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DMV Birth Doulas LLC, 8865 Stanford Boulevard 2nd Floor, Columbia, MD (2026)

12/15/2025

⚠️ HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREGNANCY: THEY WILL SCARE YOU… BUT YOU STILL HAVE RIGHTS.

Let’s be very clear:
The moment your blood pressure rises, the system is trained to panic — and to make YOU panic.

Suddenly everything becomes “urgent.”
Suddenly your birth plan “doesn’t matter anymore.”
Suddenly induction, epidurals, magnesium, and “we need to deliver now” become the only options they present.

But here’s the truth they DON’T tell you:
🚨 Having High Blood Pressure does NOT cancel your rights.

You STILL have the right to:
✔️ Understand every intervention being suggested
✔️ Ask for evidence, alternatives, and time to decide
✔️ Decline procedures that don’t align with your values
✔️ Request a second opinion
✔️ Stick to the parts of your birth plan that remain safe
✔️ Have a doula or advocate present who understands the system

High blood pressure is a clinical condition — not a permission slip for hospital staff to bulldoze your autonomy.
Too often, families are pressured into rushed inductions or surgical births simply because providers are afraid of liability… not because the patient is actually unsafe.

⚠️ FEAR TACTIC THEY USE:
“Your blood pressure is high — if you don’t deliver now, your baby could die.”
This statement is designed to shut down your voice.

FACT:
Most cases of elevated blood pressure require monitoring, evaluation, and individualized care, not immediate forced intervention.
And THIS is why support matters.
🖤 YOU DESERVE A TEAM THAT FIGHTS FOR YOU.

At DMV Birth Doulas, we help you:
✨ Understand your diagnosis
✨ Ask the right questions
✨ Distinguish real emergencies from hospital pressure
✨ Protect your birth plan as much as medically safe
✨ Navigate the system without being bullied

Because no diagnosis should ever remove your humanity, dignity, or choice.
Your body. Your baby. Your birth plan.
Diagnosis or not — your rights remain.

If you want evidence-based guidance, powerful advocacy, and support that won’t fold under pressure, inquire today.

12/14/2025

Your first prenatal appointment is more than a check-up — it’s your first chance to see whether this provider is the right fit for your pregnancy and birth.

Here’s what you should expect (and what you deserve) at that first visit:

✨ A provider who actually listens
If you feel rushed, dismissed, or talked over in the first appointment… it won’t magically get better later.

✨ Clear explanations of every test, option, and alternative
Your provider should never make decisions for you. They should make decisions with you.

✨ Time to ask real questions
If you feel like the clock is ticking, that’s a red flag. Your first prenatal shouldn’t feel like speed dating.

✨ A discussion about your birth goals
Hospital? Birth center? Midwife? Unmedicated? Epidural? Your provider should want to know what you want — not force you into what’s easiest for them.

✨ A sense of safety and alignment
Pay attention to how the room feels. Pay attention to how you feel.
Does this provider empower you? Or do they control the conversation?

The truth?
Choosing the right provider will impact your birth more than any textbook, birth plan, or class ever will.

If you left your first prenatal appointment feeling confused, unheard, or uncertain — you’re not stuck. You can switch care.

And if you’re ready for prenatal care that puts YOU first…

✨ We’re now accepting prenatal clients for 2026.
Click the link in our bio or send a DM to schedule your consultation.
www.dmvbirthdoulasllc.com

12/13/2025

Informed consent is not a form. It is not a quick signature. And it is absolutely not a box for the hospital to check off.
Informed consent is your legal right to understand every intervention being offered in your birth—before it happens.

You should never feel rushed, pressured, or talked over. You are entitled to answers to questions like:
✔️ What is this procedure?
✔️ Why is it being recommended right now?
✔️ What are the risks if I do it?
✔️ What are the risks if I decline?
✔️ Are there alternatives?
✔️ Can we wait and reassess?

