New Birth Services, LLC

New Birth Services, LLC Nurturing Empowering Women through doula, childbirth education, and lactation support services.

New Birth Services provides lasting support for both mothers and fathers as they enter into a new journey of parenthood. Whether it be the first or fifth child, New Birth Services will be there to help according to your need. New Birth Services is run by Christine Torres, who is a professionally trained birth doula, postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and breastfeeding counselor, and certified through Childbirth International. Your birth experience can be empowering as you are prepared and supported in a way that allows you to take charge of your birth. Childbirth education courses are designed to give you information regarding the birthing process, and birth doula services will allow you to have personal support that will remind you and help to serve you during labor. After your baby is born, caring for mother and baby is top priority at New Birth Services. Personalized care to help with the adjustment period, will be provided to help you make the best decisions for you and your baby. Those who are breastfeeding will also receive up-to-date information to help to make their breastfeeding moments a special experience.

07/24/2025

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: A critical evaluation of the external and internal maneuvers for resolution of shoulder dystocia - All-fours position and knee-chest position
A, All-fours position (knee-hands position). The mother is supported by her hands and knees. The hips are semiflexed. The spine is horizontal. B, Knee-chest position. The mother is supported by her forearms and knees. Hence, the hips are more flexed to simulate a reverse McRoberts maneuver. The spine is downward toward the head. https://ow.ly/EJis50Rm3gE American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - ACOG Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine American College of Nurse-Midwives Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists RCOG

07/01/2025

A baby’s cry is not just noise—it’s language. It’s how they say, “I’m scared,” “I’m hungry,” “Hold me.” But when no one responds, something inside begins to break.

Science shows that babies left to cry without comfort can suffer deep, invisible wounds. Stress floods their body. Their tiny brains—still growing—learn that the world may not listen. This is how emotional neglect gets written into biology.

Over time, these babies may grow up anxious, distant, struggling to trust or focus. Their immune systems weaken. Their hormones go off-balance. Not because of a single bad moment—but because no one came when it mattered most.

This isn’t about spoiling. It’s about survival. Love shapes the brain. Touch shapes the nervous system. Comfort teaches safety.

And when we respond, when we pick them up, we don’t just soothe—we protect. We build resilient minds and strong hearts.

Because every cry answered is a brick in the foundation of a healthy, whole human being.

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03/10/2025

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Management of impacted fetal head at cesarean delivery - Reverse breech extraction
The operator grasps one or both feet A, applies traction toward the woman’s feet to deliver the legs and abdomen B, rotates the body in the midline to deliver each arm in turn C, and applies traction toward the woman’s head to deliver the baby’s head D. https://ow.ly/18MC50Rq9uT

Obstetric violence:Many have experimented this, and many stay quiet. This violence is not okay:*Inforgrafic from May28
01/19/2024

Obstetric violence:

Many have experimented this, and many stay quiet. This violence is not okay:

*Inforgrafic from May28

When working with someone who has experienced trauma, make sure that you truly LISTEN to them so that you can understand...
09/21/2023

When working with someone who has experienced trauma, make sure that you truly LISTEN to them so that you can understand. Do NOT dismiss their words.

03/07/2023

“I Won’t Hold Your Baby

…unless you ask me to, in which case, I will snuggle and cuddle your baby as much as you want me to.

I never ask my clients if I can hold their baby. In fact, I rarely ever touch my client’s baby if I can help it. Sounds sort of like the opposite of what you might picture of a doula, right? We must all be birth crazy, baby obsessed women who just want to cover babies in kisses and love and get an emotional high from attending births?

Not this doula.

I LOVE attending births. Call me crazy, but getting those middle of the night calls is one of my favorite parts of this job. I get to listen to someone at their most vulnerable times - the excitement, the hesitation, the nervousness of the unknown. Being able to provide some comfort, reassurance and continuity of care to the people I work with is so important to me (and them!)

Rushing off in the night, quietly getting myself ready, getting in the car and heading off to their home or hospital makes me feel like I’m on a secret birth mission that nobody around me knows about. When I arrive I fall as seamlessly as I can into the rhythm of the birth and start supporting my clients in whatever way they need most.

When the baby arrives I step aside and leave room for the new parents to discover their baby. I try and grab some photos (I’m not a birth photographer though, so keep your expectations in check!) and then I only step in if my client needs me for some reason.

Why does that matter? Why won’t I ask to hold your baby? Simply because: they are yours, not mine. I want you to be able to hold your baby as close as you want, for as long as you want without anyone interrupting that time. There will be enough people coming along in the next few hours and weeks who need to take that baby out of your arms for whatever reason, and tons of friends and family who will offer help by “holding the baby”.

Instead, I want to hold you, whether that’s in my arms, in my heart or my thoughts. By supporting and “holding” you, I don’t need to hold your baby. But if you ask me to, I would LOVE to.”

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03/07/2023

When I was nursing my first little one, we had a black Chevy Nova and there was a whole lot of milk spray on the dashboard. It was clear that milk didn’t just come out from one single hole. You may have noticed this, too.⁠

But years ago, midwives at The Farm in Tennessee, enrolled in nursing school, were told by an OB that milk does come out of just one hole. Amongst them, several were breastfeeding, so they showed him – it’s a spray.⁠

It's easy to be convinced that the person in the white coat knows more about how your body works than you do- even when you know they are plain wrong. This story is a classic example of what I call "medsplaining" -a form of medical gaslighting. But you know your body better than anyone else. You are the expert, you are the authority.⁠

What I love about this story is that it reminds us that it’s the experienced women - the mothers and grandmothers who have done this before - that can often teach us the most. If our own bodies are the library; each other's are the university.⁠

If you are a pregnant or new mama I encourage you to reach out to the experienced mamas, the grandmothers, and aunts, the healers, the wise women and sages in your circle. The women who have walked this path ahead of you - sometimes three, four, five times - so that they can tell you where it gets steep, where the pitfalls are, where to stop, rest, replenish. You don't have to carve your own trail when there are hundreds and thousands of footsteps to follow.⁠ I’m here for you, too.

And please continue to turn to the wise women for support and remember to trust your knowledge as well- we each have our own inner wise woman to consult ❤️.

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01/10/2023

Women of the Week: Midwives. “When she [Rachel] was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for now you have another son” (Genesis 35:17).

Obstetric handbooks have been found among Ancient Near Eastern texts; midwifery is one of the oldest professions in the world. It’s also almost always a woman’s profession.

Midwives appear in several biblical stories, including the Hebrew midwives who lied to the Pharaoh and saved baby Moses. A midwife is called to attend Rachel, and her encouraging words are preserved in scripture. Another midwife witnesses the remarkable birth of Tamar’s twins Perez and Zerah, and her words affect their naming.

This week, we remember the midwives, whose skills birthed heroes and freed nations.

Artwork: Birthing scene from a plaque found in Ostia, Italy. Photo Credit: British Museum.

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