Sami the Doula

02/05/2024

Next round of Baby feeding classes starts again this month! You can register through my website, website, or send me a DM! This class will focus on the basic anatomy and physiology of lactation, tools on body & bottle feeding, milk storage 101, milk expression and formula usage! While this class is geared towards people preparing to feed their babies, if one of these topics is applicable to you and you’re currently feeding your baby - please join us!

29/03/2024

Officially opening my schedule for lactation and baby feeding support visits! I will be taking package lactation support as well as one offs, because sometimes, there’s no knowing what you’ll want or need for this type of support! Spots are limited so if you’re interested, send me a message or submit an inquiry on my website for a free virtual consult! 🍼

29/03/2023

Feeding Class! Come learn all the ways to feed your baby and express milk!

We are SO excited to have Sami, Doula] offering this class in April at Root To Rise Scarborough!! If you are expecting, newly postpartum or a local birth-worker looking to learn more about how to help your clients and patients with this important topic, join Sami fir this class!! 🙌

Lactation & Infant Feeding Class

With Sami Pinard of Sami The Doula

April 26th 5:30pm- 6:30pm at Root To Rise in Scarborough
$20

The goal of this class is to gain familiarity around body feeding positions, what baby’s needs are, when to seek professional assistance, and increase bodily autonomy. People who take this class can anticipate leaving with baseline knowledge on the anatomy and physiology that surrounds body feeding, tools and equipment used in body feeding/why they’re helpful, comfort in knowing it’s okay to seek alternative feeding methods, and what resources exist in the community.

Sami the Doula is a full spectrum doula and have been supporting families for three years, she is a childbirth educator as well as a VBAC doula.

Space is limited so save your spot by calling us at 207-200-1626 or sign up 🔗 in bio 💕

DM Sami, Doula] or with any questions!

02/01/2023

2022, you were full (and I mean full) of births, you brought new business ventures, so many new birth work friends (you all know who you are), you allowed me to witness and support one of my dearest friends in their birth experience, and lastly, how to protect my peace and advocate for my needs.
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✨While I may be quiet on my social media, just know I’m spending all my waking moments working on expanding my knowledge, skill set, and building beautiful client/doula relationships. 🤍✨

12/10/2022

Navigating a Hospital Birth Childbirth Education! This course goes over more than the basics, it is designed for you to have the best comprehension of the anatomy and physiology of birth so when interventions or comfort measures are in discussion you can make the best choice for you. This class is meant to be small and intimate so you have the option to bring your birth hope/plan/vision and we can chat more in depth. The course will take place every Monday 5:30-8:30PM from November 28 until December 19 at I only have 5 spots open! Link is in my bio to register 🤍
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26/09/2022

Pregnancy support group!
🍂The remainder of the sessions are posted on my website for you to secure your spot!
🍂All sessions are free/donation based, light snacks are provided, and a safe space for you to ask any questions and feel in company with other pregnant people.
🍂Link in my bio to register for group!

23/08/2022

📢 Announcement!

I am excited to announce that I have an opening for a student midwife to join S**o River Midwifery starting in mid- September through June 2023.

I am a preceptor with National College of Midwifery. Students must be enrolled in a didactic learning program. I am open to working with students in stage 1 and 2 of the NARM process (I am not taking stage 3/Primary Under Supervision students at this time).

Students must have their own reliable transportation, live less than an hour from S**o, Maine and be able to attend clinic 2-3 days per week, be on call for births, and commit to 5 hours of monthly skills training. Additionally students must become NRP and BLS certified within 2 months of starting with me.

If you’d like to talk more send me an email!

