07/31/2024

vitamin D for the babies + me☀️

07/08/2024

spent the last month supporting my sister and brother-in-law welcome their sweet baby girl💖 the greatest honor being there for her birth + the early weeks of baby O. really no words for the experience of doula-ing for family. love you so much E, E + O. eternally proud of y’all.

05/20/2024

sweet moments from my sister’s baby shower💕🫒

so special to throw her a baby shower in her home, the same place her wedding took place. honored to have arranged flowers for both celebrations, but even more honored to be her doula!! catch me in ATX next month for a month as we prepare and welcome baby Olive!!!!!!

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04/22/2024

As I prepare myself for my internship as therapist, I’ve switched my services to mainly offering overnight postpartum support. The sleep is minimal, the days are groggy, but those dark hours are also magic.

Thank you to this sweet family for inviting me into your home during such an intimate, sacred time. Love y’all forever💛

04/02/2024

my little niece is more than half-baked!! see you in June baby 🫒so excited to help bring you earthside!!

03/19/2024

a special little spring baby arrived this week with lots of magic and sunshine. the parents are my repeat clients who turned into friends. we ended up with the same nurse, the same birthing room, the same day of the week as the first time around, almost two years ago. labor and birth is magical and weird and emotional and powerful and otherworldly and a wild ride and I can’t believe I this is my job.

02/14/2024

happy valentines!! I love you all and your babies💋❤️

01/29/2024

Caffeine + Breastfeeding☕️

While caffeine does transfer to breastmilk, only about 1% of the caffeine is consumed by a nursing baby! To err on the side of caution, about 200-300mg/day of caffeine is recommended for those who are nursing - that is the equivalent about 3 8oz cups of coffee!

If you’re worried your baby is sensitive to caffeine, then it’s recommended to wait 2 hours after consuming caffeine to nurse. Caffeine peaks in your blood about 1 hour of consumption, so you could also try drinking coffee during a feed to avoid caffeine in your milk!

01/23/2024

I love a baby + doggy combo!!

And did you know there are benefits for a babies who grow up with pets?

•Pets can make for healthier babies - increase babies’ beneficial gut microbes, reducing the risk of allergies
•Increased emotional development - babies and kids learn about unconditional love, companionship, responsibility, independence and empathy when they have a pet by their side

What if you don’t have a pet around when you have a baby? Try to still introduce baby to pets - neighbors, friends, family - in the first couple of months to help with that immune boost and healthy relationships with animals!

Also check out for helpful tips when it comes to introductions and safety with animals and baby!

01/21/2024

Sweet little Roman knew exactly when he wanted to come. Honored to be there as my dear friends brought him into this world🩵

10/24/2023

“Trust yourself. Trust that you will birth yourself over and over again and that’s normal. Trust your ancestry beyond me, beyond bloodlines, all the way back to the sacred female in all of us humans. She is, after all, the understory from which everything in our world grows. She is, after all, the greatest story of all time.”

10/23/2023

How to help boost the microbiome of babies born via cesarean:

The vaginal canal provides babies with microbial exposure that is beneficial to babies’ immune system development and gut health! So how can we help cesarean born babies boost their microbiome? 🦠

•During skin to skin time, kiss baby’s hands and then let them suck on their fingers. This transfer of the birthing person’s saliva contains that microbiome boost!

•Breastfeed if possible - even short term! Colostrum and breastmilk can compensate the microbes found in the vaginal canal.

•Talk to your pediatrician about adding some probiotic drops to your baby’s milk/formula!

Babies born via cesarean can thrive just as much as a baby born vaginally. This post is not intended to produce any guilt or shame! I’ve been in such beautiful emergency and planned cesareans. Cesarean births require so much strength and love for yourself and baby! Just look at this photo!!!!

📷 by me!!

Mind Body Doula