StoryBabe Doula

12/26/2022

Much love to all my babies and families!

12/05/2022

I have some due dates available this winter and spring! Let me know if you’ve ever wondered what birth support can actually look like. Free first consultation!
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12/05/2022

The girls won this fall, but they were all just the sweetest! So thankful for these families that trust me to walk with them through this life changing time in their lives. I’m forever humbled by the strength of moms, the love and tenderness of dads, and the miracle of birth!
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10/14/2022

In-hospital labor tip. When it’s time for mom to rest, or better yet sleep, turn lights down, and turn on calming diffuser and sound machine. Here’s the big tip- if mom is facing the monitors cover them up and turn them away so her brain isn’t tempted to watch and keep track of the information. Less screen watching makes for better rest!
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10/06/2022

Let me know! 🎃🍂❄️☃️
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10/06/2022

It was a summer full of the sweetest baby girls 🌸☀️🌸☀️

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09/28/2022

❤ BIRTH FACT ❤
Newborn term babies that go through an uncomplicated birth into an environment that is dark, quiet and calm will initially go through the Quiet Alert State.

This state of alertness will usually last for the first hour after birth as the baby is calm, awake, alert and taking in his surroundings.

All of his attention and energy is focused on seeing and hearing everything around him, especially his mother’s and father’s voice and faces.

This is the perfect time to bond with your newborn. It is the perfect time to cuddle and speak to your baby. Holding your baby's face close to yours will allow him to see you and study your face.

This is a time not to miss or to waste with “hospital routine”. That can wait. This is a precious time to be together uninterrupted.

If the newborn remains close to his mother during this first hour, the Quiet Alert State can last even longer. ❤

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08/15/2022

So excited about this option!

In case you missed it on Instagram, we have some exciting news to share!!

The news you’ve been waiting for!!!
🥁🥁🥁Here we grow again!🥁🥁🥁We’re headed south! Introducing Midlothian Midwifery! Families of Midlothian, we are coming for you! We are SO excited to *finally* announce that our owner is moving to Midlothian and opening a practice there! She will still catch babies at and have one clinic day a week with us but her primary practice will be in Midlothian, providing home birth and birth center births! More details and photos of the new, lovely, Victorian era home-based office to come! Go give a follow!

07/30/2022

Me after supporting a 37 hour birth with 7.5 hrs of that pushing. Yep, you read that right. I have so many thoughts and emotions following this birth. For anyone that doubts the strength, determination, and wisdom of women (especially young ones as this mom is 22), I’d love for you to meet my client. She labored for 30 hours and pushed for 7.5 with a posterior baby and pitocin, and NO PAIN MEDS.

I’m not going to give many more details because it’s not my story to tell, but a few words on this hospital and providers here. I was hesitant when she said her hospital was Baylor Irving. L&D at this hospital does not have birth balls, peanut balls, birth stools, and her room didn’t have a tub. All strikes in my book. The on-call doc, who thankfully was only with us for about 45 minutes after shift change, was fu***ng ridiculous. *Sorry to my parents for the language 😬 He did about 6 things, that I can remember, without her consent or even letting her know he was doing them. When I saw what was about to happen I tried explaining to mom what was going on, but he worked quickly. ***Moms, I give my strongest recommendation DO NOT USE DR. O’NEIL with MacArthur OBGYN in Irving.

The stars of this hospital, if you must birth here, we’re nurses Carley (didn’t get last name), Gina Merrill, Jill Meyer, and Midwife Martha. I would happily work with any of them again. I’m so thankful for their patience with the birth process, for their belief in my client’s ability to do this extremely hard thing, for their endless encouragement, care, and kindness to me and my client, and for their openness to work with me and my suggestions to get this mom the birth she wanted. I’m not just the normal amount of thankful, this one goes beyond. We absolutely could not have done it without them.

So, conclusion to this birth novella. I love this job, it pushes me physically, mentally, and emotionally to places I didn’t know was possible, women turning into moms for the first (or second, third, etc) time is one of the most beautiful things to witness, I will forever be surprised by the mystery of birth, and DO NOT USE DR. O’NEIL as your OB.

07/28/2022

Mom is sleeping under her cozy blanket, lying on her side with knees propped wide open, still contracting, and hoping to get through early labor soon.

I’m watching, waiting, and witnessing this miracle unfold yet again. This is a young mom who has already shown tremendous strength, control, and wisdom. I can’t wait to see how the rest of this happens. Baby girl coming soon!