Doula Odessa & Birth Services

11/06/2025

FYI,

Mercy Medical Center’s Family Life Center temporarily halts maternity services

The Family Life Center at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield will temporarily suspend its maternity and newborn services starting December 8th.

11/05/2025

11/04/2025

It’s here! It’s here! The new Fall/Winter Groups Flyer! We hope to see you this fall or winter. Feel free to drop in and please email us at signup@berkshirenursingfamilies.org if you have any questions.

Image Description: a gingham tan/ orange background with autumnal leaves decorating the borders. There is a BNF logo at the top above the words Fall & Winter Groups. There are multiple listings for BNF groups at a variety of days and times. Please email or text/call us at 413-344-2800 for more info.

11/02/2025

www.doulaodessa.com

Hello! My name is Odessa Bates, owner of Doula Odessa & Birth Services. I’m based in Western Massachusetts and have been in the health and wellness field for over 20 years. I’m a Certified Birth Doula, Spinning Babies® Aware Practitioner, Evidence Based Birth Professional, Empty Arms Bereavement Professional, LGBTQ ally, Trauma informed, culturally informed, Substance Use informed, and a former counselor with a master’s degree in Women’s Studies. I am trained and educated in a wide range of topics surrounding prenatal, birth, and postpartum experiences. My goal as your doula in this magical time is to support you and your family to have an experience that is uplifting, empowering, and joyful. I travel to MA, NY, VT, and CT within an 1.5-hour radius from my home base in Pittsfield, MA 01201. Fully Certified, Insured, Vaccinated, and Boosted. Virtual services available for any location. A MassHealth approved certified doula provider (Birth Doula is financially 100% covered).

Providing Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, & Placenta Encapsulation services to MA, NY, CT, & VT. MassHealth 100% insurance coverage accepted. Located in Pittsfield, MA (Berkshire County).

11/02/2025

10/31/2025

📷:@‌megankindley Feelin’ a little engorged after our Halloween luncheon! Our costume really “sucked”, but I’m so glad these girls never “let down” 🍼👶🏼

10/28/2025

Join us tonight.
Register by texting (413) 344-2803.

10/26/2025

"Please stop saying "at least it was only early"

Please stop saying "it wasn't the right time"

Please stop saying "you can always try again"

Please stop saying "everything happens for a reason"

Please stop saying "at least you weren't THAT pregnant"

Please stop saying "you are so young you can just try again"

Words hurt.

Whether you lost you baby at 8 weeks.
Whether you lost you baby at 12 weeks.
Whether you lost you baby at 16 weeks.
Whether you lost you baby at 20+ weeks.

Your pregnancy loss matters.
Your tears matter.
You matter."

(📸✍️: Little Rainbow)

❤️

10/24/2025

💨 Love is contagious, but so are viruses! Let’s keep it to just the love this season ❤️
This is a great reminder to print and post on your front door or share on your Social Media

Great ways to support a family with a new baby! Got the sniffles? 🚫👶 If you’re coughing, sneezing, or oozing anything — wave to that newborn from a distance! 🦠

Family Birthing Center ·
Shannon Kent
PC: Mishuarmama

10/21/2025

“✨Magic happened here✨

Can you see it yet? Can you feel the tickling of that truth within you?

Can you see how brave you were? How hard you worked to bring your baby here safely?

How deeply you dove into the darkness? How maybe that little line is the crack where the light needed to come through?

Can you see the beauty in your story? In your scar? Can you see how your journey was sacred too?

You don’t have to put down your grief to feel gratitude. You don’t have to forgive or forget or ignore your pain to also feel that you are worthy and powerful. You don’t have to stop mourning the dream you had hoped for to also celebrate what ✨was✨ and to hold the messy magic and tender beauty of your birth story with reverence.

✨DM me HELD for a free birth integration packet ✨”

Art and words by

10/19/2025

“Odessa was an amazing birth doula. She helped prepare my husband and I on what to expect, and calm my mind when labor started. She was always within reach and very quick to respond. Labor and delivery ended up being very difficult and longer than expected for me. Odessa was there for moral support while also giving cues, providing comfort, getting me drinks etc, throughout the entire process. I am grateful to have had her help and would definitely recommend.” - A Happy Client

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