The Bloom Doula

06/23/2024

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting up with some of the doulas in our area. We talked about our experiences of doulaing in our community, as well as our personal maternal health experiences and challenges over good food!! I can’t wait until the next one 🩷!! These ladies are awesome 🤩!!

05/12/2024

On Friday, May 10, 2024 at 1:45 pm, baby girl flew into this world weighing 6 lbs and 2 oz 😅! It was beautiful to witness her mom maneuver her first induction, and listen to her body throughout the whole birthing experience. Double hip squeezes definitely were the MVPs for this natural birth!! Happy Birthday Baby Yff!!

04/21/2024

I didn’t take a lot of pictures yesterday, but the It Takes A Village-Maternal Health Expo was a huge success 🙌🏾!! I was so glad to be able to get around to most of the vendors! I can’t wait to get all the information I collected together so I can share it!! A special thank you to everyone that participated…giving us the opportunity to serve the Macon-Bibb community.

04/13/2024

It Takes A Village Maternal Health Expo invites the community to attend the 3rd Annual It Takes A Village - Maternal Health Expo on April 20, 2024. The event’s purpose is to provide education and resources from within our community and state to help keep the maternal family safe. This year the Expo’s focus is on Dads. We cannot conquer the maternal mortality rates in silos therefore it is important to educate the one closest to the mom to help ensure her safety.

The event will bring awareness to the maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the state of Georgia and our local community. It will empower attendees with resources to help keep mothers and babies safe. It really does take a village to keep our maternal families safe.

Statistics:

~Georgia ranks #3 in the nation for maternal mortality. (CDC)

~African American women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die from a postpartum incident than their white counterparts. (CDC)

~The United States has the highest maternal mortality rates among most developed countries. (CDC)

The expo will be on April 20, 2024, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Memorial Park Community Center, located at 2465 2nd Street Macon, GA 31206. There will be hospitals, doulas, therapists, physicians, music, door prizes, and so much more!

It Takes A Village-Maternal Health Expo is partnering with the Macon-Bibb County Health Department to host this event. The health department is dedicated to preventing disease, promoting health, and protecting our community against health threats through education, service, advocacy, and collaboration.

To learn more about It Takes A Village-Maternal Health Expo, Contact: Patricia Prime at 478-951-5301, by email ittakesavillagemhe@gmail.com

04/11/2024

Happy Black Maternal Health Week 🫶🏾!!! Thank you to for creating this week, and a platform that joins dozens upon dozens of organizations together to combat the issues of Black maternal health! The theme for BMHW 2024 is “Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!” Widespread restrictions on abortion care access coupled with rising cases of criminalization due to pregnancy loss continue to widen the gaps of adverse maternal and birth outcomes in the U.S.

03/23/2024

Happy World Doula Week 🫶🏾🌻!!!

The purpose of World Doula Week (WDW) is to empower doulas all over the world to improve the physiological, social, emotional, and psychological health of women, newborns and families in birth and in the postpartum period. The World Doula Week events will take place all over the world during the same week, stating the benefits of the presence of doulas in birth and in the postpartum period:

~Reduces the incidence of C-sections
~Increases new parents’ confidence in the care of their newborn
~May shorten the length of labor
~Reduces epidural and analgesic requests
~Increases breastfeeding initiation and continuation
~Increases mother’s satisfaction of birth experience
~Can reduce the incidence of postpartum mood disorders

When is World Doula Week?

World Doula Week begins with World Doula Day on March 22nd and will go through March 28th annually. March 22 was chosen because it is the spring equinox, which represents the return of fertility in countless cultures 🙂.

03/11/2024

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 Thank you SO much Mom to M**F. LLC!! This has truly blessed me this morning.

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Today, I want to shout out Ashanti Travey. I have known Ashanti for years now through mutual friends and work. She has always been a gentle soul but a firecracker if she needs too. We see each other and can start talking about anything. I admire her for 2 main reasons: her strength and her passion!

