My Children's Vessel

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas 💜 🎄

12/24/2023

Merry Christmas Eve

05/26/2023

04/11/2023

The theme is “Our Bodies Belong to Us: Restoring Black Autonomy and Joy,” which speaks to our strength, power and resilience, and our unassailable right to live freely, safely, and joyfully.

The events and programming being planned throughout will fully embody this theme and offer opportunities to engage in activities and conversations that honor the values and traditions of the reproductive and birth justice movements.

This year marks the 6th annual Black Maternal Health Week ( ), which will be held from April 11-17, 2023! In order to uplift Black women and their families, we at the National Black Midwives Alliance/Southern Birth Justice Network are joining forces with Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) to center Black women’s scholarship, maternity care work, and advocacy across the full spectrum of sexual, maternal, and reproductive health care, services, programs, and initiatives. Join us today! Learn more at blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw

04/11/2023

1st birth of the year 1/22/23🥰

10/21/2021

What he said...🤣

07/14/2021

I'm accepting new clients 🍼🍼🍼
Inbox me for details 💜💜

I'm accepting new clients. Inbox me for details 🍼🍼

07/14/2021

I'm accepting new clients. Inbox me for details 🍼🍼

05/19/2021

04/12/2021

04/05/2021

Join us virtually for our Sankofa Childbirth Education Series presented by Doula 4 a Queen this April. The series is free and open to the public. Our classes are q***r affirming and centered around Black and Brown birthing people. All you have to do is click the link in our bio and register in order to receive the Zoom information. The classes will cover the following topics: Knowing Your Rights, Informed Decision Making, Prenatal Care, Childbirth Preparation, Postpartum Care.

✨Tomorrow’s topic is Birth Justice and Me: Informed Decisions & Knowing Your Rights.✨

We welcome partners, moms, sisters, aunties, children, friends, whoever is supporting you during labor to join. Be sure to register today!

Sankofa Doula Collective offers free and reduced priced community doula care. If you are pregnant, considering pregnancy or have questions about your reproductive healthcare, please contact us. 315-920-2787 or communitycare@sankofaheals.com

02/23/2021

First delivery of the year. 💜💜

01/21/2021

I can also be reached at 315-407-1627

We are excited to introduce our Sankofa doula collective members to the community. Today we are introducing Liessa Rudolph.

“I am a mom and grandmom. I have been a nurse in women's health for over 20 years. I currently work as a Maternal/child health nurse. I became a certified Doula to help women be informed and empowered in their birth choices. For more information please contact me - mychildrensvessel@gmail.com.”

Sankofa Doula Collective offers free and reduced priced community doula care. If you are pregnant, considering pregnancy or have questions about your reproductive healthcare, please contact us.

315-920-2787 or communitycare@sankofaheals.com

11/12/2020

Posted • Counter Pressure during labor!🤚
Counter pressure is a very helpful non-pharmacological pain relief method to use during labour. It is a great way to get your support person involved!💪🏻
You can use your palms, elbows or closed fist to provider pressure to areas on the lower back experiencing pain during labour. When a contraction is occurring, the support person applies firm pressure to the lower back area. When the contraction is over, pressure is released. 🤜🤛
This provides temporary relief. Sometimes, the use of counter pressure can be tiring for the person providing the counter pressure. It can take a lot of strength to continually apply firm pressure during the contractions. It is well worth it though! ———————————————————————————

11/01/2020

Posted • ⁣Self care is not selfish-- It is essential! ⁣⠀
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Particularly right now! ⁣⠀
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Self care is protective and necessary. ⁣⠀
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Giving of yourself to others and participating in activism is a beautiful thing, and it requires that we take time to replenish and restore so that we can rise again/return to the fight/show up in a meaningful way.⁣⠀
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Co-created with
LIST OF SELF CARE IDEAS:⁣⠀
〰️ Journal⁣⠀
〰️ Create⁣⠀
〰️ Engage in prayer/spiritual practices⁣⠀
〰️ Have conversations with black friends⁣⠀
〰️Talk to black mentors⁣⠀
〰️ Build community with other black mothers ⁣⠀
〰️ Go outside - fresh air- get in touch with nature⁣⠀
〰️ Spend quality time with your children - affirm them⁣⠀
〰️ Practice acceptance around the things I cannot change (ie. I cannot protect them entirely from this world)⁣⠀
〰️ Consume black art, cinema, literature - seek out black excellence⁣⠀
〰️ Attend to your physical health needs (taking medication as needed, personal hygiene, etc.)⁣⠀
〰️ Laugh out loud⁣⠀
〰️ Follow social media accounts that are uplifting and affirming⁣⠀
〰️ Unfollow accounts that dim your mood or invalidate your experience⁣⠀
〰️ Limit social media/news media consumption⁣⠀
〰️ Use your voice to set boundaries with others about which conversations you engage in or microaggressions that you witness⁣⠀
〰️ Utilize essential oils and aromatherapy for stress relief⁣⠀
〰️ Practice gratitude when possible⁣⠀
〰️ Meditate ⁣⠀
〰️ practice mindfulness⁣⠀
〰️ Engage in physical exercise ⁣⠀
〰️ Eat at least 3x/day ⁣⠀
〰️ Drink water⁣⠀
〰️ Sleep for at least a 4-hour stretch ⁣⠀
〰️ Get restorative rest⁣⠀
〰️ Do something you enjoy ⠀
〰️ Listen to music that soothes you 〰️ Give yourself permission to feel your feelings⁣⠀
〰️ Process your feelings with a therapist⁣⠀
〰️ Ask for help with your children so that you can do something listed above⠀
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Sending you love 🤍

PS, Please tag & credit and myself when sharing ☺️

10/23/2020

Posted • “A riot is the language of the unheard.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Reproductive Justice involves more than what happens with birthing people and families when they go see their doctors and midwives and they labor and give birth.
Reproductive justice intertwines with all of the aspects of our lives that make us feel safe or in danger, that help us to thrive or oppress us, that allow us to be who we are or try to demean and disempower us.
The more that all of us in the birth world understand this and create systems to help impact this — in and outside of birth work itself — the better chance we have to heal, grow and thrive.
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution here. Get to know your community. Be humble. Seek knowledge. Redistribute. When you fall, get back up. You might fall again but you’ll fall better next time. And just like labor, the pain has a purpose. It’s worth it.

10/23/2020

Posted • Locking eyes. Their emotional connection already deeply ingrained in their hearts ❤️ my heart melts every time I see this image, does yours too?!