08/08/2022

✨Navigating a Hospital Birth✨
✨This course is 12 total hours, with 3 of those hours preparing you for all of the postpartum topics that nobody will tell you about. A small group setting to allow for optimal learning & discussion. There will be a mix of both hands on and interactive learning as well as light reading material and videos. The goal of this course is to build your confidence going into your birth by teaching you the anatomy and physiology of labor & birth, what it looks like as a support person, and multiple tips for self advocacy & bodily autonomy.✨
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06/08/2022

🌱Next Pregnancy Support a group Session🌱
🌱August 17 at 5:30 pm location is 169 Port road Suite 2 in Kennebunk!
🌱Free/Donation Bases
🌱Link in my bio to claim your spot!
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26/07/2022

🌱1 week old babies🌱
🌱The 1 week postpartum visit is so special. We catch new parents in such a fragile time in this transition to parenthood and get to spend some time with the little ones we have spent so much time discussing about. We meet the little ones was soon as they are starting to realize they exist on the outside - everything about it is such a special experience🌱🤍
🤍always honored to have parents photograph these moments and share with us🤍

21/07/2022

🌱Time is ticking to sign up for the first session, July 27!🌱

24/06/2022

I have grappled since I began this work of what the best send off gift for my clients was. What felt authentic to my care? What felt like it would leave a lasting impact? Do people even care? And it came to me as I walked into the most beautiful plant healing space. “PLANTS! People need plants!”
🌱So, here we are! I was sent by the universe to curate the perfect small and easy to care for plant selection to gift my beautiful clients! Kristy, as photographed here, has beautiful leafy green plants, with 2 stems - 1 for parent and 1 for baby. The love, attention to detail, and kindness that has been put into this offering is so exciting!
🌱Plants are a great tool for healing and channeling energy into something different than baby or postpartum recovery. It’s neutral and it’s beautiful🌱✨

07/06/2022

Hi there 👋
It’s been a while since I’ve done an intro here, and there are so many new people!
🌱I’m Sami (she/her)
🌱I am one of the doulas in
🌱I’m a full spectrum doula (DTI), a VBAC doula, and a childbirth educator
🌱By day I work in public health
🌱I ❤️ plants and gardening
🌱my focus in birth work is to make support for birth accessible to all demographics while making it a sustainable business model
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03/05/2022

Grab a friend, get a sign, and support human rights

03/05/2022

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12/02/2022

🌷GOOD THINGS ARE COMING🌷

21/01/2022

2022 is booking up quick friends! ✨

20/11/2021

Meet Kim, a labor and delivery nurse. "When I got married, I did the math: How many hours of paid time off would I need to save up for maternity leave? Between the occasional week of vacation, it took almost two years to save up enough hours. TWO. YEARS. And when I unexpectedly needed to take a leave of absence in the Summer of 2020, I had to use the PTO I had so patiently saved up. I went back to work at the end of that summer, and by Fall we were pregnant with our little Josephine.
My employer’s Human Resources department talked me through the confusing hodge-podge of terms that would make up my maternity leave. You know how it goes, “First you do this, then this kicks in, but you still have to supplement it. And then once it runs out, you’re on your own, kid.” Knowing that my PTO bank was quite small after my leave of absence the Summer prior, I thought I was prepared for what was about to happen.
I was 7 weeks postpartum when I got a paycheck for $1.41.
I called HR because I thought something must’ve gone wrong. But it wasn’t, and what followed a week later was a letter from my employer, “Missed Deductions.” Learning I would not only spend the next 2 months without a paycheck but would also be required to pay my employer for my benefits while on maternity leave was shocking. HR offered me a few options to repay them, but ultimately I chose to cut them a check, writing “Maternity leave” in the note line. It was the second time that I cried in my daughter’s life. I felt so worthless in those moments that I didn’t even want my daughter to look at me. I had my husband come and take her from me because I didn’t want her to sense my anguish. It felt like the Sadness character from Inside Out had touched my happy memory, the memory of my first days with my daughter, and permanently turned it blue.
It took a lot for us to bring Josephine into this world. There were many tears, an insane amount of stress and worry, but none of that compared to how I felt writing this check out to my employer for my maternity leave." - Kim