Loving Birth Doula Roanoke, Va

02/15/2026

My calendar for the first 6 months of 2026 is filling up fast! If you or someone you know is expecting, send them my way for a chat.🤰🏼👣

Www.lovingbirthdoula.com

02/14/2026

We had such a great time hanging out, getting to know one another and bringing a community of moms together.💜

We had an amazing time yesterday at our monthly midwifery circle!

At Breath of Life Midwifery, care doesn’t end at the 6 week postpartum visit. The relationships we build are authentic and lifelong.

Some topics that we added to our list to talk about in the coming months were:

- Coping strategies for birth
- Postpartum emotions and support needs
- New sibling transitions
- Breastfeeding and pumping challenges
- Herbal medicine

Do you have any topic suggestions?

How did you find support as a new parent?

A huge thanks to Chernichky Family Chiropractic - Botetourt Chiropractor for allowing us to use their space for our meetings.

02/14/2026

Valentine’s Day always makes me smile a little extra as a midwife 💕

Because you know what Valentine’s Day can bring?

Sweet little November babies.

If you “make a little love” this weekend, there’s a beautiful possibility that come autumn, you could be cradling a tiny, warm, perfect November blessing in your arms.

And here’s the science-meets-magic part I adore…

Oxytocin — often called the love hormone — is released when you’re in love, when you’re kissing, hugging, and being intimate. It’s the same powerful hormone that surges during labor. It’s what helps your uterus contract, what deepens bonding, and what floods your body when you first hold your baby skin-to-skin.

The very hormone that helps create your baby…
Is the same one that helps bring your baby earthside…
And the same one that helps you fall hopelessly in love with them.

At home, in a peaceful, safe environment, oxytocin flows beautifully. No bright lights. No rushing. No interruptions. Just warmth, privacy, trust, and love. Gentle birth. Supported birth. Physiologic birth the way your body was designed to do it.

Home birth allows that love hormone to rise naturally — helping labor progress, deepening connection, and creating a calm, sacred space to welcome your baby.

So if Valentine’s Day turns into something a little more magical… and you find yourself counting down to November…

We’d be honored to walk that journey with you 🤍

Happy Valentine’s Day, friends 💕

01/24/2026

❄️ ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
FROM Breath of Life Midwifery LLC ❄️

— lovingly shared by your midwives, Crystal & Amanda and their assistants 🤍

Beloved community… let it be known:
✨ Fall babies are WELCOME here. ✨
Crunchy leaves, cozy births, candlelit postpartum vibes? Yes please 🍁🕯️
Snowstorms bring stillness. Stillness brings connection.
And sometimes… connection brings babies 😉
We see you. We honor you. We’re here for it. The snow brings opportunities for catching up on laundry, making warm meals and giving extra snuggles!

🍂 Thinking about an October baby? Here’s how to call one in intentionally: 🍂

• Tune into your cycle and listen closely (your body is always speaking)
• Practice conscious conception — on purpose, with presence
• Create warmth: teas, baths, slow evenings, soft music
• Strengthen your partnership (communication counts as foreplay)
• Nourish your body like it’s preparing sacred ground
• Rest deeply — winter is for gestation in every sense
• Dream, plan, and align with the season of harvest and transformation

And we would be honored to walk beside you through that journey.

This is your reminder from Crystal & Amanda:
✨ Every season has room for new life. ✨
Save this. Share this. Tag your future co-parent.
With open hearts and steady hands,
Your Fall-Loving Midwives 🤍

🍁

01/22/2026

☆☆Public service announcement☆☆... Looks like we're gonna get hit with this decent sized winter storm coming our way. ❄️ Get prepared to get snowed in y'all. This storm could potentially lead to an increase in the number of babies due in roughly 9 months. 🤰 If you find yourself looking at 2 pink lines in a couple months, I'm here for you. 💜 Here to help you navigate the unknown, the "what now," and all the "where do we go from here" questions.

Www.lovingbirthdoula.com

Loving Birth Doula and Photography offering services in Roanoke, VA and surrounding areas. Available for birth center, home, and hospital births.

01/16/2026

We have lots of openings for the spring for both home and birth center births!

Current Birth Availability

Jan - 1
Feb - 6
Mar - 5
Apr - 5
May - 2
Jun - 3
Jul - 5
Aug - 7
Sept - 7

Call or text to schedule a free consultation

(540) 676-7288

01/16/2026

Let's chat about midwifery care! We've got some awesome midwives around here, and I've been lucky enough to work with quite a few of them in hospitals and out-of-hospital settings. If you're expecting and curious about midwifery care, let's set up a time to talk. You can reach me through my website, Www.lovingbirthdoula.com.

11/16/2025

11/09/2025

Mark your calendars and come join us for all the fall fun this Saturday!

10/31/2025

Y'all, cuteness overload! 🎃☆🕷☆🧙🏻‍♀️☆🐈‍⬛☆👻

10/25/2025

Hey expecting moms, check this out! Learn how about safe baby sleep and revive a free pack and play.😯

10/19/2025

At risk for having a breech baby?(also be prepared for that unexpectedly)🤔 There are more options that your provider may be informing you on. Reach out and let's talk about vaginal breech birth. Hospital policy is csection, and will scan to determine position upon arriving in labor to make for an easy procedure if baby is breech. As a participant in this training and being part of and undiagnosed birth center breech birth I firmly believe that often c-section isn't always the only option for birthing breech babies.