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05/08/2026
Lactation & Infant feeding tips - because none of it is very intuitive! These tips are meant to be a refresher or starting point, I highly recommend working with a qualified lactation professional to gain confidence and help your feeding journey thrive!
04/20/2026
Every year I recertify as a doula, to confirm I am still practicing, and have the necessary skills to support laboring parents. I know what I’m doing! 😉
Basically the same thing 😂 big mouth, bottom jaw first, and roll the top in!
04/14/2026
We just want you to feel respected, seen, informed, and empowered!
Did you have a C-section birth? If so, what were the circumstances of it?
Cesarean section, aka C-section, is a major surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through incisions made in the mothers abdomen and uterus, usually a horizontal cut low on the abdomen. It’s most often performed when a vaginal delivery is not possible or safe.
In Alaska in 2024 (the most recent data), 23.2% of live births were cesarean deliveries.
The rate of primary (it being someone’s first) cesarean deliveries was 16.4 per 100 live births.
The rate of VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) was 27.8 per 100 live births.
Between 2014-2024, the percent of live births delivered by Cesarean declined more than 2%!
Sources: March of dimes, Mayo Clinic, NHS
04/09/2026
Are you preparing for a baby’s arrival and have questions? Or curious about what doula support looks like? Join us the first Saturday of each month for a live Q&A! Not a pressured sales call, we just want to share the knowledge we’ve gained from doing this for well over 10 years between the two of us ❤️ link to register is in my link tree in bio.
04/02/2026
A special bonus during overnight postpartum support - I’m actually awake to see the Aurora! 😍
03/24/2026
World Doula Week kicked off with a bang! 2 babies were born in the last 2 days, baby F, baby A, and their families are doing great 🥰 the remainder of the week I’ll be supporting two other families with overnight care, along with checking in on the two newest families, and taking some newborn pictures too!
I’m constantly reminded of why I do this work, and why I love it so much! There’s no greater feeling than helping people realize how powerful and capable they are of doing hard things. There’s little that could fill my heart more than witnessing the miracle of new life, and making a difference in how parents experience it ❤️ plus there’s no greater gift to a new parent than sleep lol
03/05/2026
Inquire now if you’re curious about/ interested in doula support for your next baby!
02/26/2026
There’s three main reasons why my back up doula would be called in to my clients birth: if something happens to me (like I’m physically injured or incapacitated), if two clients are in labor at the same time, or if I’m out of town when a client goes into labor.
This past week, the ladder two happened simultaneously! And I was reminded why I have TWO back up doulas that I’m eternally grateful for. Christine Rogers and Ty Roberts.
I don’t go on vacations very often, less than a week per year on average, last week was one of those. Before I left I made sure that my clients who are due in the next month have my primary back up doula (Christine)’s number, and tagged her in for the week.
A few days later, one client develops a pregnancy related complication and needs to be induced 3 weeks early. When Christine joins them for support, another client goes into labor a week early! So she tags in Ty for them.
I adore both of my back ups beyond words, and I know they’ll take excellent care of my clients. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t an anxious wreck lol. They kept me updated the whole time, and both births went very well!
Beyond taking care of my clients for me, they are also great friends and colleagues to me, we support and doula each other when we’ve had a hard birth, or need an extra brain to think through options for a client. We learn together, laugh together, and have each other’s backs! They’re the best.
Back up doulas matter, and im thankful and proud to have them as mine!
📸 unrelated baby pictured