A Birth Connection- Birth & Postpartum Doula Services

12/31/2025

The stats are in! I had the privilege to support many families this year. Many of these families I have supported postpartum as well, including placenta encapsulation and castings. I am forever grateful for each family I get to walk along with throughout their pregnancy’s. Many of you became family, if not all.

Love you all!! Here is to a beautiful New Year 🩷🩵

12/31/2025

The stats are in! I had the privilege to support many families this year. Many of these families I have supported postpartum as well, including placenta encapsulation and castings. I am forever grateful for each family I get to walk along with throughout their pregnancy’s. Many of you became family, if not all.

Love you all!! Here is to a beautiful New Year 🩷🩵

12/30/2025

The stats are in 🎉

I had the privilege to support many families this year. The families I supported postpartum as well. This included placenta encapsulation, meal prep and overnight care. I am forever grateful for each family so got to walk alongside this year. Most of you, if not all became family.

Love you all. Thank you for trusting me. Cheers to a New Year full of prosperity, peace, love, and of course…babies! 🩷🩵

12/16/2025

Wishing you a very Happy Hanukkah 🕎

May we all bring light above darkness 💡

11/27/2025

So incredibly thankful for all the families I’ve had the honor of supporting, past and present. Thank you for trusting me in your most intimate and vulnerable moments throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—your confidence in me means more than you know.

I’m equally grateful for the amazing people I get to work alongside. Getting to create the ultimate birth and postpartum team together is something truly special ❤️




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11/13/2025

Please join us at welcoming all lgbtq+ families for pregnancy and postpartum groups. This is a safe space for your family to gather resources and build community.

Nov. 25th we will kick off the group with a positive birth story shared by

This is has been 3 years in the making! So happy to finally set it up for every family including ones from the lgbtq+ community to feel loved, seen, and held.

This group will be held once a month and will be added more as the group grows.

Stay tuned for December dates 🩵

10/31/2025

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Big love to you x

10/29/2025

A beautiful autumn season filled with the sweetest new beginnings.
Every birth unmedicated, every moment pure bliss.
Forever grateful for this sacred calling 🥹🍂

10/28/2025

One of my absolute favorite things to do is cook for people!

After giving birth, your body is working hard to heal and repair itself, which makes it especially important to focus on warm, nourishing, and hearty foods during this time.

In this video, you’ll see a quick edit of me preparing some delicious eggplant parmesan 🤤
Spoiler alert: it’s so yummy! 😋

Many people assume that when a postpartum doula comes over, the focus will be entirely on the baby. In reality, it’s often the opposite! My role is to hold space for you—the parents. I absolutely LOVE holding babies (who doesn’t?), but supporting moms and dads during this tender, transformative period is something truly special and deeply important to me.

Meal preparation and cooking are just some of the things I include in my postpartum support packages—and did I mention how much I LOVE doing it?

Whether you’re looking for both birth and postpartum support, or just one or the other, know that I’m here for you 🩷

10/17/2025

🌿✨ GIVEAWAY TIME! ✨🌿

I’ve teamed up with the amazing to celebrate parents, babies, and beautiful beginnings with a special giveaway! 💕

One lucky winner will receive:
🛍️ $30 voucher from — Offering pick up and drop off laundry services
🤱 $100 voucher from — to use toward any of my services, including:
• Birth Support
• Postpartum Support
• Placenta Encapsulation
• Placenta Castings
• Family Moldings

Because every family deserves nurturing care and beautiful keepsakes to remember this special chapter. 🌸

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✨ How to Enter:

1️⃣ Follow and
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3️⃣ Tag a friend who would love this giveaway (each tag = one entry!)
4️⃣ Bonus: Share this post to your story and tag us both for an extra entry!

Giveaway closes October 30th at 11:59 PM EST
Winner will be announced on October 31st via stories

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🎁 Open to anyone in Jacksonville, FL and surrounding areas
This giveaway isn’t affiliated with Instagram — just a heartfelt gift from our small businesses to you! 💕

10/06/2025

From Breech To Head Down 🎉

Heard the news your baby isn’t head down yet? Freaked out for a moment?

Here are some powerful ways you can get baby to flip:

1. Moxibustion (What the heck is that Shira) great question 😅 it is a traditional Chinese medicine used as a therapy burning mugwort on or near specific points of the body. In this case, I use it on the side of the pinky toe for 10 minutes twice a day.

2. Chiropractic Care! Using the Webster technique which is a gentle adjustment aimed at optimizing pelvic balance and reducing uterine torsion.

3. Acupuncture- similarly to Moxi, needles are placed at specific points to encourage baby to flip. Often used with moxi!

4. Forward Leaning Inversion- Kneel on the couch and slowly lower your forearms or elbow to the floor so your hips are higher than your shoulders. Hold this position briefly for about 10-30 seconds then rest. Repeat a few times.

5. Last but not least, ECV also known as External Cephalic Version. This is done by your provider. He/She applies pressure to your abdomen and gently maneuvers the baby from the outside to get baby to flip. This is usually offered between 36-38 weeks for single pregnancies.

These 5 methods are effective and safe to do! I am so happy I was able to help my client not only achieve her VBAC but also we got baby to flip doing Moxibustion!

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