I’m so excited to announce my new affiliation with Buoyant Birth! Buoyant Birth is an all-inclusive birth pool rental service founded in the Dallas area. They have made their expansion to Houston, and I’m proud to have signed on as one of their rental providers. I speak from experience when I say that if you […]
What a busy summer I’ve had! At first I had regret about taking July and August off from attending births, and now I’m so glad I did because I’ve been going, going, going nonstop. I am officially back “on call” though for my September mama, and am more excited than ever to jump back into […]
As those of you who are close to me know, the subject of circumcision is a hot button topic for me. As an active part of the Houston birth community as well as all of the networking I do online, I see so many parents who make this decision without learning the facts. Scientific, evidence-based […]
Are you searching for a doula? Are you seeking community with other like-minded women who are pregnant or have already birthed? Come Meet the Doulas of the Houston Doula Cooperative and stay for our Red Tent. https://www.facebook.com/events/225599740898152 A red tent is intended to provide a safe listening space for women of all ages to share […]
To celebrate reaching 300 likes on Facebook, I am giving away a Uterus Plushie! And it comes with a bonus Uterus Pin, too! How awesome is that? Yay uteri! CLICK HERE to enter for a chance to win this snuggly pink uterus plushie!
World Doula Week Giveaway! It’s World Doula Week! The purpose of World Doula Week (“WDW”) is to empower doulas all over the world to improve the physiological, social, emotional, and psychological health of women, newborns and families in birth and in the postpartum period. The World Doula Week events will take place all over the world during the same week, […]
Forget Everything You Think You Know About Circumcision Just for a moment.Imagine a piece of your body. A piece that serves as protector of one of your most vulnerable and sensitive private places. It maintains optimal pH balance, warmth, cleanliness, and sensitivity of that vulnerable place. It is rich with membranes that are your body’s […]
One Year I’ve just finished up my first year as “The Humble Doula”, and while the name was originally meant to be a play on words mostly to describe my geographic location (Humble, Texas), I really have been truly humbled by this work.
“Do you want to hold a sign with mama?” My eldest son, nearly four years old, smiled and his eyes lit up beneath his sweaty brow. “I want the red one!” The heat index had to be into the 100s, but that didn’t stop us. The Improving Birth Rally for Change was yesterday, Labor Day, […]
Congratulations T and K, as you welcome your beautiful twin girls, born early in the morning on August 24th. Dear babies, Your mama was incredible, and your daddy was a rock. Never before have I seen such a beautiful birthing couple; so sweet, so tender. Your mother embraced birth like she’d done it a hundred […]
The Humble Doula 