The Happy Mama Place

02/26/2026

She arrived calm.
Talking normally.
Breathing through surges without urgency.

She didn’t look like what people expect labor to look like, so she was brought into triage and the plan was made to set up a tub room later.

When the midwife eventually checked her, she was already 9 cm dilated, 80 percent effaced, and at zero station.

This is something I see often.
Not every body shows labor the same way.

Calm doesn’t mean early.
And quiet doesn’t mean nothing is happening.
Sometimes the body is doing deep, efficient work long before it looks dramatic.

02/25/2026

Showing up before the day fully begins.

Quiet roads. Low light. A few deep breaths before walking into someone else’s birth space
This part doesn’t get seen much, but it matters.

Being steady. Being present. Being ready to support whatever unfolds.

This is the work I love.

02/25/2026

Newborn nights don’t have to be chaos.

As a postpartum doula, I support families through overnight feedings, soothing, and transitions so parents can rest knowing their baby is cared for 🌙

Sometimes the most important support is simply being able to sleep.

02/24/2026

This is what preparation looks like
before a session even begins.

The room set with care.
The space intentionally quiet.

Not because massage needs to look a certain way,
but because how a pregnant body feels matters.

When a body feels supported, it softens.
When the environment feels calm, the nervous system follows.

This is where the work starts
before the hands ever make contact.

02/22/2026

As a postpartum doula, I support safe, organized feeding routines so parents can feed their baby with confidence and ease 🍼

No pressure.
No opinions.
Just support.

02/20/2026

This is my daughter, Teresa. 🤍

And she’s one of the reasons I care so deeply about how women are supported—before, during, and after birth.

Bruce Lipton’s work on epigenetics helped put words to something I’ve always felt:
early experiences don’t disappear. They live in the body.

She may not consciously remember her birth,
but her nervous system carries the tone of it
the sense of safety, stress, connection, or calm that surrounded her arrival.

Those early signals help shape how we move through the world.
And one day, when she gives birth, her body will draw from those patterns.

And so will the baby she carries.
This is how birth ripples forward
from one generation to the next.

02/19/2026

New babies.
No sleep.
Endless laundry.

I’m here for the part no one puts on the birth announcement,
washing, folding, and putting it away so you don’t have to.

Because caring for parents is caring for babies 🧺✨

02/18/2026

I meal prepped so I wouldn’t have to think later.

02/17/2026

This is what postpartum support can look like.

Women coming together to nourish a mother.
Food prepared with care.
Community wrapped around recovery.

Because healing after birth is not just about the baby adjusting.

It is about the mother rebuilding.

Her body has worked.
Her blood volume has shifted.
Her tissues are healing.
Her hormones are finding a new rhythm.

She needs warmth.
She needs protein.
She needs steady nourishment.

Fourth trimester is not meant to be done alone.

It is meant to be held with food, with presence, with care.

If you are expecting and want to feel supported, seen, and fully prepared for birth and recovery, I am here.

02/16/2026

One of the moms in this class shared something that stopped the room for a moment.

She said 8 of her friends had cesarean births.

Not because they all planned to.
Not because their bodies “failed.”
But because so many of them walked into birth without support, preparation, or space to trust what was happening.

That matters.

Not because a cesarean is wrong
but because choice feels very different when you don’t feel informed or supported.

In this class, we talk about

what’s normal in labor
what options actually exist
how to ask questions without feeling intimidated
how to stay grounded when decisions come quickly

Not to guarantee an outcome.
But to help parents feel present, confident, and involved in their birth.

Birth doesn’t need to be something you survive.
It can be something you understand, participate in, and look back on without wondering, “What just happened to me?”

That’s why this work matters.
And that’s why these conversations matter quietly, gently, and honestly.

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If you’re expecting and want to feel supported, seen, and fully prepared for birth I’m here.

02/16/2026

Fun read:

A Biologist Explains Why Human Babies Are Born So Helpless. Hint: Evolution Made A Strategic Tradeoff https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2026/02/14/a-biologist-explains-why-human-babies-are-born-so-helpless-hint-evolution-made-a-strategic-tradeoff/

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.