Kami Schwartz, Reproductive Health Doula (2025)

04/12/2025

Every tired mom has wondered this at some point:
“How do I support my health when I’m exhausted and sometimes all I eat is leftover chicken nuggets?”

I was teaching at a moms’ group once when someone asked me exactly that.

I had just finished explaining what I call “The Party Supplies” — the foundations of healthy hormones. Two big ones are sleep and nourishing food, so it was a totally fair question.

In the moment, I gave her practical tips about bed sharing and meal prepping but what I should have said was something far more important:

Moms can rely on a different Party Supply.
Oxytocin.

Oxytocin is in high supply in motherhood.
Every feed, every hug, every contraction, and every cuddle — it all releases more.

Here’s the gold ➡️ oxytocin isn’t just sweet.
It’s one of the most regulating, healing, restorative hormones we make.

So while you may not be sleeping eight hours straight or eating perfectly, your body is being supported in powerful ways every time you comfort, nourish, and connect with your little ones.

They’re your motivation — and somehow, they’re part of your healing too. 🤍

01/12/2025

Ok baby showers are fun for the first baby, but after that, you need a nesting party!

My doula and sister-in-law threw me the sweetest nesting party before we welcomed baby #4 and it was AMAZING. A huge thank you to my girls that came!

If you want to throw a nesting party, here are a few things to include:

🎉 Food Prep — identify a couple easy recipes you can make together and pop in the freezer. Encourage each guest to bring a frozen meal already made as a gift.

🎉 Home Prep — get a list of deep cleaning projects she needs done, knowing she likely won’t be able to do them herself at 9 months pregnant or in that first year with a newborn.

🎉 Body Prep — help her prep her body for labor by offering a massage, going for a group walk, stretching, or pamper her by painting her nails.

🎉 Spirit Prep — spend some time hearing her concerns, fears, or desires about birth and motherhood and then pray over them together

As a pregnant mom, a nesting party can feel quite vulnerable. You’re literally inviting your community into your mess and that’s hard! But it’s such good practice and so important for motherhood.

Have you been to a nesting party? What was your favorite part?

19/11/2025

Three weeks of getting to know our girl 🤍 She is sweet, and serene, and sensitive and it’s so fun to see the qualities she shares with her sisters as well as her unique differences.

We look forward to a cozy winter in our home soaking in her snuggles and smiles.

Absolutely loved this comfy session with

14/11/2025

Annie’s Home Birth Story 🤍

Monday Oct 27th
✨Woke up crampy
✨Had acupuncture and chiropractor appt
✨By evening I could recognize the start and stop of very mild contractions.

Tuesday 2 am
✨Woke up with contractions and watched Game 3 of the World Series as it went to an epic 18 innings.
✨Had a midwife appointment in the morning and gained assurance that all was well.
✨By evening contractions returned again and at 11:45 pm contractions were hard, all focused on my tailbone, and we began calling the birth team in.

I never felt anything except my tailbone so I began to question whether this was really it. I started feeling like I called my team too early and doubted that I was making any progress.

Lifts and tucks, side lying release, and the peanut ball all came into play. Half of me worried that I was going to labor forever. The other half knew this sequence always works.

My doula asked me if I’m nervous about the next stage. That’s when I could finally say out loud that I’m not afraid of pushing, but I am afraid I’ll never get there.

With the next contraction, around 3:20 am my baby descended and a strong urge to push settled in.

I pushed for a couple contractions standing by my bed and could feel my baby moving down quickly.

At 3:39 am my water broke. After that, my midwife suggested trying the birth stool so her assistant ran out to the car to get it. I sat down, baby crowned, and she was born at 3:42 am.

She transitioned beautifully, and her dark eyebrows and hair immediately took my attention. My husband had a dream she’d look like that and it was crazy to see her in real life 🤍

Overall this birth was much harder than I expected or wanted it to be. And at the same time, it was smoother, and faster than I thought and despite my continuous self-doubt, I was surprised and humbled to find out that my body was designed to do this.

I’ll write more about the spiritual and emotional side of this birth later on. There’s so much to unpack!