Her strength was displayed when she loss her mother unexpectedly. I was so broken for her because I couldn't imagine losing my mom so unexpectedly especially when she is like your best friend. The strength she displayed was unimaginable. Also, she has been a pillar for her family through it all. Her passion and her business is helping new and future moms, The Bloom Doula. She is ready to educate and support mothers. I always say how important doulas are and I wish I would have known as a young mother.

Among all that she does and all that she has endured, she is a single mother of a beautiful little girl. She is out there helping others while raising a queen of her own. Keep up the good work and spreading your love throughout the community. It doesn't go unnoticed! 🩷

Go follow her page and get the resources you need for yourself or someone you know!

We're turning Moms to M**FS (MOMS IN LOVE WITH FAMILY)❤️🎉

Join Mom to M**F (Women's Empowerment Community)

03/08/2024

Happy International Women’s Day 😉💋!!!

02/29/2024

Labor and birth slots are still available for 2024! If you are interested please check out my website @ www.thebloomdoula.com and have a look around to see the services that I offer. If anything tickles your fancy, just email me at ashanti@thebloomdoula.com and I will get back to you within 24-48 hours!! Talk to you soon 🌻.

#2024

02/22/2024

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Let’s talk prolactin..

Prolactin hormone responsible for milk production, reaches its highest levels during the early morning hours,
particularly in the wee hours of the morning!

Your pumping session between 2am and 6am is likely to yield a larger amount of milk, while your evening session might be smaller.

While various factors can influence this, it’s perfectly natural for your milk supply to vary throughout the day!

This mama is going back to work soon and is using this pump session to make sure she has a freezer stash for when her baby is with Grandma.

Going back to work soon and want to build a stash or get a plan to maintain your supply book your Latched & Loaded Meeting ✨

02/08/2024

Ms. Delilah is the first bloom baby of the new year 🎉!! Born at 4:38 am this morning! She is as beautiful as she is sweet, and her family was so excited to meet her 🩷. Happy Birthday 🎉🎉🎉!!

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02/07/2024

The induction process has started 🫶🏾!! About to get some shuteye until I’m summoned to the hospital. And now we wait…Baby Garcia loading 😉.

02/01/2024

Happy first day of February 🩷!! Happy Black History Month ✊🏾!! We survived the first month of 2024…that’s a blessing within itself ✨!!

Most don’t know but I am a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and this is my second year chairing this event! One of our National projects is Project Cradle Care 🫶🏾! Project Cradle Care is a prenatal education and resource program that seeks to improve pregnancy outcomes in high-risk communities by increasing the number of women of childbearing age who receive adequate prenatal education and prenatal care, and who better understand proper infant care and child development.

This year the Delta Pi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is hosting a community baby shower February 17, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm.
This event will be held at the Galleria Mall (open common area by JCPenny) located at Galleria Mall Drive, Warner Robins, GA 31088.

Please share this flyer with any pregnant mom (5 to 9 months pregnant) that you feel may benefit from this opportunity 🙂. We will be giving out goodie bags, resource information, and raffle prizes 🎟️!!

“Greater Service, Greater Progress. Greater Women, Greater World”

#1922

01/24/2024

Thank you Macon-Bibb EOCI for allowing me to speak to your prenatal moms about preparing for birth, and labor and birth!! This was my first speaking engagement outside of teaching during my prenatal sessions, and it was pretty cool 😎!!! This year is already shaping up to be about spreading my wings to broaden my horizons 🫶🏾!!!

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01/22/2024

Today I did a two-in-one prenatal session with my client and her fiancé . There has been a potential shift in the birth plan due to a mild pre-eclampsia diagnosis, so she asked if we can combine prenatals just in case she has to be induced at 37/38 weeks. This was probably one of the best sessions I’ve had to do so far. Simply because I can tell I’m starting to grow more in my doulahood, and I love that for me AND my future clients 😁!!

Passion/heart work is God’s way of using you to manifest His purpose through the gift He has instilled in you. Tap into that and never second guess yourself. He will not bring a calling to you that He will not support you in or through 🫶🏾.

Special shout-out to my Goddaughter Aniya Lashay for my sweatshirt 😘!!