ABC Doula & Newborn Care

ABC Doula & Newborn Care ABC Doula & Newborn Care provides professional care for families w/ newborns in the Portland/Vancouver metro area. Over 2000 happy families served since 2001.

Professional doulas and newborn care specialists caring for families, ABC Doula & Newborn Care offers trained, certified, and experienced caregivers both for day visits as well as overnight care for Portland and Vancouver metro families. Gentle sleep consults and private in home classes also offered.

10/26/2025

Loving this stage! The joy part. We had it as parents, but you carry so much more as parents and it's harder to see the joy sometimes.

I was working so hard. Hustling. Building a business. Caring for families and adding doulas to the team. Learning systems to manage admin.Training new doulas. Working nights, days, and teaching on the weekends.

Sometimes i resented the fun they had. I was also tired a lot.

But fast forward into the grandparenting years, and it really works. Being with a fun and creative guy who makes them laugh. Someone who sits in the sand and creates things so they can see his latest sand art piece. Someone who plays music so they can sing and dance.

When your not hustling you can slow down and enjoy this so much more.

Hope you like the pumpkins. 🎃🎃🎃

Follow if you're expecting a grandbaby (or a new grandparent). We share about becoming a grandparent, supporting your grown kids and especially helping them postpartum as you build a foundation of support and trust. 💕

10/14/2025

with this powerful reminder.

The time, the care, the effort and the choice to create healing food for a new mom--it's a game changer.

Grandparents have been doing this forever, but in many cultures we've lost our postpartum traditions.

I'm here to recreate a postpartum culture that centers on the MOMS (and new dads) as they are the key players.

Babies are adorable, but they thrive when moms are cared for well.

After 20 years of trainings doulas, I now teach new grandparents how to center the experience around new parents.

Want to know more? www.grandparentdoula.com

It doesn't always feel like a huge workout. But my toes are stronger. Did you know foot strength is a huge indicator of ...
10/10/2025

It doesn't always feel like a huge workout. But my toes are stronger. Did you know foot strength is a huge indicator of fall prediction?

My mom broke each shoulder on consecutive summers in the previous years leaving her stuck at home sad and frustrated.

I was weightlifting earlier this year and pushed myself too much, injuring my back. So I scaled back and just went to her class instead.

It was a great routine to get into and I appreciated the sweet community we built with the septagitarians and octogenarians.

I added a weight vest and 10 lb weights for my arms and now I sweat, I feel it days later, and my core is stronger. I wouldn't likely do this on my own, but I sure am glad that I invested in this particular routine both to spend time with my aging mom and to work on things that are good for both of us.

What are you doing that are working those tiny and no so tiny muscles that keep you from hurting?

For the past 10 weeks I've been working on the NICU Doula program by The NICU Translator Farrelly. It was 30+ hours of ...
09/30/2025

For the past 10 weeks I've been working on the NICU Doula program by The NICU Translator Farrelly. It was 30+ hours of continuing education for me, and embraces my love of supporting even the tiniest humans (and their sweet parents!).

Now I can add NICU Doula to my list of credentials--and I have a chance to tell people about the work of doulas who care for families with preemies and other medical conditions that require intensive care. I'm working on a new way to incorporate this into our business to serve new parents better too--stay tuned for more!

If you have thought about taking a course like this, check it out here: https://www.thenicutranslator.com/nicudoula and tell Mary and Leilah that I sent you!

Check out the lovely colleagues I got to take it with below--congrats to all who took on this task of learning from a nurse and a doula (and each other) to help bridge the gap between the reality of NICU life and the dreams parents have for their babies.

I am honored to be a speaker at the Master Breastfeeding Summit. Over 11 days, 21+ experts will share evidence-based inf...
09/17/2025

I am honored to be a speaker at the Master Breastfeeding Summit. Over 11 days, 21+ experts will share evidence-based information and techniques to
optimize babies' health and ability to thrive through breastfeeding. This event is designed for moms, future parents, practitioners, professionals,
and family members who want practical insights and support. My session is shared with the awesome
I hope you can join us!

Join here or DM me for a link: https://breastfeedingfixerssummit.com/optin?am_id=kimberly1467

This week I'm with my grandbabies and grown kids (and my daughters best friend) and we are on the first trip of the "sum...
09/07/2025

This week I'm with my grandbabies and grown kids (and my daughters best friend) and we are on the first trip of the "summer". I'm soaking up the sweetness and joy, and watching our adult kids have fun together too.

