Daylily Doula Service

09/15/2024

09/07/2024

Come to the FREE Birth Fair in Martinsburg, tomorrow, Sunday Sept 8. There will be so many amazing people for you to meet and so much information to gain! Hope to see you there!

05/12/2023

Happy doula tonight! Just attended a beautiful birth at Meritus through Women's Health Specialists. Mama was totally in charge and midwife Donna was so supportive and respectful.

05/06/2023

Got some goodies from at the spring festival at Sam Michaels park today! Thankful for this gorgeous Saturday! I'm excited to try out the lavender and sage body oil to calm me as I head to my next birth ❇️

03/17/2023

So awesome to spend the morning with these beautiful people -midwives, doulas, and educators - who care about empowering birthing families! Y'all are awesome. Truly.

Plus, check out our photo bomber in the back 🤣🤣🤣

02/20/2023

Heard recently that out of their last 100 births, Meritus Women's Health Specialists in Hagerstown only had to send two to C-section. The national cesarean rate is 30%. If you're looking for a low intervention hospital birth, you may want to check them out!

Meritus Women’s Health Specialists - Robinwood. . Providing gynecologic and obstetrics care to women in Hagerstown.

02/03/2023

This visual is perfect.

02/02/2023

Just love these suggestions 💕

01/18/2023

It happens to many of us. Find the professionals and get the body work done for yourself!

Mighty Ones, let's talk 💬

Faster than you can say "de Quervain's tenosynovitis,”* you might find yourself kinked up when you are expecting or postpartum.

For instance, are you hunching over your baby on a nursing pillow, bringing your ni**le to their mouth? You might have knots in your neck and shoulders. (Try a "slouch on the couch" instead, a.k.a. the laid-back feeding position! The catchy phrase is a bit misleading because it's actually a pretty supportive position.)

When you have a super-cute-but-mega-needy baby (or two... or more...), mindfully moving your body can be a little bit trickier. Plus, you have fascia working itself back together, ligaments that have stretched, and muscles that have been conditioned for a totally different purpose than what makes up your current daily life (because that whole recently "getting eight-ish pounds of human out of your body" thing). To get back to baseline, you might benefit from some bodywork.

Whether you started out with the "down low" pains like symphysis p***s dysfunction or sciatica during your pregnancy, or you're dealing with the "up high" postpartum aches from holding, rocking, feeding (all the "-ings" of baby care), restoration is possible. If you notice a persistent tilt or lean, don't hesitate to get a little help before it turns into a big problem.

So let us know... Which way are you tipping?

*This is swelling of the tendons that run along the thumb side of the wrist and attach to the base of the thumb. This can happen to anyone, and can be more prevalent during pregnancy and postpartum.