When you don’t receive clear explanations, you cannot give true consent.
When your options are minimized or withheld, that is not consent.
When ‘hospital policy’ is used to override your autonomy, that is not consent.

Your body is not a battleground for routine procedures.
You have the right to slow the room down, to ask for clarity, and to participate in every decision being made—especially when it involves your baby, your body, and your wellbeing.

This is why doulas and midwives matter.
We protect your voice in spaces where your autonomy is often an afterthought. We ensure you understand what’s happening, why it’s happening, and whether it truly needs to happen right now.

Birth should never feel like something being done to you.
With informed consent, it becomes a process you co-author.
With the right support team, it becomes a birth you remember with confidence—not confusion.

✨ Now booking 2026 births for families who want advocacy, clarity, and evidence-based support from start to finish.
Your birth. Your body. Your decision—always

12/13/2025

Many families believe once the epidural is placed, the hard part is over… but that’s actually where most hospitals stop offering hands-on support.
That’s how births stall. That’s how cesareans increase.
That’s why you need a trained professional who knows how to optimize fetal positioning, prevent labor from slowing down, and advocate for your preferences even when your legs are numb.

An epidural should be a tool — not a trap.
Book your birth team who understands both natural and medicated labors.

DMV Birth Doulas, LLC is Howard County’s first Black-owned doula practice, proudly owned and operated by a Midwife born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland; The Birth Practice of Nikita Johnson is revered for its mastery in birthwork—where expertise meets compassion, advocacy meets precision, and outcomes speak for themselves.
With an unwavering commitment to physiological birth and holistic maternity care, our statistics tell a story of trust, excellence, and results:
🌿 94.5% unmedicated births
🌿 83.3% VBAC success rate
🌿 98.2% vaginal birth rate
🌿 Only 1.8% cesarean births
🌿 9.9% medically necessary inductions
🌿 88.9% spontaneous labors

12/10/2025

“Midwives make better deliveries than Santa — and unlike Santa, we don’t just show up once a year.”

Here’s the truth hospitals don’t like to admit:

❌ Some hospitals treat homebirth midwives terribly
❌ Some staff create hostile, unsafe environments
❌ Some units resist physiological birth and make it harder for moms to labor effectively

This is exactly why Nikita ONLY supports births at SELECT hospitals — the ones where midwives (not OBs) run the unit, and obstetricians are called in only when medically necessary.

At this birth, mama suddenly developed back labor — a sign baby was likely in the wrong position.
If this had been a typical rushed, intervention-heavy hospital environment, they might’ve blamed her pain on “failure to progress” and pushed for an unnecessary intervention.

Instead?

We went straight into the Side-Lying Release from and within minutes:
✨ Baby rotated
✨ Pain decreased
✨ Labor progressed
✨ Birth unfolded beautifully

THIS is what midwife-led, physiologic, hands-on birth support looks like.

If you want a birth team that actually understands your body, protects your autonomy, and knows how to help your baby get into the right position —

💛 Book your 2026 consultation now. Limited spots.

12/04/2025

✨ Let’s talk about alignment in birthwork. ✨

When I first started, I believed all money was good money and that I could support every mom, every baby, every family.
But with experience (and now as a midwife), I learned this:

👉 Not every client is aligned.
👉 Not every personality fits.
👉 And most negative reviews come from misunderstandings of the contract, not the care.

That’s why my consultations are now 60–90 minutes long.
We walk through every clause, every policy, and every expectation so families know exactly what they’re signing.

📌 I’m empathetic in birth…but firm in business.
Boundaries protect BOTH the provider and the family.

If something ever concerns you, talk to me directly — not 3, 4, or 6 years later. Real feedback helps IN the moment.

And here’s the truth:
Hospitals have 3.0 ratings.
Fast-food chains have 2.9 ratings.
People STILL trust them.
Small businesses deserve grace too.

