What The Bump CLT - Charlotte Doula

What The Bump CLT - Charlotte Doula 🤰Birth & Postpartum Doulas | Charlotte, NC
🩺 RN-led team + Certified Doulas
🤍 Evidence-based support from pregnancy to postpartum

09/09/2026

If I’m being 1000% honest… sometimes I don’t want you to JUST come over. Bring me food. Don’t make me entertain you. And please let me sleep. 😂
We’re doulas based in Charlotte, NC, and we’re here to encourage and support moms through birth and postpartum. 🤍
Follow us for more birth + postpartum support, and share this with a mama who needs a little encouragement today. 🫶

09/09/2026

PART 1: EARLY LABOR 🤰🏼

So your contractions started… now what?
Honestly? Do less. 😂

Early labor can last HOURS (and sometimes much longer), so don’t burn through all your energy at the beginning.
😴 Rest or sleep if you can
🍳 Eat a good meal
💧 Hydrate
📺 Distract yourself
🚶🏼‍♀️ Light movement if it feels good
✨ Keep things as normal as possible

My favorite advice: ignore labor until you can’t ignore it anymore.
Save your energy. You’re going to need it. 🤍

Save this for later + follow for PART 2: Active Labor!

If you’re a working mom who pumps or plans to pump at work, know your rights. 🍼Under the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, m...
09/04/2026

If you’re a working mom who pumps or plans to pump at work, know your rights. 🍼

Under the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, most nursing employees have the right to reasonable break time to pump at work for up to one year after their baby is born. Employers must also provide a private space for pumping that is not a bathroom and is shielded from view and free from interruption by coworkers or the public.

That means your employer cannot tell you to:
❌ Pump only during your regular break
❌ Pump in a bathroom
❌ Skip pumping because it’s “inconvenient”
❌ Require a doctor’s note before allowing you to pump

Pumping at work isn't asking for special treatment. It’s a protected right for eligible employees.

Save this for when you return to work, and share it with a working mom who needs to know.

(Learn more from the U.S. Department of Labor about the PUMP Act)

08/30/2026

PART 3: TRANSITION 🔥

“I can’t do this anymore.”

If I had a dollar for every laboring mom I’ve heard say this during transition… 😂
Transition is often the shortest but MOST intense part of labor. This is where your world gets small.

🌬️ Breathe through THIS contraction
👀 Focus on one voice
🤝 Let your support team support you
💆🏼‍♀️ Use counter pressure + pain coping techniques
🧘🏼‍♀️ Release tension wherever you can
🤍 Stay calm between contractions

No thinking about how many contractions are left. No thinking about how much longer.
One contraction. One breath. One moment at a time.

And when you start thinking you absolutely cannot do it anymore?

You may be much closer to meeting your baby than you realize. 🤍
Save all 3 parts for labor!

08/28/2026

PART 2: ACTIVE LABOR 🔥

Okay… NOW we’re doing the things. 👏🏼

As contractions get stronger, longer and closer together, this is when you start leaning into your coping tools.
🚶🏼‍♀️ MOVE + change positions
🤝 Lean on your partner/doula
🌬️ Slow, intentional breathing
💆🏼‍♀️ Relax your jaw, shoulders + hands
🚿 Use water, counter pressure, movement + positioning
💧 Keep hydrating

You don’t have to get through the rest of labor.
You just have to get through this contraction.
Then you rest. And do it again. 🤍

PART 3: Transition is next. 👀

08/27/2026

PART 1: EARLY LABOR 🤰🏼
So your contractions started… now what?

Honestly? Do less. 😂
Early labor can last HOURS (and sometimes much longer), so don’t burn through all your energy at the beginning.

😴 Rest or sleep if you can
🍳 Eat a good meal
💧 Hydrate
📺 Distract yourself
🚶🏼‍♀️ Light movement if it feels good
✨ Keep things as normal as possible

My favorite advice: ignore labor until you can’t ignore it anymore.
Save your energy. You’re going to need it. 🤍
Save this for later + follow for PART 2: Active Labor!

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