Flora Birth Support

02/17/2022

Yesterday we celebrated my youngest’s 2nd birthday and the anniversary of our family centered home birth. Forever grateful for our 2020 baby and the gift of birthing at home with my loves present. 💛

01/21/2022

One of my favorite cards, made by , to hand out at postpartum visits. Such a good reminder for that first year and beyond! Keep them close. 🖤

01/17/2022

Swelly, stormy clouds and wind combined with a full moon, bringing in new babies into this world this weekend. Welcome to the spinning world little ones. You bring the light after the storm. 🌈

01/14/2022

Patiently waiting for my camellias to bloom. Trusting in their timing and I know it’ll be beautiful when they finally do! I know it’s hard to wait when there’s so much pressure from providers to induce your labor. Of course, you want to meet baby! And your provider may be giving you some reasons that are starting to make you anxious AF! However, baby is doing important work doing all that growing in the womb. They will come when it’s time. Trust in the process. Be brave and curious. Ask for a reason for your induction. Ask for evidence based information. Ask what will happen if you wait. Check in with yourself and baby. This is one of the biggest challenges I see birthers face as they approach their “due date”. There are definitely reasons to induce, most likely, it’s not needed. 🙃
What are reasons you’ve heard for induction?
Induction series coming soon! 🌈 Let’s be educated 🤓 on the birth process and interventions thrown your way!
Your doula loves you!💛

01/09/2022

Thankful to get a little break from supporting an amazing mama, navigating an induction, to snuggle and nurse my baby. Grounding moment for me and adds a bit more needed oxytocin. 💛
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01/06/2022

On my way home from the hospital yesterday. Had to stop to capture this beautiful sunset. Sound on to catch the birdsong. 🌅 🐦💛

12/13/2021

Some good positioning tips from elf on the shelf 😉

Let the elf on the shelf, or... should we say the elf with the ball, 😅 give you some tips for the use of a birth ball and some good positions in labor.
You're welcome... Merry Birthing 😉❤🎄
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( Picture shared from The Midwives at Willowbrook )

12/01/2021

When that one person ruins the picture by not looking at the camera 😒 At least my partner doulas are cute! ☺️
Come hang out with us at Grow Midwifery from 9-10:30. We’d love to connect 💛
We’ll be meeting inside, so please wear your favorite mask to help keep each other safe ✌🏽

11/15/2021

2022 is going to be so fun! Excited to be teaming up with these two beautiful people. As a team, we’ll be supporting new families in Ventura. Bringing in our unique expertise and qualities and offering some fun opportunies for birthing people in our community to feel confident and supported as they step into this powerful, transformative time!
One immediate offering is our weekly Perinatal Group, starting this Wednesday at Grow Midwifery. If your pregnant or have a baby under 6 months, please join us! We’d love to sit with you!

10/17/2021

Today, I had the privilege of sitting in circle with some amazing women. Some pregnant and some postpartum. We were gifted with hearing powerful, strong, challenging and healing birth stories. Those preparing for their own birth journeys shared their hopes and fears. We held space for them, showing support and care. The vulnerable and brave sharing brought me back to the labyrinth image. When you start the path of the labyrinth, you know there is an end, but surprised by the turns it takes your down. Surrender. Trust you will get to where you need to go when you need. No need to rush. You will get there. The twists and turns will carry you through. 🌀

08/14/2021

Hi all 👋🏽 It’s been a minute! Life is full at the moment (what a gift!). I’m 18 months postpartum, my eldest just turned 5, and I’m figuring out the best way to balance the multiple roles I carry - mom, wife, student, birthworker, community member and friend. After a busy spring of birth support I’m in the middle of a summer break to allow myself to work through a childbirth educator’s course, play at the beach with my kids and support my daughter Alma’s transition into kindergarten. I’ll be back supporting families in October. 🍂
I have a few things cooking up. If you’d like to join my email list, comment below or send me a message so I can add you! I’m going to try to send out quarterly updates to keep you all posted on what I’m up to and things to be aware of in the community! 💛
🌈 Also, who likes my shirt designed by ? 😍

05/29/2021

Attended a very powerful, electric, feel it deep down into your bones kind of birth, earlier this week. These ladies sent me on my way, as I was packing up and saying goodnight to the lovely midwives and 💛
On call for another mama. Any day or any week, now. Just as we know the matilija bloom around this time, we can never predict when each one will greet us with their stunning, fried egg flower.

05/24/2021

Happy birthday, my love. What a gift you are to our family. Your girls love you and feel loved by you. After spending the day supporting a mama welcome her sweet boy into the world, I’m glad I was able to make it home in time for cake!

04/14/2021

In prenatal visits with my clients, I talk about the primal transition we take as birthers. At first, we’re upright. We’re walking around. Smiling. Laughing. Excited that our baby is coming. As we get deeper into labor land, we start to lean. Needing support from our partner, loved one. Lean against something to relieve pressure as contractions are getting hot and heavy. And as the heat turns up, we start to strip our layers. Becoming the animal within. And if you allow yourself to go there, to go deep, to let go. Be open to your inner knowing, you will find your strength and power as the pains start to overwhelm. And then you get to the point where you find yourself on all fours, rocking and roaring with those surges. It’s safe to go there. And once you’re there, you’ll find your body take over. And your heart open to receive your baby.

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03/28/2021

Throw back to this magical moment with my sister doula on the Winter Solstice of 2019 ✨(can you spot my preggo belly?) ✨Look forward to more moments like this, please! Happy Doula week to all my doula community. Grateful to those who’ve helped me along the way and continue to support me as I support families. 💛

03/18/2021

Happy Wednesday, loves. These end of winter/early spring cloudscapes are bringing me a lot of joy these days. What about you?

02/24/2021

Hello friends, it’s been a minute since I’ve posted here. What a year it’s been! I knew I’d be taking a “break” from doula work, for Solimar’s first year, but I had no idea what kind of year we would ALL be treading.
How are you all?
I feel like I’m crawling out of that labyrinth describes. So much surrendering in the last 12 months, isolation and lessons brought to me by my little ones and this pandemic life. I feel that transformation 🦋 though and listening to those whispers of lessons yet to be learned. This thing isn’t over, but I’m feeling ready to offer a little more of myself to those in the community, needing support as they prepare for their birthing journey. 💛

02/13/2021

Happy Valentine’s Day, lovebirds. 💛