Love What I Doula

04/15/2026

04/15/2026

Still a few open spots available for this weekend! Please share 🫶

03/13/2026

Part 2

Part two in our series explores how the emerging birth justice movement is addressing deep-rooted inequalities and the lack of access to maternal healthcare among American Indian and Alaska Native women.

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship and its Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism.

Click the link to read the full story: https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/birth-justice-the-fight-for-reproductive-freedom-in-indian-country/271753

03/13/2026

03/13/2026

Part 1

In the first part of a multimedia series, journalist Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee Nation examines the widespread sterilization of Indigenous people and their centuries-long fight for reproductive freedom.

Click the link below to read the full story.
https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/for-centuries-native-women-have-been-told-to-trust-the-doctor-the-results-have-been-disastrous/271389

02/19/2026

📅 Feb 22 @ The Sully
🍲 Bring a dish or $5 for lunch
💬 RSVP: Marissa

Come learn simple ways to support postpartum health, make some teas & share a good meal 🥘 Littles welcome, we got a play area for them 🌾

We are gearing up for the next Meal Prep Group! The theme for the month of February is "Support For New Moms." Join us to discuss topics surrounding women, motherhood, and nutrition.

Ari Logan is also happy to support our group by teaching lullabies to sing to your family!

RSVP with Marissa to sign-up!

02/19/2026

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Can we talk about why everyone is SO exhausted, uncomfortable, over-it, can’t-sleep, swollen, irritable, and desperate at the end of pregnancy… that they feel the need to do something about it? 😵‍💫

Of course you’re tired. You’ve been growing a human for 9+ months. Your organs are squished. Your sleep is trash. Your pelvis feels like it’s held together with loose rubber bands. You can’t breathe, can’t roll over, can’t eat a normal meal, and you p*e every 12 minutes.

You’re not broken. You’re not weak. You’re not failing.
You’re just… very, very pregnant.

But instead of support, rest, and reassurance, the message becomes:

✨ “Have you tried inducing labour?”
✨ “Walk more.”
✨ “Bounce on a ball.”
✨ “Eat this.”
✨ “Drink that.”
✨ “Do this trick that totally worked for my cousin’s hairdresser.”

As if the solution to being exhausted is… more work.

Here’s the thing no one really talks about:
Late pregnancy is supposed to slow you down.

Your body is literally forcing you to conserve energy for one of the biggest physical events of your life. That deep, bone-level fatigue? It’s not a sign you should push harder, it’s a sign you should rest.

Labour will start when your body and your baby are ready. Not when you’re bored. Not when you’re uncomfortable. Not when everyone else is tired of waiting.

Yes, the last weeks feel endless.
Yes, you may be completely over it.
Yes, you might cry because your socks don’t fit.

But you don’t have to hustle your way into labour.

You’re allowed to nest.
You’re allowed to nap.
You’re allowed to say no to plans.
You’re allowed to protect your energy.

This isn’t laziness.
This is biology.

So instead of asking, “How can I make labour start?”
What if we asked, “How can I be supported while I wait?”

Because sometimes the bravest, hardest, most powerful thing you can do at the end of pregnancy…

is nothing.

02/19/2026

❣️

NO COST DIAPERS & WIPES TODAY❣️
THURSDAY 1-3PM
Formula also available❣️
No Appointment Required
1-3PM
We also still have available appointments today for clothing 😊
Call us at 585-375-1804 to set one up!
***If you have not received diapers from us in the last 30 days.
***Cattaraugus County residents only

02/13/2026

🤎🤎🤎

We are gearing up for the next Meal Prep Group! The theme for the month of February is "Support For New Moms." Join us to discuss topics surrounding women, motherhood, and nutrition.

Ari Logan is also happy to support our group by teaching lullabies to sing to your family!

RSVP with Marissa to sign-up!

02/11/2026

Donations Needed 👶🏻🍼🧺

01/30/2026

Donor Milk Needed💛
Southern Erie/ Irving/ Gowanda area📍
Let’s help feed this baby 🤎👶🏻🍼

01/17/2026

🧘🏻‍♀️☮️👛🩸

This Sunday's Yoga Class is free with a donation to help our friend, Shavonne Stevens collect donations.

"🌸Moon Time Kit Donations Needed🌸

We’re gathering supplies to support our young ones as they learn about their cycles & self care. If you’d like to contribute we’re accepting:

🩸 Pads & liners
🧼 Feminine wipes
🌿 Herbal pain salves or teas
👜 Small pouches or bags
🍫 Comfort snacks
🪮 Small combs/Hair ties

These kits help our daughters feel prepared, cared for & proud of their bodies 🌙
Kits will be available on Monday 1/19 at the Sully 👛"

I know Dollar Tree also sells little heating pouches too!