Doula with Joy

05/31/2020

All these benefits and so much more. Plus ... there is just something magical about snuggling a newborn and they smell so yummy 😊

04/05/2020

I take my Little White Pills. Every morning like clockwork. Not because I am weak. But because I am brave.

I take my Little White Pills. Not because the person in the mirror isn’t enough. But because I want to be the best version of who God made me.

I take my Little White Pills. Not because I believe that God can’t heal my mind if He chooses. But because I believe He gave people the wisdom to make this medicine to help people like me.

I take my Little White Pills. Because I love my husband. I want to be a wife who can stand by my man and give him what he needs, like he is standing by my side and supporting me right now.

I take my Little White Pills. Not because I’m a bad mom, but because I want to be a mom who can love her kids fully. Because I want to be giggling and playing with them on the living room floor more than I am curled up and crying on the closet floor.

I take my Little White Pills. Not because I want to be the person I used to be. But because my mind and my heart are being made new.

Postpartum Depression and anxiety are and always will be a part of my story. And I’ve come to realize that that’s ok. It has changed me. I will never be the same.

But. It. Does. Not. Define. Me.
And neither do my Little White Pills.

So this morning, I took my Little White Pills. And I walked over to the hospital bassinet, and picked up my two-day old daughter, a little bit stronger than who I was the day before. Thank you Jesus for the grace you have given me in my Little White Pills, and that they have allowed me the gift of continuing to be the Mommy that God calls me to be.

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” Isaiah 43:18-19

*I originally wrote this post three years ago, and confidently share it again. If you find yourself needing to reach out for help, let me remind you that you are NOT a failure. Rather, you are once again taking the steps to becoming the woman God longs for you to be and the woman you deserve to be.*

*via From Blacktop to Dirt Road (shared with permission)

04/01/2020

These are hard days for new mommas right now!

You feel what you feel, and those feelings are real. ♥️
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03/24/2020

1. Ease your mind with knowledge. Thus far, COVID-19 has not been detected in breast milk of infected mothers, though data is still limited. Infectious spread is mainly caused by person-to-person c…

03/16/2020

What is the #1 thing you can do to help prevent the spread of the ? and here is how: https://youtu.be/3PmVJQUCm4E

03/14/2020

As a Postpartum Doula and Newborn care specialist here are a few things I have been doing to protect myself, my family, every client of mine and their families I’m providing services for at this critical time.

• I will NOT be traveling any time soon
• I will not be in any large crowds including
stores!
• I will only be shopping curbside.
Therefore my time in public places will be
as minimal as possible and with caution
• I have been doing everything I can to
boost my immune system ( taking
elderberry syrup, vitamin C, probiotics,
zinc daily)
My desire is to protect every client of mine and their families after the delivery of your baby by protecting me and my family.
Please take care of yourself and protect yourself as much as possible. 😊

03/13/2020

Good news!

03/13/2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

03/11/2020

The best thing that can happen in your life to have a baby. But sometimes you' d like to have powers to carry everything forward. When you' re a mother, I suppose you'll agree that

03/08/2020

I've learned from being a single mom that I have strength I never knew existed within as I'm raising my kids without a husband.

02/23/2020

Naturally. As women, our bodies were meant to birth naturally.

We need more healthcare professionals who have a healthy respect for the design of the human body, who seek wisdom in how to course correct and resolve issues due to living in a fallen world, yet understand the gravity of excessive or unnecessary intervention as it relates to “First do no harm.”