Ancestral Path Holistics

03/15/2026

I am so close to 700 followers! I am beaming ear to ear. Once my post partum period gets more stable, I will be working on posts to tell y'all everything I have been working on. Hopefully that will be soon. Please share my page with your friends, families, businesses, coworkers, etc.

Holistic Naturopathic Services:
Women's Health
Pediatric Health
Birth Keeper
Childbirth Classes
Lactation
Womb Light and Reiki

Lab and Ultrasound orders, includes functional optimal range consultation for lab results.

All of my services either in-home or virtual appointments and are self pay, I can give a super bill for potential insurance reimbursement, I accept FSA/HSA cards as well as Venmo, CashApp, PayPal, Zelle, and Cash.

All prices are on my website, I believe in being transparent and affordable with my prices.

03/14/2026

03/14/2026

Over here trying to play catch up on social media isn't easy. I had 2 births last month and one this month. Plus I have been doing my online course for NRP certification, I have my in-person training to finish the 2 step process to get the certification on Monday, and Osteopathy, Facial Development and Lactation certification plus client appointments and zoom meetings with The Matrona. I also started my course with The Matrona today, early bird gets the worm. This girl over here is getting it done.

03/12/2026

The most commonly misdiagnosed issue in lactation is thrush. With modern research we actually know thrush is not very common. Thrush is a yeast infection and the highest risk factor is antibiotic use and a gut dysbiosis. While it still happens, it’s not common. But the symptoms of thrush are equal to a very common issue: vasospasm. Has your ni**le looked waxy or dull white right after baby unlatched? Did it feel like burning shard of glass or pins and needles after feeding baby? That’s because the blood vessels have gone into spasm and are not letting blood through. This is a vasospasm and it occurs because the ni**le is being pinched between baby’s tongue and the hard roof of their mouth. The arteries go into spasm and stop letting blood through.
When it happens in the ni**le it really HURTS. Some say it feels like fire or ice. Others describe it as a pinchy, slicing feeling, or pins and needles. The ni**le often turns pale and become painful right after the baby unlatches. It often gets misdiagnosed as thrush but will not respond to medications. So if you’ve been on multiple rounds of medications for thrush and it’s not working, you may actually be having vasospasm caused by your baby’s latch.

The two main ways to help: massage and heat.

🤲🏼Gently massaging, rubbing, or pinching the ni**le helps. Immediately cover your ni**les with your shirt/bra/nursing pad, then gently rub or massage them through the fabric.
🌞Heat is important because of science: evaporation is a cooling process. When liquid turns to gas, it uses heat energy from its surroundings to transition. When milk and saliva evaporate off your ni**le, the skin and surface tissue cool rapidly, causing the vasospasm.
🌞To slow evaporation, place heat on your ni**le as soon as baby unlatches. Use dry heat like a lavender pillow, microwaveable rice/barley/flax pack, hand warmer/Hot Hands (like you use in snowy climates for skiing), or a heating pad can help. Leave heat on for a few minutes until the pain subsides.

Figure out what is causing the spasms ASAP.

03/04/2026

I am so excited to be a vendor at Lawton Business Women Spring Into Health Wellness Expo this Saturday. Come by and see me. Learn how I can support you.

https://facebook.com/events/s/lawton-business-women-spring-i/4399665366987062/

02/20/2026

It sounds wild, but there’s research suggesting that getting pregnant while breastfeeding may increase the chance of twins X9

Here’s the science behind it.

Breastfeeding keeps prolactin levels elevated. Prolactin suppresses ovulation, but when your cycle starts returning, hormones can fluctuate quite dramatically.

During that transition, the body can sometimes release more than one egg in a cycle. That’s called hyperovulation.

If two eggs are released and fertilised, that’s fraternal twins.

Dr. Gary Steinman, a twin researcher, proposed that the hormonal environment during breastfeeding, particularly changes in FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone) may temporarily increase the likelihood of releasing multiple eggs.

It doesn’t mean breastfeeding causes twins.
It doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed.

But the postpartum body is hormonally dynamic and occasionally, that can mean two eggs instead of one.

Biology is layered like that.

If you know a breastfeeding mama, send this to her. Biology is wild.

Would you be excited… or slightly terrified? 😅

02/20/2026

Facebook finally approved my name change! Took them long enough.

02/19/2026

Dry brushing is good for everyone. Not only does it help the brain in little ones to connect to the new body part, it also stimulates the lymphatic system.

We should all be dry brushing daily.

02/07/2026

For decades, 24 and 27mm fl**ges have been treated as the standard sizes for breast pumps. These sizes were arbitrarily picked and not actually based on any research or science. Old advice used to recommend sizing up for comfort. Once multiple sizes because available, common recommendations included measuring the base of the ni**les and adding 2-3mm. As more moms started pumping and pumps became more widely available for use, we also saw an increase in plugged ducts, mastitis, ni**le damage and dropping milk supply. Why?! We now know that these sizes are far too big for most women. In fact, ACTUAL research on pump fl**ge fit recommends going SMALLER. New guidelines recommend measuring the base AND the tip of the ni**le and starting with the smaller size and gradually increasing until maximal comfort and milk output are observed. The most common sizes I see in my practice are 13-17mm. I rarely have anything above and 18. Yes. Anatomy is unique. Occasionally someone may need larger for their anatomy. But it’s extremely rare to use what comes in the box.

If your lactation consultant at the hospital told you the 24mm was good by just looking at your ni**le, or they measured the base of the ni**le and added to that number, they are working off of old recommendations that were not based on research because it didn’t exist until 2024. But that could absolutely impact your pumping journey. Hospital based IBCLCs are AMAZING!!! They often don’t have as many resources, have too many patients to see, and are doing the best they can. They may not have time to tell you all of these things or even know it is a thing yet. It is a thing and size does matter.

01/31/2026

Agreed

01/30/2026

I have freezer space at my Donation Station for about 200oz of breast milk. If you have any to donate that is medication free, smoker free, alcohol free, MJ free, and COVID vax free please pm me. I will need to know your diet and vax history. Location is Lawton, Oklahoma.