HONEY Doula, Lactation & Nutrition

09/03/2022

In the beginning we hear all the encouragement and benefits regarding breastfeeding.

"Any amount of breastmilk she gets is beneficial."

"If you can breastfeed her until the colostrum is gone."

"If you can just make it those first few months, he would benefit so much."

The encouragement continues UNTIL...

You hit that 1st birthday.

Then all of the encouragement stops and people start asking,

"When are you going to stop breastfeeding her."

"Do plan to pump it and put it in a cup."

"He is just using you as a pacifier."

So, here are some facts about breastmilk AFTER the first year👇🏼

16oz of breasmilk provides:
• 30% of daily calories needed
• Almost half of daily protein
• 20% of daily calcium
• So many vitamins and minerals

There is nothing wrong with continuing to breastfeed your little one past the first year! And if no one else is there to support you, I am here to say,

You are doing an AMAZING job, and I am proud of you🖤

04/03/2022

02/03/2022

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100% yes!

12/02/2022

Come see us!! We're dying to meet you 💛

Hey hey, the gang’s all here today! Come visit us at The Well and get all your needs met. Doula, midwife, lactation support, childbirth education, bodywork, craniosacral, pelvic physical therapy and more!!!

15/01/2022

I've had some cancellations so I'm looking to fill two spots in February! I'm offering discounted rates to fill these spots ASAP.
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14/01/2022

Hello dear ones!! I have some last minute openings in February and am happy to offer a discounted fee for the late notice if anyone needs a birth/postpartum/over night/sibling doula!

13/01/2022

push & pull

Sitting with myself over the past few days, I've been leaning into some exciting and icky things.
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Exciting because I feel more present with myself while "doing the work" ( ) and it's so thrilling to be an active participant in my life for what feels like maybe the first time.
And icky because doing the work often feels ~uncomfortable~
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I feel the /pull/ of old habits and old thought patterns and I notice myself doing things that past versions of myself would do.
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And I don't want to be that anymore so I get to make the hard and thrilling decision that those things aren't for me and that it's okay to leave them in the past, because I've got me, I'm capable of doing hard things, fully, as the version of my self I want to be.
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I've also noticed this with my doula clients, typically the ones who are doing something for the first time. They know that they are on the precipice of something big. It feels as though, around their edges, the pull is there too. The pulling away from doing hard things. And in the best way I know how, I get to help them notice that pull and say "let's lean in together"
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Because when we push back at the pull, amazing and thrilling and beautiful things happen.

29/11/2021

16/10/2021

Lets connect Honeys!!

06/10/2021

20/09/2021

Join us in a FAMILY FRIENDLY celebration event for THE WELL!! This amazing space has been filled with so much life since its construction in the 1980s and is now beginning a new journey being renovated into a space for women's wellness - a place to heal, gather, learn and build community.

Come enjoy community at THE WELL and meet our friends, family and see what we're all about! There will be:
- Billie Gold Bubble Tea Truck
- games
- side walk painting
- walk throughs of the space that will become the NEW Women's Wellness Center
- chair massages
- reflexology
- make-n-take plants, oils, and herbs
- raffle events
- a Silent Auction
LOVING DONATIONS WELCOME

https://fb.me/e/1KMiH9lcq

21/01/2021

SLEEP:

I chose to dive deeper into this topic first because I personally struggle with sleep SO much. Maybe it’s the ADHD, maybe its the kiddo, but it’s probably the bad habits. All of these tips are things that help us to improve our sleep, which is SO important for us and for our children.

If you’ve ever heard the term “sleep hygiene” some of these might already be familiar but typically sleep hygiene is:
- keep your space dark and quiet
- keep electronics and TV out of your sleep space
- maintain the same sleep/wake times
- avoid screen time an hour before bed

BUT, also consider:
- exercise during the day will improve sleep
- avoiding heavy or dense meals near bed time will improve sleep
- having a clutter free space will improve sleep

Tracking your sleep with your or watch or apps like Sleep Cycle for you or Huckleberry for babe can give you interesting insights into the quality and quantity of sleep you’re getting. This is SO important because our bodies build everything upward from how we sleep and how we eat. Sleep is both your and your baby’s body's best tool for both physical and mental recovery from our stressful lives.

Every night I try to be a little bit better with my habits and every night I put some intention into my sleep, for the love of my body and my sanity.

Let me know in the comments if you use any of these tools or if there are any tricks you have to get better sleep!!

from the gorgeous account of 🍯

20/01/2021

MY BIG SECRET 🤫

Tracking Your Cycles:
I began tracking my cycles while still on hormonal birth control, a progestin IUD. I wanted to get a grasp on my body in hopes of making sense of things, and after roughly three years of tracking cycles I feel like its a secret I have to share.

Humans are cyclical beings, meaning our lives follow cycles and patterns. From our sleep/wake cycles, to habits, to menstrual/hormonal cycles, and even to the moon herself, we all spin around, and gradually upward, to closer connection and better knowing as we learn and attune to our selves.

In my personal opinion, attunement to our natural patterns helps us to better understand on a whole person scale. Connecting with your body in a way that allows you to objectively recognize and hear what she is saying to you is one way in which we can reclaim our autonomy and our power as individuals and women.

I have used several different apps to track my actual menstrual cycle, my favorites being and (I’m a Garmin watch user). Cycle tracking is important for even those who are amenorrheic or who have never menstruated. Like I said before we are all cyclical beings. I will go into further detail on each of these cycles and exactly what/how to track them in future posts.

1. I keep a loose eye on the moon phases via a beautiful infographic from She rules the tides and I believe that she is worth keeping an eye on in relation to our natural patters.
2. Take a long hard look at your sleep habits and what your circadian rhythm is telling you.
3. I’ve never been a big fan of journaling but there is something to be said for keeping track of your mood throughout the month, be it with an app or in a journal. Taking a quantitative look at a freeform thing like emotion can be wildly insightful.
4. Note habits in the way you nourish yourself. What do you eat? How do you eat? When do you eat? Take note and sit with it.
5. Last but not least, me**es. Finding an app you love for tracking will help you follow a lot of your patters. My favorite markers to track are, physical symptoms, mood, and cervical mucus. Since removing hormonal contraceptives from my life, based on these three things I can pretty much tell you exactly where I am in my cycle on any given day. For those of you who are anovulatory (don’t ovulate) or amenorrheic (don’t bleed), knowing what your body’s “norm” is is such a powerful tool to better understanding your health. It is YOUR body and YOUR normal, get to know her.