Tierra's Doula Service

09/08/2025

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Still can’t believe the energy at the UBBLS Conference ✨ and now, as we wrap up Black Breastfeeding Week, one message still rings loud: “Collaboration over competition.” 🌹❤️🤎

Because when it comes to Black lactation, it’s never been about shining alone, it’s about building, uplifting, and thriving together for our mamas, our babies, and our community.

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08/24/2025

The summer season has been filled with deepeing my connection to land while in a farming apprenceship but this fall I'm calling in more ceremony and birth work.

If you have recently given birth, regardless of the birth outcome, I would be honored to hold you in ceremony.

This was passed down to me through oral tradition from my grandma and I'm grateful to share it with community.

This can also be transformation for those who are closing their childbearing years and for those entering their wisdom years (menopause).

Truly this sealing ceremony is meant to hold those in deep transition so if you're in a space where you are being called to ceremony I encourage you to reach out and see if this would be right for you.

After some conversation and once you're sure you're ready to be held in ceremony I will mix your one of a kind herbal blends. These will be crafted for you individually based on what you share with me and what comes to me intuitively. The blends I will create are as follows: a pelvic steam blend, a tea, and a ceremonial herbal bath.

To know all of what is included in this ceremony please reach out either here or by email tierrashealinghomestead@gmail.com

03/17/2025

This is probably my most favorite thing I do in community.....I like all the things I do and have crafted a life that I love....deeply.

But when I get to carry my grandma with me (literally there's a picture of her in my basket) I feel more whole, I feel nourished and fed by being able to share this ceremony. I love speaking her name and remembering the sound of her voice as she shared these traditions with me.

The Postpartum Sealing Ceremony is such a lovely way to tend to those who have carried life in their womb whether that life is a few weeks old, a few years old, or decades old....even if that life returned to the spirit world before they were able to be held in this realm this ceremony is not about a specific time in one's life as much as it's about accessing the medicine within.

I'm grateful my dear friend Kaye has welcomed me in to share this ceremony with clients and friends. We are all deeply in need of ceremony, of a remembrance of the traditions we held before coming here and losing the sacred ritual and ceremony that held our mamas and birthing people.

I feel fortunate that I get to hold this ceremony and share it in this season of my life.

11/23/2024

💜 Black Midwives Day 💜!!! Can't wait to attend this!

Must be there. So exciting and needed!

09/14/2024

Looking for Black and brown doulas to serve clients in the Portland area.

Comment here or DM me for more details!

09/14/2024

Come join me!

06/29/2023

Black and Brown student and new midwives in Oregon this one is for you!! Last week for their application to be open this round.

Apply today! This is the last week that this round of grants is open! Applications are due on June 30th! We are offering up three $2,000 grants for BIPOC student midwives and new midwives who live and work in Oregon to support them on their paths to midwifery. DM with questions and you can find the application by clicking the link in our bio or going to https://oregonmidwiferyfoundation.org/current-projects/bipoc-grant/ and clicking on the link for the application.

09/14/2022

So looking forward to attending this conference with some of my BJPC folks!!! If you aren't registered check it out. So much wisdom will be shared. So much knowledge to be passed on and collaborated over!

07/12/2021

I post this not to scare you but to implore you to take your peace seriously. Hire a Black or Brown doula and/or midwife to walk this journey with you. Take time for mindfulness. Know your rights and your options!

"What do we do with this information? How do we support one another in the midst of these stressors? How long must we subject ourselves to such ill treatment? It is time for us to STOP investing in systems that are serving towards our detriment. Let us come out of these systems of oppression & corruption and not be a part of our own genocide."

-Black Sisters Midwifery Service LLC

Scientists and doctors have spent decades trying to understand what makes African-American women so vulnerable to losing their babies. Now, there is growing consensus that racial discrimination experienced by black mothers during their lifetime makes them less likely to carry their babies to full term.

A study in the American Journal of Public Health in which they reported the connection between a mother's experience of racism and preterm birth.

"It's hard to find any aspect of life that's not impacted by racial discrimination. Whether you're talking about applying for a job, or purchasing a new car, finding housing, getting education ... even given equal education, earning the same amount of money, that doesn't happen. If you're black, you tend to get less pay." The research also states that it clearly isn't genetics.

Their study drew on the effects of stress and labor. When we are stressed, our bodies produce stress hormones. When the source of stress goes away, so do the stress hormones. It's a normal, healthy process. But when someone is stressed out all the time, their bodies have perpetually high levels of stress hormones.

Stress hormones are also naturally high during normal, full-term labor. But if a woman goes into a pregnancy with already high levels of stress hormones, she is more likely to deliver prematurely.

"Stress leads to labor. And African-American women live a more stressful life and so we hit preterm birth at an alarming rate." - NRP 2017 . . . .

What do we do with this information? How do we support one another in the midst of these stressors? How long must we subject ourselves to such ill treatment? It is time for us to STOP investing in systems that are serving towards our detriment. Let us come out of these systems of oppression & corruption and not be a part of our own genocide.



To read this entire article you may find it at https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/20/570777510/how-racism-may-cause-black-mot

07/12/2021

05/30/2021

I have been busy making placenta and umbilical art lately! I love honoring the tree of life in this way! Today my friend Talyce and I had a lot of fun mixing Earthwork and Birthwork! If you'd like a beautiful keepsake like a unique one of a kind keepsake to honor the journey you and your baby have been on I got you!

01/11/2021

💥Erythromycin Eye Ointment💥
Truth bomb time!
💣Erythromycin is an antibacterial eye ointment applied within a couple hours after birth to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum (aka pink eye) in your baby's 1st month of life.
💣The ointment became standard protocol due to pink eye becoming more serious and causing possible blindness if caused by Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, which the baby could only *possibly* be exposed to IF the mother is infected at the time of birth and IF the birth was vaginal.
💣The other bacteria that can cause pink eye are not considered serious.
💣Using colostrum/breastmilk after birth instead has been shown to reduce and inhibit growth of these bacteria.
💣Because this is an antibiotic ointment, it can disrupt the baby's gut microbiome and promotes antibiotic resistance from overuse.
💣Infant-maternal bonding can be interrupted due to the ointment causing blurry vision, problems nursing, and possible separation during administration.
💣It can also cause irritability in baby's eyes, clogged ducts, chemical conjunctivitis (pink eye), and has a possibility of an allergic reaction.
💣You can reasonably decline the ointment if you test negative for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, you are in a relationship with a non infected partner, and if you're having a C-section, since it is highly unlikely for a baby to be exposed to these, especially if your membranes are still intact.
💣Even if you are positive, there are other options for treating and preventing pink eye. Some even use the 'wait and see' approach to see if the baby even develops pink eye.
📷: Lane B. Photography