Lovely Hearts Birth

Lovely Hearts Birth Licensed Midwife Oona Mekas offers homebirth services, doula/monatrice services, and placenta encapsulation in the Hill Country of Central Texas.

She believes in true informed choice, women's autonomy, and compassionate care in a non-judgemental setting. Oona is a Certified Professional Midwife, and believes every woman deserves compassionate healthcare and true informed consent, no matter her circumstances. In addition to midwifery, Oona is also an internationally recognized (certified E-RYT and RPYT) Integral Yoga® teacher. She has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has been a certified teacher since 2006, serving students on both coasts and everywhere in between over the years. Oona lives in the Hill Country of Central Texas with her wonderful husband and inspiring daughter, along with a gaggle of animals, including a lively border collie, a few cats, and a happy flock of free-range chickens. She loves baking, knitting, libraries, heist movies, saunas, and swimming in natural bodies of water.

🌱 Small batch Elderberry Elixir! Only a handful left from last year’s harvest. You can find them exclusively at at the ...
11/09/2022

🌱 Small batch Elderberry Elixir! Only a handful left from last year’s harvest. You can find them exclusively at at the Junction (where FM 12 and 32 meet) in Wimberley, TX. Get your immunity booster now before the cold weather hits!
Elderberry has traditionally been used as an immune booster and especially helpful at the onset of symptoms of cold/flu. This delicious elixir is a tincture made with fresh elderberries and brandy, no sweetener added.
Locally foraged in Fentress, TX on the banks of the San Marcos river.

So much beauty and story behind this photo. Honored to attend this VBAC at home (otherwise know as a HBAC) two days ago....
09/26/2022

So much beauty and story behind this photo. Honored to attend this VBAC at home (otherwise know as a HBAC) two days ago. Mama held so much power, and hands of both parents there to help welcome baby girl into this world. Birth is beauty, birth is power, birth is raw. In awe every time of the strength within each birthing woman. 🌸

Newborn exam at home after a beautiful home birth, and everyone’s favorite part, weighing the baby!
09/21/2022

Newborn exam at home after a beautiful home birth, and everyone’s favorite part, weighing the baby!

Power. We all have it deep within ourselves and it’s something no one can take away from us. We just need to acknowledge...
09/21/2022

Power. We all have it deep within ourselves and it’s something no one can take away from us. We just need to acknowledge it and tap into it. I witnessed a rockstar powerful mama give birth at home very precipitously today. The power of a uterine contraction cannot even be measured. It’s the power of life. It’s pure and raw, especially when there are no interventions in the way of experiencing it. Experiencing birth with interventions isn’t for everyone, but take a moment and honor your ancestors, who did it for generations, for thousands and thousands of years before hospital births and the medical industrial complex took over in the the 20th century. That’s power right there.

Thank you for the beautiful 🖼 .n.roses

Another day, another placenta! The placenta is such a symbol of nourishment and quiet power. Placenta pills can help wit...
09/19/2022

Another day, another placenta! The placenta is such a symbol of nourishment and quiet power. Placenta pills can help with an easeful transition into motherhood, whether it’s your first, fifth or ninth baby. 🧡
Things that encapsulated placenta pills can help with:
Anemia
Postpartum depression or “baby blues”
Hormone balancing postpartum
Milk supply and lactation
DM me to learn more or to book me for placenta encapsulation. 💜

Just a little bit of cuteness to start the week… 😊 I talk a lot about mindfulness with my clients. I was talking about i...
07/26/2022

Just a little bit of cuteness to start the week… 😊 I talk a lot about mindfulness with my clients. I was talking about it with folks way before I was in birthwork, as a yoga teacher at and as a perpetual student of Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga. Lots of ways to practice mindfulness, and actually has a good grasp of it!
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Mindfulness is all about the awareness of being fully present. Don’t forget to live in the moment 💖

Attended another beautiful birth as a , and I also had the honor of taking care of mama/baby’s placenta. I’m starting t...
01/19/2022

Attended another beautiful birth as a , and I also had the honor of taking care of mama/baby’s placenta. I’m starting to experiment with placenta prints. So along with the encapsulation and dried cord keepsake, I made some placenta prints. No dyes or inks, because the placenta is ingested after processing, so just using placental blood as ink. I’m super happy with how they came out! I always had the idea of doing this with my own placenta, and never actually did it. So this was a nice circling back… my daughter was a great assistant, helping to roll out the paper as I went along.

I’m very blessed to be able to do this work. Birth is sacred and I keep that thought with me as I take care of the physical remnants of the experience.

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Hill Country Birth offers doula services, childbirth education, Integral Yoga® for all ages, prenatal yoga, and meditation workshops. We provide care to the greater Austin and San Antonio metro areas, including Wimberley, Dripping Springs, Blanco, Canyon Lake and beyond. Serving the Hill Country of Central Texas with love since 2016.