✨ I’ve grown, evolved, and refined my practice — and alignment matters more than anything. ✨

Watch the video to learn how I choose aligned clients and why clear expectations matter in birthwork. ⬇️

12/03/2025

⚠️ The Truth About Cytotec (Misoprostol): What Hospitals Don’t Want You to Know ⚠️

Is your provider recommending Cytotec for induction? Read this FIRST.

Most parents are shocked to learn that Cytotec is NOT FDA-approved for medical induction or cervical ripening.
Yet it is still widely used in hospitals every single day — often without fully informing families of the risks.

🚫 Not FDA-Approved for Inducing Labor

Cytotec (misoprostol) was originally created to prevent stomach ulcers — not to start labor.
It carries an FDA black box warning, the strongest warning the FDA issues.
Still, many providers continue to use it because it’s cheap, fast-acting… and convenient for the hospital schedule.

⚠️ Serious Risks You Need to Know

When used for induction, Cytotec has been associated with:

Uterine hyperstimulation (dangerously frequent contractions)

Fetal distress

Uterine rupture

Emergency cesarean

Severe postpartum hemorrhage

These risks increase—especially when misused or given to someone with previous uterine surgery, VBAC clients, or someone whose cervix is not favorable.

❗Your Provider May Not Tell You This

Because Cytotec is cheap and predictable, many hospitals rely on it as their “go-to” induction method — even though safer, FDA-approved options exist, such as Cervidil or a Foley balloon.

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🌿 Protect Your Birth. Protect Your Baby.

Before agreeing to any induction medication, you deserve:
✔ Full informed consent
✔ Evidence-based alternatives
✔ Clear explanations of risks, benefits, and options
✔ A provider who respects your right to say NO

🎓 Want REAL evidence-based guidance?

📲 Join DMV Birth Doulas’ Medical Induction Class — where we break down exactly how inductions work, what medications are safest, and how to protect your birth plan inside a hospital system.

www.dmvbirthdoulasllc.com to register.

12/02/2025

✨ MEDICAL INDUCTION CLASS — HOSTED BY DMV BIRTH DOULAS ✨

If your provider has ever mentioned “induction,” this class could protect your entire birth experience.

Most families walk into a medical induction completely unprepared—and that’s when unnecessary interventions, longer labors, and avoidable complications happen. Hospitals move fast. Policies vary. And without evidence-based knowledge, parents often feel pressured into decisions they didn’t fully understand.

At DMV Birth Doulas, we’re changing that.

⚠️ If you’re pregnant, you cannot afford to walk into an induction blind.
Our Medical Induction Class gives you the exact tools, scripts, strategies, and insider knowledge to advocate for yourself, slow down the process, understand every intervention, and maintain control of YOUR birth plan.

What You’ll Learn

• How Cytotec, Cervidil, Pitocin, Foley balloons & AROM actually work
• When induction is truly medical vs. optional
• How to avoid the “cascade of interventions”
• Advocacy scripts that stop pressure tactics in their tracks
• How to maintain physiological birth in a hospital setting
• Real-world scenarios hospitals never explain in advance

Why This Matters

Most inductions happen before families ever realize they had alternatives.
A single uninformed choice can change the entire direction of your labor.

Secure Your Seat

📅 Limited spots • 📍Hosted by DMV Birth Doulas
🎟️ Reserve your seat before the class fills.
👉 Click the link in our bio to register.
www.dmvbirthdoulasllc.com

Because when it comes to medical induction,
what you don’t know can change your birth.
Take control. Be prepared. Birth with confidence.

11/25/2025

✨ Do you want to know why most Labor & Delivery staff don’t believe women are actually in labor?

Because they’re used to seeing families arrive at the hospital too early.
They see people at 1–3 cm, thinking they’re ready…
Then they’re forced to:
• labor at the hospital for hours or days,
• be observed non-stop,
• get unnecessary cervical checks,
• or get pushed toward interventions they didn’t need.

