Birthing Bravely Doula Services

11/21/2025

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Little more than a week left for this special! ❤️

🎉 Birthday Month Special! 🎉

In celebration of my birthday month, I’m offering $200 off my full doula support package for any clients who book in November! 💕

This package includes:
🤰 2 prenatal meetings to discuss your birth plan and provide personalized education
📱 Unlimited text and phone support throughout your pregnancy
👶 Continuous, in-person labor support when your big day arrives
🏡 A postpartum visit (if desired) to help you settle in and feel supported after birth

If you’ve been considering having a doula by your side for your birth journey, now’s the perfect time to book and save!
✨ Offer valid for bookings made during November.

Message me or comment below for more details or to reserve your spot. Let’s make your birth experience calm, confident, and supported. 💗

11/05/2025

11/04/2025

One thing I was not prepared for after experiencing birth trauma was the “sundown scaries.”

That moment when the light starts to fade, and your nervous system signals that it’s time to panic. When the overwhelming dread starts to sink in and the night seems forever long in front of you.

For me, this feeling was magnified in the ICU. When evening came, the monitors beeped louder, the hallway got quieter, and every shadow felt heavier. Fewer staff, dim lights, and so much time to think. The “what ifs” were relentless. My body was fighting to survive, and my mind was trying to make sense of it all. The sundown scaries didn’t just show up, they consumed me.

Many new parents experience a rise in anxiety as evening approaches, regardless of birth trauma. Hormone changes, exhaustion hitting after a long day, fewer distractions, the pressure of nighttime feeds, and the worry about another unpredictable night, it’s a lot for any nervous system to handle.

For birth trauma survivors, we also see this is where their trauma symptoms may ramp up. The quiet time alone can lead to rumination, flashbacks and intrusive memories. These hours are the perfect breeding ground for trauma to take hold.

If you’ve ever felt your chest tighten at sunset or noticed dread creeping in as you switch from day to night, you’re not alone, and you’re not doing anything wrong.

Your feelings make sense. Your body is working hard to protect you. And you deserve support at all time of day.

I’d love to hear your experience with this as I know there were so many thoughts when we covered this in our stories last week 🩷

11/03/2025

🎉 Birthday Month Special! 🎉

In celebration of my birthday month, I’m offering $200 off my full doula support package for any clients who book in November! 💕

This package includes:
🤰 2 prenatal meetings to discuss your birth plan and provide personalized education
📱 Unlimited text and phone support throughout your pregnancy
👶 Continuous, in-person labor support when your big day arrives
🏡 A postpartum visit (if desired) to help you settle in and feel supported after birth

If you’ve been considering having a doula by your side for your birth journey, now’s the perfect time to book and save!
✨ Offer valid for bookings made during November.

Message me or comment below for more details or to reserve your spot. Let’s make your birth experience calm, confident, and supported. 💗

10/20/2025

Little Errand Buddy - Poems of Parenting

10/07/2025

Accepting bookings for late October/early November of 2026 for the Bad Bunny Babies 🥰🥰🥰🥰

(I mean, have you SEEN this man on stage?? 🥵)

10/07/2025

What if I declined that intervention?⁣⁣
What if I went to the hospital sooner?⁣⁣
What if I was listened to?⁣⁣
What if I had changed providers?
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⁣The questions are endless. And the truth is we won’t ever know. We won’t know for certain if these choices could have spurred a different outcome and we won’t know if that outcome would have been better or worse. These questions are common after birth trauma. This isn’t to say that we can’t pinpoint a cause and how to mitigate it in some birth traumas, but it remains true that we will never know what that outcome would have been. And that uncertainty can feel so incredibly heavy. ⁣⁣

There is also our perception of choice as we look back on our experience. Was it truly a choice or was it a decision made in the midst of distress? A decision made to survive? A decision made without full informed consent?
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Our brain hates uncertainty, it does everything in its power to avoid it. It tells us that if there would have been a simple change, if you could have altered it in some way, you wouldn’t be sitting here on birth trauma instagram. If you could have changed it, it means you have control over it. And having control over it is much more comfortable to our brain than the alternative. ⁣⁣
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Our brain’s discomfort with uncertainty, it’s deep desire to know exactly why something happened in an effort to avoid it, drives us to question and scour every detail of our birth, looking for answers. Our brain convinces us that if it finally finds the perfect nugget of clarity or realization it will somehow make this all go away. But, it won’t. No matter how well we put the pieces of our story together, the puzzle will always be birth trauma.⁣⁣

⁣⁣The truth is we can never fully control birth and therefore birth trauma, but we can educate ourselves and create supports we feel safest with. We can work to better understand what happened in our birth and also work toward accepting the overall uncertainty and lack of clarity. ⁣

What we do know, is that we all did the best we could with what we had at the time 🩷

09/23/2025

Oktoberfest parade 2025 is Saturday October 4th... who wants to ride on the float or walk with us this year?! The parade starts around 1:30 p.m. so you'd need to be there by 1:00 PM. Email seymourpride@gmail.com to be on the list and specify if you cannot walk as riding spots are limited. Now more than ever it is important for us to stay strong and be in solidarity as we show up and represent the local LGBTQIA+ community! They cannot erase us or silence us... we exist and we are citizens of the community who deserve to be a part of these big events! So if you are q***r or an ally to us, PLEASE join us!

09/21/2025

mood 😅

09/21/2025

I have so many resources and tips for mamas with GD— I went through it myself 😅

Just remember that yes, you may be predisposed to it, but there is nothing you did wrong to get this diagnosis. The placenta does a whole host of wonky things to your existing organs, and GD can be completely manageable 🥰

09/14/2025

I fell prey to the influencer hospital bags when it was my time 😅 I love helping clients pare down their bags to what is actually needed. Snacks—the answer is snacks.