A Caring Doula

A Caring Doula We feel that no one should experience birth without a doula assisting. You deserve it!

02/19/2026

Insurance companies really got me feeling some type of way today! Birthing families totally deserve better.

02/10/2026

Taking time to unwind.

“If that snow‑day snuggle session turns into a Fall baby… schedule a meet and greet.My fall spots are starting to fill u...
02/07/2026

“If that snow‑day snuggle session turns into a Fall baby… schedule a meet and greet.
My fall spots are starting to fill up.

It’s February, and I’m celebrating Black History Month in a United States that is rapidly changing around me.Just this p...
02/02/2026

It’s February, and I’m celebrating Black History Month in a United States that is rapidly changing around me.

Just this past November, I sat on a panel with brilliant, passionate women at Martin University in Indianapolis. We gathered in a space built on legacy — a space named for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and St. Martin de Porres, a space created to serve Black and mixed‑race communities with dignity, education, and opportunity.

And now, that university is closed.

Martin Center College was the only Predominantly Black Institution of higher education in Indiana. It grew out of a community‑rooted nonprofit, carried the names of two giants of justice and racial harmony, and held generations of stories, dreams, and possibility. Whether the closure came from funding decisions made by this administration or from internal challenges with trustees, what I know for certain is this:

Three months ago, fifty women — doctors, congresswomen, teachers, doulas, therapists — gathered in that building to work, imagine, and build solutions for maternal health. Today, that building is quiet.

This is the kind of legacy being shaped in real time — institutions that served our communities disappearing, spaces of learning and liberation going silent.

But I refuse to let that silence be the final word.

Black History Month is not just about looking back. It’s about honoring the work, the struggle, the brilliance, and the resilience that continues right now. It’s about naming what’s being lost, and still choosing to build. It’s about refusing despair and choosing community, action, and light.

We continue the work.
We carry the legacy.
And our light will shine — no matter how the landscape shifts around us.

01/31/2026

Join us this Monday, February 2nd at 12 PM for our Valentine’s Day–themed Breastfeeding Support Group!

We’ll be:
💌 Creating New Year’s resolution bingo boards
☕ Enjoying coffee & donuts
👶🏾 Providing snacks for babies
💄 Making a Valentine’s Day craft
🤎 Sharing real-life breastfeeding support & encouragement

Plus:
🤱🏾 Learn from our IBCLC & Certified Lactation Specialist
⚖️ Baby weight checks & fl**ge fittings
Come connect, relax, and show yourself some love—you deserve it, mama 💗
All mamas and babies welcome.

01/28/2026

Pumping takes such hard work and dedication!

01/22/2026

January marks my four-year doula anniversary!

01/22/2026

Just so you know, it's not all babies and sunshine...sometimes it's accounting and frustration!

I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the 2026 Indiana Doula Conference alongside 11 incredible speakers.Tickets...
01/21/2026

I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the 2026 Indiana Doula Conference alongside 11 incredible speakers.
Tickets just went live for presale.
More details + registration: https://www.indianadoulaconference.com/

“There are some things in our society to which I am proud to be maladjusted.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Today, I honor...
01/19/2026

“There are some things in our society to which I am proud to be maladjusted.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Today, I honor Dr. King’s call to be creatively maladjusted — to refuse to adjust to injustice, inequity, or the systems that harm our families.

In birthwork, that means staying unapologetically committed to dignity, safety, and culturally responsive care. It means challenging the norms that fail black birthing people. It means choosing compassion, advocacy, and truth over silence.

I’m proud to be maladjusted in all the ways that protect our families and uplift our community.

01/03/2026

Join us Monday at noon for breastfeeding support — bring any questions you may have we’re here to support you.

Closing Out 2025 With a Full Heart This year stretched me, taught me, and reminded me why I love this work so deeply. I ...
01/01/2026

Closing Out 2025 With a Full Heart

This year stretched me, taught me, and reminded me why I love this work so deeply. I had the chance to speak at three conferences, lead trainings, and travel to beautiful places that helped me grow in my craft as a doula and lactation provider.
I stood beside so many families as they welcomed their babies — in hospitals, in homes, in quiet moments and powerful ones. And this year, the baby girls definitely outnumbered the boys. Each birth was its own story, and I’m grateful I was trusted to be part of it.

I began supporting lactating families at Mela Mamma Maternal Wellness with Sierra, launched my own lactation practice, and my doula agency is in its soft‑launch, early‑infancy stage — tender, growing, and full of possibility. I have stayed connected with the community through a joint effort breastfeeding support group that has meant so much to me. Watching babies and their moms thrive, grow, and find their rhythm —learning to lean into one another for support as they build a community among themselves. This has been one of my greatest sources of joy this past year.

Behind the scenes, I poured everything I had into my professional growth. I became Body Ready Method Certified, took Lamaze Childbirth Education classes, completed my internship hours, and finished a 95‑hour lactation course that earned me my CBS — a milestone that filled me with pride. I studied late into the night preparing for the IBCLC exam, holding onto the hope of stepping into the next level of my calling. And even with all that effort, sometimes the universe whispers, “not right now.” I’m receiving that message with grace (okay, tears and frustration too), BUT using it as additional motivation to step into 2026 with steady determination.

Thank you to every family, every colleague, every friend, and every space that held me this year. Your trust and encouragement carried me.

Here’s to growth and forward motion in 2026.

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