By the time someone is truly in labor, many staff are already desensitized — and no longer respond with urgency or respect.

✨ But here’s the truth:
For low-risk mothers, getting to the hospital around 8–10 cm should be the new NORMAL.

Arriving later in labor means:
🌿 Less monitoring
🌿 Less pressure
🌿 Less fear
🌿 Fewer interventions
🌿 More autonomy
🌿 Faster, smoother labors

✨ This is exactly why hiring a doula matters.
A qualified, experienced doula helps you labor at home safely and confidently — so you’re not stuck in a hospital bed for no reason.

Your doula helps:
• identify real labor
• time contractions
• manage intensity
• guide you through transitions
• support your partner
• help you avoid unnecessary induction or augmentation

By the time you walk into the hospital, staff won’t be questioning your labor —
they’ll be asking who your doula is.

🌸 NOW BOOKING Spring 2026 Births
And just in time for the holidays:

🔥 LABOR & BIRTH ONLY PACKAGE — ON SALE
Original: $795
Black Friday Price: $500
Sale ends December 1, 2025

Your birth doesn’t have to be stressful.
It can be intentional, powerful, and beautifully supported.

📲 Schedule your consultation today!
www.dmvbirthdoulasllc.com

11/25/2025

✨ PREGNANT? Wondering if your hospital will believe you’re actually in labor?
You are not alone — and you do NOT have to walk into that hospital hoping someone takes you seriously.

A doula changes everything.

At DMV Birth Doulas, our team is known for:
🌿 Assertive advocacy
🌿 Strong communication with providers
🌿 Deep clinical understanding of physiological birth
🌿 Protecting your voice when labor gets intense
🌿 Supporting your partner so they know exactly how to help you

Your safety, your comfort, and your decisions are not negotiable —
and that’s why families hire us.

✨ Our Birth Outcomes Speak for Themselves
These aren’t just numbers.
They’re proof that advocacy and physiological birth support WORK:

🌿 94.5% unmedicated births
🌿 83.3% VBAC success rate
🌿 98.2% vaginal birth rate
🌿 Only 1.8% cesarean births
🌿 9.9% medically necessary inductions
🌿 88.9% spontaneous labors

When you hire a doula who understands birth, protects your autonomy, and advocates with precision…
your outcomes shift.
Your confidence rises.
Your birth becomes yours.

If you’re pregnant and want a birth experience where your voice is honored,
your labor is believed,
and your body is trusted —
you need a doula who will stand with you, not silence you.

✨ Let us support your birth.
Consultations now open for 2026 births.

📲 Schedule your consultation today
www.dmvbirthdoulasllc.com

Your birth.
Your voice.
Your power — fully protected.

11/25/2025

BLACK FRIDAY FOR THE POSTPARTUM MOTHER — NOW LIVE ✨
Your postpartum journey deserves softness, support, and expert hands.
This Black Friday, we’re making it easier than ever for mothers to receive luxury-level breastfeeding consultations & in-home lactation support at an exclusive discount.

💗 20% OFF Breastfeeding Consults & In-Home Support
Sale Price: $120–$240
Whether you’re struggling with latch, supply, pumping, ni**le pain, or simply want reassurance — our postpartum care transforms breastfeeding into a calm, confident experience.

DMV Birth Doulas, we’ve supported 120+ families, with:
✨ 99% choosing to breastfeed
✨ 97% continuing beyond 6 weeks
✨ Expert, culturally centered, compassionate postpartum care

This sale is created for the mother who deserves real support.
For the mother who wants personalized guidance.
For the mother who values premium care during the most sacred weeks after birth.

🍼 READY TO BOOK?
When scheduling your consultation or submitting an inquiry,
✨ USE CODE: BFBC
to lock in your Black Friday discount.

Don’t wait —
This offer ends soon, and postpartum spots fill quickly every year.

📲 Schedule your consultation today:
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