Whisper and Roar Doula Services

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BLACK GRAND MIDWIVES ARE BLACK HISTORY. Margaret Charles delivered babies until she was 90 years old with zero losses? Let that sink in. Our elders have always held the blueprint for safe, sacred, and community-centered birth. Their wisdom, intuition, and ancestral knowledge carried generations before us, and it’s up to us to protect and uplift that legacy. As we honor Black History Month, let’s remember that Black midwives and birthworkers have always been the backbone of our communities. Their hands caught our babies, their care kept our families whole. How are we ensuring their work continues? TAG A MIDWIFE carrying this sacred tradition forward. Let’s give them their flowers now. 💐🖤 Follow @themotherhoodhealer for more Black History: Birthworkers Edition! Doula: @mika.moaney Media Production: @_mashmedia #BlackMidwivesMatter #AncestralBirthwork #HonoringOurElders #BlackMidwives #Midwives #BlackHistoryFacts #BlackHistory #blackdoulas

This exactly. Our long terms goals for the Muslim community.

What a mad weekend. We have had some supreme feedback from this article and we are so grateful to have had this coverage.

and myself have worked stupid hours, on zero pay, with a baby happening in the middle of the training week just to make this come to life. And that’s not even the hard part. The hard part is all the stuff that comes next.

The dream has never ever been getting paid though. It would be great but we bang on about it all the time, the real dream is community. The real dream is to change the narrative around birth and what it looks like. The real dream is to acknowledge what hospital births look like and go in there and offer the support for the hardest bits.

Birth keepers, doulas, howdies call them what you want, but the people tending to the mothers. The people out there in charge of offering the emotional support, they ALWAYS existed. They always will. We just want them to be accessible for people who need them.

Long live and it’s beautiful sense of community and it’s amazing and astounding group of volunteers so far.

What a trip 🧡🌚🌝

We are thrilled to announce that Rixa Freeze's Project ECHO lecture is now available for free! It is titled "Vaginal breech birth: Why it's important and how it works" and was sponsored by the University of Utah. To access the lecture: https://breech.thinkific.com/courses/why-how-eng

This is a great introduction to vaginal breech birth for both parents and providers. It explains why vaginal breech training is important and then shows the normal steps of physiological breech birth, including deviations from each step.

At the end of the lecture, Dr. Freeze answers audience questions. A resident also presents a case study, and we hear responses from BWB's David Hayes and Kristine Lauria.

Loving this ✨gem✨ from @valerieoresko We’ve got to stop saying these things to moms and parents. Yes, your words do matter. The impact of those words matter. And yes, it is your responsibility to consider impact over intent. At least it is if our collective goal is to live in a kinder, more empathetic society. These are easy fixes. It’s just whether or not people care enough about traumatized moms and parents to make the small effort to do better. Listen we’ve all missed the mark at some point or another. Before my experience I absolutely uttered “all that matters..” but when we know better we can do better. And now we know better, so let’s all try our best to do better. What have you heard after your traumatic birth? What would you rate it? 👇🏼 Look out for part 2 to hear more 🔥

Thank you @kais_dad7 for summarising this important message so articulately! It should 100% be an arrangement that works for your family! If that’s sharing the night wakes, or one parent being ok with managing them. Mum doing all wakes, or dad doing all wakes. The important part here is agreeing, and supporting each other through this hard time! As it’s tough! As a content creator, who regularly shares content on this topic. I have had many dads comment stating it’s mums job, I work. Being a stay at home mum is easy. And it saddens me, as someone who has worked & been a stay at home mum, it’s so much harder to be home with a baby 24/7, managing all the wakes. And I have worked with over 500 families 1-1 and it’s great to see more families sharing the night wakes, and parenting duties. But sadly it is still common, for mums to be doing all night wakes & feeling resentful. And of course how easy or hard the nights are, often depends very much on how wakeful your baby is! What has your experience been here? #sleepdeprivedmum #newdad #newmum #babysleepcoach #babysleeptips #newparents #babysleepconsultant

Let’s normalize normal. 1. Birthing 2-3 weeks on EITHER side of the due date is NORMAL. 2. YES, I am aware that I just said mamas have to chill out about a 4-6 week window. 3. AND THEIR RELATIVES TOO LOL. 4. YES, I absolutely do understand that this is not the message most mothers hear from health care providers. 5. NO, I am not naïve or uninformed. 6. No one has told young mothers that it is NORMAL to have sporadic and then increasing contractions throughout the whole last month. This is a biological system, and it’s warming up and things have to come online and there’s a lot of good work being done before the “big day“. 7. No one thinks that when we go to see an incredible theater production that they started the show the day of the performance? All kinds of things have been going on behind the scenes to make the big day come together. 8. Dates are only PART of the picture!! How are mom and baby doing? How are vital signs? Is the baby passing the kick test? SEE LINK IN BIO FOR THE ✨REAL✨ DIRECTIONS!! Has this been a stressful pregnancy? Have either of them been exposed to big concerns or contaminants? 9. Induction has its place; it’s most effective and the least damaging when there are legit concerns and alternatives have been exhausted. 10. Doulas and midwives are often excellent advocates. 11. True informed consent means each mother would be able to make the best decision for her and her baby free of cohesion and with plenty of support and information. No one answer for everyone, of course. All inductions aren’t bad, however they should not be the first and only option so casually & routinely to so many. 12. 💖💗💖💫 #duedate #midwife #homebirth #birth #childbirth #overdue #induction #doula #naturalhealth #childbirtheducation #naturalbirth

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Join us virtually August 15th at 12pm and 7pm Central Standard Time for this months MilMama Birth Circle.

We are giving away two trinket plates in celebration of National Breastfeeding Month. For your chance to win, you must register AND attend the MilMama Birth Circle.

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Register for the 7pm CST circle HERE ---->
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We look forward to another opportunity bringing our Military Community together, no matter where you're stationed.

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This is a life that should have been filled with adorable onesies and snuggles from all his aunties.
Taken away for greed, for spite, for insecurities, for inequalities, for lack of moral courage, for silence.

He deserved to be covered in kisses.
He deserved to be swaddled by big sisters and carried by big brothers.
He deserved to grow up.

His mother deserved to be showered in love and congratulations.
She deserved to be able to hold close and breathe deep the sweet scent of this child she carried and grew and talked to and prayed for and loved.

They deserved to be wrapped up in one another in bonding, learning one another, loving one another.

His life was worth getting a little uncomfortable for,
because his death was far more than a little uncomfortable.