Las Cruces Doula

11/09/2025

Starting Wednesday we will begin our weekly doula classes. This is a small preview of what will be discussed in class.

11/08/2025

💫 Our First Birth Together as Doula Partners
Every partnership begins with a story.
This was our first birth together as doulas — two hearts, one shared calling.
We still show up in that same spirit today: for families, for community, and for the sacred work of care. 🌿

11/05/2025

🤍 What Full-Spectrum Doula Care Really Means

At Las Cruces Doula, we walk alongside families through every part of the reproductive journey — not just birth.
🌸 Pregnancy support
🌼 Labor & birth
🌙 Postpartum care
🌺 Loss & grief support
🌿 Fertility & reproductive transitions

This is full-spectrum doula care — rooted in trust, love, and community presence.

10/20/2025

For the past few years, I’ve been in deep collaboration with doulas, birthworkers, and families statewide — organizing, advocating, and building systems that honor our care work as essential.

That work continues. And at the same time, I’ve been feeling called to return to the heart of it all — the circle, the stories, the shared breath of community learning.

Teaching Your Body, Your Birth is one way I’m weaving the statewide and the local, the policy and the personal, the systems and the soul.

Because birth justice begins where we are — in our bodies, in our homes, in our shared remembering. 🌿

Join me Wednesdays starting November 12th for this free, virtual 12-week childbirth education series.

🌸 lascrucesdoula.com

10/15/2025

After years of working across New Mexico to strengthen doula care and birth justice, I’m coming home—to community, to teaching, to the intimate work that first called me into this path. 🌸

This fall, I’m returning to teach Your Body, Your Birth: Community Childbirth Education through Las Cruces Doula.

These weekly virtual gatherings are free, accessible, and open to all. Together, we’ll learn, share, and remember what our bodies already know: that birth is sacred, that care is collective, and that we are never meant to walk this journey alone.

🌀 Begins Wednesday, November 12th
👉Skipping Nov 27, Dec 25, and Dec 31.
🕯️ Weekly | 6–8 PM MT
🌙 English instruction with Spanish captions
💫 Free + open to all (donations welcome)

This return is a prayer — to remember, to re-root, to reconnect.

10/14/2025

🌿 We’re here to walk with you.

Whether you’re preparing for birth, postpartum, or a transition in your reproductive journey—Las Cruces Doula offers full spectrum doula care rooted in presence, dignity, and community.

Our work is grounded in birth and reproductive justice; and in the knowing that every person deserves care, advocacy, and companionship through life’s thresholds.

🌸 Learn more or inquire about doula support here:
👉 lascrucesdoula.hbportal.co/public/65218a4167c5140028b7ef04

Together, we’ll create a care experience that honors your story, your sovereignty, and your rhythms. 💞

07/20/2025

✨Big news from Las Cruces Doula!✨
We’re now accepting both self-pay and insurance clients — because everyone deserves support on their reproductive journey.

We’re currently contracted and ready to serve clients covered by:

✅ Presbyterian (NM Medicaid)
✅ Molina (NM Medicaid)
✅ BCBS (NM Medicaid)
🔜 United Healthcare (coming soon!)

If you’re pregnant, planning, postpartum, or navigating loss — and you’re in Southern NM — we’re here for you. 💛

📲 Ready to connect with a doula? Submit your inquiry here to get started:
👉 https://lascrucesdoula.hbportal.co/public/65218a4167c5140028b7ef04

05/18/2025

Bone Broth: Liquid Gold for Growing and Healing Bodies

There’s something deeply ancestral about simmering a pot of bone broth. In many cultures, it’s the first thing offered to someone who’s recovering, replenishing, or preparing for something big—like birth.

At Las Cruces Doula, we love bone broth for its blood-building, mineral-rich, gut-supportive magic. Whether you’re pregnant, healing postpartum, or just feeling depleted, this simple nourishment can go a long way.

Why we love it:
• It’s rich in collagen and minerals that support joint health, skin elasticity, and red blood cell production.
• Herbs like alfalfa, oat straw, turmeric, and ginger add extra support for iron absorption, inflammation, and calm digestion.
• It’s warm, grounding, and easy on the belly—perfect for those days when your energy is low but your body still needs fuel.

One of our doulas even makes a special version with rainbow chard, radishes, and fresh root vegetables —infused with care and intention for the families we serve.

Pro tip: Sip it warm with a splash of lemon and a pinch of sea salt, or use it as the base for soups, stews, or grain bowls. Your body will thank you.

Want to learn more about postpartum nourishment or how to make your own? We’re happy to share!

04/28/2025

Our founder Melissa Marie Lopez-Sullivan is officially a credentialed doula in New Mexico!!

So excited for what’s ahead — next step: getting our Medicaid provider enrollment completed so we can serve even more families with love and justice. Let’s go!

03/21/2025

✨ Exciting Update from Las Cruces Doula! ✨

I’m back in Las Cruces after a powerful few months supporting the NM legislative session—where I had the honor of educating and advocating for Medicaid coverage of doula services. I’m thrilled to share that the bill passed both chambers unanimously and is now awaiting the Governor’s signature! This is a huge step forward for reproductive and birth justice in New Mexico.

With that momentum, I’m now hard at work getting everything in place to begin contracting doulas again through Las Cruces Doula. If you’ve been waiting to join our collective or are interested in taking clients with us—now is the time! I’ll be scheduling an in-person meeting soon to reconnect and get this next phase moving.

If you’re still interested, please DM or comment below so I can follow up with details. I’m so excited for what’s ahead and grateful to be doing this work in community with all of you. 💜🌿

Mission Las Cruces Doula is a collective of experienced and compassionate birth, postpartum, abortion, full-spectrum, and other specialty doulas. We are committed to providing holistic, culturally sensitive, and full-spectrum support to families during the perinatal period. Our collective is dedicat...

02/11/2025

🚨 Update on Medicaid Coverage for Doula Services in NM 🚨

We’ve been getting lots of questions about Medicaid coverage for doula services, and we want to keep our community informed!

As of now, no doulas in New Mexico have contracted with Medicaid insurance plans yet (this is step 2). This means that if you inquire with your insurance plan they will likely tell you that Las Cruces Doula is “out of network.”

The NM Department of Health just opened credentialing for doulas on February 3rd (step 1) and some doulas have started this process but until both steps have been completed we will come up as “out of network.”

In the meantime, the New Mexico Doula Association and a coalition of organizations are actively working on both the Medicaid enrollment process for doulas and advocating for HB 214 at the legislature—an important bill to support sustainable doula care in our state.

📢 How you can help:
✔️ Visit https://nmdoula.org/doula-bill/ to learn more.
✔️ Contact your legislators and urge them to support HB 214.
✔️ Follow for updates and spread the word!

Together, we can make doula care more accessible for our communities! 💜

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