re just 4 days away from our Maternal Support & Education Day event, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring you an incredible day filled with:

🩷Free onsite event childcare service by PLAY.ISH LLC
🩷Free Bexa radiation-free breast screening
🩷Free diapers & wipes by Baby B Soothed
🩷Free community baby shower
🩷Free pampering session for moms
🩷Free yoga session with Yoga 4 Philly
🩷Free CPR demo workshop by Revive Solutions
🩷Free blood pressure screening by Temple Health
🩷Vendors to shop from
🩷Food, mocktails, giveaways, and so much more!

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate maternal health and wellness.
Join us on July 20, 2024, from 12 PM - 5 PM at MQ Factory- Ricky Codio Studio, 126 Leverington Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19127.

It’s Free!

07/16/2024

We're just 4 days away from our Maternal Support & Education Day event, and we couldn't be more excited to bring you an incredible day filled with:
🩷Free onsite event childcare service by PLAY.ISH LLC
🩷Free Bexa radiation-free breast screening
🩷Free diapers & wipes by Baby B Soothed
🩷Free community baby shower
🩷Free pampering session for parents
🩷Free yoga session with Yoga 4 Philly
🩷Free CPR demo workshop by Revive Solutions
🩷Free blood pressure screening by Temple Health
🩷Vendors to shop from
Food, mocktails, giveaways, and so much more!

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate maternal health and wellness.

Join us on July 20, 2024, from 12 PM - 5 PM at MQ Factory
- Ricky Codio Studio, 126 Leverington Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19127.

It's Free!

01/16/2023

Reserve your spot for a HelloBirth hypnobirth class at LilyPad!

This class is perfect for you if you want to:
👶🏽 Feel more relaxed and in control during birth
👶🏽 Reframe your thinking about birth
👶🏽 Learn proper care for your body, mind, and baby through this journey
👶🏽 Feel confident in your choices during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum

During class, we focus on guiding you through your comfort options in birth, along with all possible medical interventions. There is also a birth rehearsal experience that leaves your body and mind ready and prepared for birth like NEVER BEFORE.

All the hypnosis tracks are in an easy to use app; and helpful no matter the birth you have! Whether it be an induction, natural, VBAC, or cesarean this class can give you the tools you need!😊😊😊

Ready to sign up?

Visit the link in my bio! Next session starts 2/27 ‼️

Spots WILL fill up FAST ‼️

09/22/2022

Reserve your spot for our next Hello Birth class series at LilyPad!

This class is perfect for you if you want to:
👶🏽 Feel more relaxed in the moment
👶🏽 Reframe your thinking about birth
👶🏽 Learn proper care for their body, mind, and baby through this journey
👶🏽 Feel confident in their choices during birth

During class, we focus on guiding you through a birth prep experience that leaves your body and mind ready and prepared for birth like NEVER BEFORE.

All the hypnosis tracks are in an easy to use app. There is also a digital guide which basically acts as an online birth guide. 😊😊😊

Ready to sign up?

Visit the link in my bio! Next session starts 11/7 ‼️

Spots WILL fill up FAST ‼️

09/20/2022

A 6 lbs 9oz beautiful brown baby girl entered our world 9/17 at 2:35PM. 🤍

Momma and baby girl are happy, healthy, back home, and off to a very successful breastfeeding journey!

This is my desire for every family!

If only there were more programs and options available help to subsidize birth costs. Cost shouldn’t be an issue! Pregnancy is a time were stress levels should be low, but are often at an all time high. Because of that, I offer discounted services on a sliding scale for families that can’t afford it. Or can do something, but not it all. There are many options.

Don’t let cost be the reason you don’t have the birthing experience you deserve 🤍

09/14/2022

Reserve your spot for our next Hello Birth class series at LilyPad!

This class is perfect for you if you want to:
👶🏽 Feel more relaxed in the moment
👶🏽 Reframe your thinking about birth
👶🏽 Learn proper care for their body, mind, and baby through this journey
👶🏽 Feel confident in their choices during birth

During class, we focus on guiding you through a birth prep experience that leaves your body and mind ready and prepared for birth like NEVER BEFORE.

All the hypnosis tracks are in an easy to use app. There is also a digital guide which basically acts as an online birth guide. 😊😊😊

Ready to sign up?

Visit the link in my bio! Next session starts 11/7 ‼️

Spots WILL fill up FAST ‼️

09/13/2022

I thought this was the perfect affirmation for the first day of my class series! Hope you all had a beautiful Monday 🤍🤍

Repost from : HelloBirth affirmation of the day:
"As I take in new information, I give myself timeto decide what feels true for me."

Affirmations like "trust birth" and "trust your body" are directives and therefore not always
true for everyone. Affirmations can be a lovely helper though. If an affirmation resonates, it can serve as a clue to what's important to you. Honor that. Then honor the need to move in a different direction if that's what you need.

09/12/2022

Yes! Most valuable tip: The goal is not to empty your breast!

🗣Listen up lactation professionals!! Our times of suggesting heat first, digging into the breast with something that vibrates, and pump to empty are now over! Many of the new recommendations are practically opposite of what we have been taught over the years.

🛑The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has change the mastitis protocol ( #36)🛑

The new protocol tells us:
✅ Feed the infant on demand and/or pump on your normal schedule- don't aim to "empty" the breasts or increase demand.
❌ No extra pumping, no aiming to "drain" the breast or the infected area. You can't suck mastitis out and increasing supply makes inflammation worse.
✅ Ice packs or cold compresses to help reduce inflammation
❌ Hot compresses can increase inflammation and make the swelling worse
✅ Gentle, sweeping lymphatic massage towards the armpit to help drain extra fluid (not milk) in the breast and... you get it... reduce inflammation
❌ Aggressive kneading and squeezing of the breast can make the swelling and inflammation worse
✅ Anti-inflammatory foods and OTC medications
⚠️ Mastitis is NOT always a bacterial infection, so antibiotics aren't always needed- sometimes they can have an anti-inflammatory side effect so it looks like they're making the mastitis better when they're not.

Read much more and check out the new ABM protocol here:

https://www.bfmed.org/assets/ABM%20Protocol%20%2336.pdf

09/12/2022

Bikkies don't increase milk supply!!!
Thanks Kate Visser IBCLC 🙏🏻

09/11/2022

Breastfeeding is thirsty work 😋

09/09/2022

Providing pumped breastmilk is breastfeeding! There are a few differences between direct breastfeeding and providing pumped breastmilk, but your milk contains all the nutrients regardless of the "container" it comes from. I wish the US prioritized maternity leave, I wish those who struggled to get a good latch got help, I wish direct breastfeeding wasn't traumatic for some, I wish for whatever reasons moms decide to pump they find support. It isn't easy. Keep on pumpin'

09/09/2022