Beautifully Born Babies Doula

10/25/2021

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10/01/2021

October is month.

What is Placenta Accreta, though? Placenta Accreta is a pregnancy condition in which the placenta attaches too deeply into the wall of the uterus, which puts the pregnant person at risk of severe blood loss, preterm birth, hysterectomy, and other complications.

Follow National Accreta Foundation and stay tuned here for more information this month.

09/21/2021

Yes!

"I'm going to check you"⁠
"I'm just going to break your water" ⁠
"We're going to start an IV antibiotic" ⁠
"You really need to do this right now"⁠
“You’re not allowed to (walk around, eat, fill in the blank…)"⁠
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None of these are examples of informed consent. ⁠
Informed consent is a legal, human, and ethical right - established by law.⁠
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It’s a discussion that includes:⁠
1️⃣ risks (including future potential risks, i.e. repeat cesareans, post-episiotomy pain, impacting s*x life)⁠
2️⃣ benefits⁠
3️⃣ alternatives⁠
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Informed consent also includes the right to INFORMED REFUSAL.⁠
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That means you have a legal right to say NO at your birth to anything you believe is not in your and baby's best interest.⁠
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Your voice counts and what you say matters.⁠
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Being guilted into something or otherwise psychologically pressured is a violation of informed consent.⁠
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But violations are common and accepted. It’s common for a practitioner to say something like: ‘a good mom would do this’ and ‘you wouldn’t want to harm your baby’ or “I know this is what you want, but my job is to look out for your baby.” Legally YOU are the one who gets to choose for you and baby and LEGALLY that should be without repercussions to you regardless of outcome. YOU get to make the risk-benefit analysis, but that means getting educated ahead of time. And that’s what I’m here to help you do.⁠
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If you want to learn what your birth rights are, the difference between birth rights and hospital policy, and more on how to be your own advocate, I invite you to join my FREE pregnancy, birth, and postpartum course via the link in bio.⁠
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Once you join, you'll have access to the previously recorded videos (including the one on advocacy), in addition to supplemental PDFs and guided videos - and all of the ongoing classes coming up, plus the ongoing weekly support group.⁠
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Speaking up for ourselves, and speaking our truth makes a difference. It’s how every change in healthcare has actually occurred. And never doubt what s group of committed women can do!

09/13/2021

Yes!

Every new dad with a partner who is breastfeeding or pumping needs to read this.

06/12/2021

You read that right.
Per ACOG's 2019 VBAC guidelines, the risk of maternal death during a planned VBAC is 0.0019%.
Expressed another way, that is a risk of 1 in 52,600.
Did you have any idea the risk was that low?
Whereas the risk of maternal death with an elective repeat cesarean after one cesarean is 0.0096% or 1 in 10,000.
Again, both really small numbers but the risk of maternal death is five times higher in a repeat cesarean.
This is why when pregnant people are threatened with "you could die if you plan a VBAC," it falls flat.
But it is often really successful in coercing someone into a repeat cesarean... as well as eroding patient autonomy and any trust when the birthing person learns the facts.
As a L&D nurse told me, "There is no real informed consent anymore."
This is just yet another example.
That's what VBAC Facts® is all about.
VBACFACTS.com

05/31/2021

Yes!

"My healthy and responsive body grows my healthy child."

05/10/2021

Welcome to this world baby girl 👶

03/27/2021

Love being a doula 🥰

It’s World Doula Week! 🤍 Send the doulas in your life some love this week ✨

01/06/2021

Amazing midwife joining the homebirth team!

I am a certified nurse-midwife. I’m a floor sitter. A Spinning Babies, 3-sisters, rebozo, birth position & pelvic thrust demonstrator. A loud laugher and an even louder sneezer. I like to diffuse essential oils and have new age-y music on in the background. I’m a coffee connoisseur and a tea drinker. I geek out about amazing body functions. I have rhythm because I listen to the beat, the heartbeat. I am a good listener, a gentle voice (most of the time), a supportive hand, and a smiling face and eyes. I don’t have all the answers, all of the time, but I will help you look for what answers you seek and we can learn together.
2021 is for Woman Rising, for Women Rising, for Humanity Rising.
Welcome to my office. Let’s sit down and chat.

01/01/2021

Great info!

CERVICAL/VAGINAL EXAMS IN LABOR
Internally, your cervix is the gateway to your baby between the va**na and the uterus. Using fingers, midwives and doctors can assess baby’s station (how high or low baby is), dilation (how open cervix is), effacement (how thin cervix is), and other markers.

This has no bearing on when you will have your baby or how fast baby will come! Cervixes can change quickly or slowly. Also, remember that it is your body and you have the right to accept or refuse any va**nal exams.

LEARN MORE: https://loom.ly/Yr2gFY8

Photo by: Elaine Baca, Documentary Photographer - Lane B Photography

12/13/2020

🤣🤣 great Christmas gift idea 🤣🤣

I'm speechless. 😂

09/18/2020

Homemade pumpkin spice latte.

09/03/2020

Happy Fall! 🌻🍁🍂🍃

Yes, I have purple hair on purpose 💜 😂

Hope you are enjoying the change in seasons (though summer is my favorite by far) I do enjoy the crisp fall air, bonfires, pumpkin spice lattes, and all the beautiful fall colors.

What is your favorite thing about Fall? 🙂

08/29/2020

This sweet little man is 1 week old already! His mama is such an amazingly strong woman! Dad was rock solid throughout the rollercoaster of his birth.

Such an amazing birth that I was blessed to be able to be apart of.



*pic shared with permission 😊

08/23/2020

Welcome Baby Boy!

08/08/2020

08/01/2020

You are not alone.