Today, I’m thankful for my husband, my baby, and my amazing team.

Birth will always teach us so much and I’m excited to continue learning and sharing more 🤍

15/10/2025

32 years today 🤍 Five years ago today I had my second miscarriage and I was 22 when I became a mom for the first time.

I’m nearing the end of my 6th pregnancy and the truth is, over the last 10 years, each one has profoundly transformed me.

At the beginning of this pregnancy, I noticed a hard resistance to the changes this process would inevitably bring me and I had to work to open myself up to it.

These last few weeks of pregnancy have been especially difficult mentally and I have wished that I could fast forward through the tenderness this stage includes.

Yet, I know that God has been an ever present author, comfort, and creator in what is happening here. I know that not only has He woven together a beautiful child that we’ll meet soon, but that He has also been rewiring me.

Undoing lies I’ve believed, softening stubborn places, and gently leading a deeper surrender to His work in my life. Just like this baby, new parts of me will be birthed soon.

As He always is in each of you, He’s doing a new thing in me, and I’m excited to see what this next year brings.

07/10/2025

Seven years ago today (not a baby #4 announcement 😂).

I’ve been reflecting on this day a lot recently.

This was my second birth, after my first one was full of complications.

I could not believe it when I arrived at the birth center and found out I was 6 cm with normal blood pressure. About 6 hours later, I’d give birth to my second daughter while standing beside the bed.

A dream I had been visualizing since high school finally coming true.

Though I didn’t look like it on the outside, internally I was beaming with joy through all of it… except maybe the hour with a cervical lip 😂

The overwhelming word that comes to mind with this birth is victory.

As I look ahead to giving birth again in the next couple weeks, I hold tightly to this birth, believing it could all be possible again but staying curious as each birth is so unique.

Seven years later, and I know this birth has shaped me. It’s wild to think that what happens in this next birth will impact me for years to come as well.

Happy Birthday to Miss Lainey Nicole!

01/10/2025

It’s October 1st, I’m 36+6, and I’m officially starting maternity leave. Here’s what you can expect from me over the next several months.

✨ I plan to hibernate mostly in the cozy cave of my home from October through January.

✨ I am praying that I can embody God’s gentle care for me in the postpartum phase as outlined in Isaiah 40:11, “He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.”

✨ I won’t be booking any consults until at least February. I will reevaluate this plan in January and give you an update for the spring.

✨ I don’t plan on any live classes until at least August 2026, but this will also be reevaluated in the new year.

✨ I will only be attending the births of family and very close friends in 2026.

✨ My online courses with added WhatsApp support is the best way I can support you! If you have a teen daughter, if you want to navigate your fertility, or if you want to optimize your period, fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum, I have a course for you that you can hop on right away! I’ll be available on WhatsApp for all your questions and for community support.

✨ As for social media, I’m not sure what will happen :) I do know that I will prioritize regular weekly emails and story content over posts and reels. But I’m giving myself freedom in this area to do whatever my energy brings.

If you’d like to join my email list, comment EMAIL and I’ll send you the link :) Hoping to share long-form updates, devotionals, and encouragement for your reproductive health there!

I love the postpartum season, and am excited to just enjoy it one last time without any pressure to move through it quickly.

Thank you so much for being here and I hope to continue supporting you in the future 🤍

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08/09/2025

I love pregnancy so much and at the same time, I’ve been more uncomfy these last 33 weeks than ever.

It’s hard work, physically, and emotionally and spiritually.

And… it may easily be my last time ever experiencing it.

That’s been a big comfort to me, but is also so bittersweet.

So here’s to soaking in these final several weeks, embodying the thing that I am so passionate about.

Here’s to letting the aches and pains and fears drive me to a deeper softening. Letting the fatigue teach me about true rest. Letting the inability to live life “normally” bring me a whole new awareness of the Holy Spirit.

Pregnancy is such a gift, and yet, like many of the best gifts in life, it comes with difficulty, stretching, and uncomfortable transformation.

Thank you so much to for capturing these precious memories for us. I will treasure them literally forever as I continue to reflect on the beauty of pregnancy.

Kami Schwartz, Reproductive Health Doula

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