Growing Your Nest Birth Services-Kimberly Williams, RN

02/19/2026

Beautiful strong mama. Beautiful birth.

Every preference respected.

Fabulous nurse ✔️
Fabulous midwife ✔️
Fabulous care of mama and baby ✔️
stonecrest did it again. 🤍

02/19/2026

02/13/2026

It seems everything in life gets tainted with the ideology of man.

I chose doula work to get away from policies and procedures that tied my hands and kept me from truly doing what I love...serving/ministering to pregnant women and their families. I can't even fathom going back to work in labor and delivery after what I have experienced this past 4 years. The knowledge I have gained from observing home-birth midwives and nurse midwives in the hospital setting (their hands are still tied to an extent) have flamed my passion for women's healthcare even more. There is a better way....

Being a doula is beyond a certification. It is an intuition. Passion. A deep rooted wisdom that is planted often long before we even come to this profession. The women I know who do this well aren't maneuvering through position changes and hip squeezes because of a random class they sat through on a Saturday and Sunday. They are connected and fully committed to preserving their client's dignity and wishes. Empathy runs in their veins and can't possibly be taught.

These are the ancient ways of women. We are created to touch, to nurture, to console, and to comfort. How can you govern this?

I remember as a girl stuffing my gown and pushing out babies. Being fully enamored with labor and birth before I even had a clue how babies were made. I was gentle with babies and given the role as caregiver at a young age. I was born to mother.to nurse.to love.and to be a servant to women...to be a DOULA.

Legislation will change our profession. I don't care how it is brought about. All good things end with good intentions.

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02/11/2026

The love hormone oxytocin brings pleasure and helps elevate pain.

🤍Did you know when you kiss your spouse during contractions it can actually minimize your pain?

🤍Did you know in*******se with or**sm produces large amounts of oxytocin-the hormone needed for birth? (What gets baby in gets baby out)

🤍Semen has prostaglandins which soften the cervix.

🤍Birth can be one of the most intimate times for couples and bring them closer than they’ve ever been.

🤍Husbands you are such a vital part of your wife’s birth team. You are her strength.

🤍Romance is important in pregnancy and postpartum. Staying connected is hard but so needed.

Take time to enjoy each other before baby comes, during labor, and postpartum. Love is why you’re here. 🤍

02/09/2026

Sweet surprise last night after many answered prayers! This birth had unique challenges that God worked out beforehand. It is only Him who could orchestrate the details with such precision. He’s such a good Father!

02/06/2026

Things I would change in the hospital if I could:

*make hospital rooms look like a bedroom
*ditch the sterile drapes and gowns (birth is not sterile)
*nice labor gowns
*intermediate fetal monitoring (would love to talk to someone smarter than me in regards to how a tracing can go from minimal variability and a few lates to beautiful with position change. I wonder how many unnecessary c-sections have happened due to this?)
*minimal disturbances
*minimal people in and out
*quiet voices
*no small talk
*hidden medical equipment
*minimal staff during pushing and birth (do we really need nursery nurses if everything is fine?)
*true delayed cord clamping
*patience!
*healthy snacks
*healthy meals
*supportive language
*hands out of the va**na while pushing

Unmediated or not. Epidural or not. Women deserve a safe space to give birth to their baby. A calm place they can feel comfortable and supported.

02/05/2026

Sweet sibling class. 👧🏼👶🏻👧🏼

02/02/2026

I truly love my clients! 🤍

02/02/2026

Birth is always special, but there is something super special when a mom achieves a VBAC. They have to overcome many obstacles including bias and elevated fear from their providers, their own personal fears of rupture, their past birth trauma/experience, and many other mental hurdles.

This mama was up to the challenge! With grit, stubbornness, determination, and strength she worked hard and LONG to birth her sweet baby girl.

I am so proud of and proud for this mama!

01/21/2026

A postpartum and prenatal with sweet siblings. There is nothing better than serving families.

Today I got a sticker from a sweet girl who I watched come into this world. Next time I see her and her baby sister a new baby will be on the way.

Then off to a prenatal where big brother couldn’t wait to show me all his toys and give me a big hug before I left.

What a blessing this is. 🤍

01/15/2026

Fear is one of the most common emotions felt by pregnant women. Many fears creep in throughout pregnancy with still birth being the greatest.

Kick counts/knowing your baby’s regular movements is one of the most important things you can do to elevate fear and anxiety.

How to do kick counts:

Lie down on your left side after a snack or meal (choose a time baby is typically most active) and count movements. You want to reach 10 movements in no longer than 2 hours. Reach out to your OB or midwife if you notice your baby isn’t moving as much or their movements are different.

You can start doing kick counts at 28 weeks. Kicks, rolls, jabs, and stretches count. ***having an anterior placenta can make kick counting a little more challenging.

Never feel embarrassed to reach out to your provider. If at anytime you feel something is off call them asap. Kick counts are a tool to check on your baby and put your mind at ease.