You might notice I'm also offering this First Time Parent Bundle too... Why am I taking vacay time to do this?

Because it's a fantastic deal. It's a collab of over 50 different professionals and creators and their info is gold. And it's info I wish I had when I was a new parent like my kids are now.

My grandson is showing interest in potty training. There's a guide in the bundle for that. My granddaughter is really motivated to eat solid food. There's a guide for that in the bundle too. Sure, we can Google it or search on socials, but the bundle already did that.

I remember how new both these topics were to me as a new parent. (Y'all, I had to check out books from the library to learn about them!)

So I will post this week to give you an opportunity to get these 55 digital products for only $50.

(Also because they are only selling it for 10 days and that includes my time away. 🤷)

If you want the deal, do to my bio or check out stories for the link.

What's something you think we should do as a family this week? I don't get time like this often when we are all together.

New business cards!!The sweet photos we took with photography captured many of the beautiful souls on our team (we have...
09/06/2025

New business cards!!

The sweet photos we took with photography captured many of the beautiful souls on our team (we have added some since) and I finally put some cards together to show off most of the current team.

These are women you want in your life.

They are heart-centered, dedicated and professional. They set the highest standard for care for postpartum families.

I'm so proud that they share some of their skills with our adorable families.

One of my favorite educators is included in this bundle, and I hope you are able to access her info! Feed Sleep Bond wit...
09/06/2025

One of my favorite educators is included in this bundle, and I hope you are able to access her info! Feed Sleep Bond with Lyndsey Hookway is a fantastic resource for parents and professionals. She supports sleep while also supporting breastfeeding as an IBCLC, parenting from a gentle perspective, and her program for professionals is called HOLISTIC SLEEP TRAINING, so you know it factors everything in that parents need to help their little ones sleep. (Also she's an awesome human, I've heard her speak and read her book. You want to learn from her!)
If you don't follow her, you should! And if you want to learn more, she has a book you can buy.
But if you want to learn from her and 50+ other professionals and creators buy the First Time Parent Bundle! Her ebook is there covering the first 18 months, along with mine about PREPARING NEW GRANDPARENTS and a ton more! It's $50 for the whole package (I know, it sounds like a scam but I promise it isn't. The collaboration is what makes it work.)

Topics included in this bundle:
✔ Pregnancy tools & prenatal nutrition frameworks
✔ Labor & delivery prep and recovery guidance
✔ Breastfeeding, pumping, and starting solids support
✔ Baby sleep routines and newborn care basics
✔ Postpartum healing and mental health tools
✔ Milestones, play-based learning, and bonding activities
This whole collection (worth $2,677.16) is $50 for a limited time.

🎁 Grab it here before it’s gone: https://www.theparentbundle.com/go/kimberly

Today, we open this collaboration and I'm so excited! The Parent Bundle folks reached out to me to join this amazing col...
09/05/2025

Today, we open this collaboration and I'm so excited!

The Parent Bundle folks reached out to me to join this amazing collection of professionals offering their digital products in one bundle. Over 50 creators offering ebooks, workbooks, check lists, etc on their topics of interest/expertise, bundled together and discounted ridiculously.

These are creators your probably already following, And you can get their products without having to get on all their email lists. 💕

There's no catch, other than it's $50 and it only lasts for 10 days. There's a link in my bio to go to the site to see what you'll get. Every topic from pregnancy fitness and nutrition to labor support, birth, breastfeeding/pumping, postpartum, and family relationships. Even infant solid food feeding and potty training ebooks.

You can check it out before you decide but it's basically 98% off everything in the bundle. A wealth of Info for pregnant and postpartum folks in the first year of raisng their babies.

Some of my favorite creators have more than one offering included--looking at you
The bundle is worth it alone just to get everything Shelley has written there.

And you can get mine there too! We renamed it PREPARING NEW GRANDPARENTS workbook, but it's still includes all the tools including the worksheets and information on how to start working together from the beginning.

Go to the bio and check out the bundle on my link. (Yes, I get a portion of the purchase). You'll see why I think it's such a great idea, that honestly I wish I would have thought of myself.

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8107 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, OR
97202

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Professional doulas caring for families, ABC Doula & Newborn Care offers trained, certified, and experienced doulas and newborn care specialists both for day visits as well as overnight care. Lactation support, gentle sleep consults, and private in-home education also offered. Over 2000 happy families served since 2001.