Boholistic Mom Doula Services

06/09/2026

We now have OBGYN insurance costs at an all time high, why? Because our medical staff have repeatedly ignored parents and sometimes even ignored the needs of babies. When nurses ignore the wishes of a mom, and do whatever they want, we have lost the proper care and respect that is essential for medical care. For OBGYNs, you have doctors cutting off umbilical cords against parents consent, but also pressuring mothers to induce early, which is almost always medically unnecessary, and harmful to mothers. Why head toward major surgery, when women’s bodies were created to deliver and recover so much more easily? Doctors get paid more for inductions and cesareans, and they do not have to wait for women to labor naturally. We need to end making decisions for padding purses and convenience. We MUST make decisions for mothers and babies that promote long term health, fertility, and bonding.

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05/10/2026

Wow. This information needs to be spread widely.

05/03/2026

Fertility Starts and Stops

Considering infertility is becoming an issue facing more and more couples, it is hard to understand why it is so widely ignored. People are talking about fertility, but people aren’t talking about what’s making us so infertile as a nation. In the United States, our fertility rates are dropping. If you find yourself in the situation of facing in fertility, here are some of the first things I would look at if I was starting this journey again.

Stops

1. Plastic everything - we sleep in plastic, we eat from plastic, we drink from plastic, and these things take a toll. Plastics contain endocrine disruptors.

2. Under-eating - while we definitely have a surge of obesity in our nation, we also have a food culture that teaches you to eat 1200 calories a day. This simply isn’t enough food for the average adult. Especially the average adult that wants to conceive a baby!

3. Over-exercising - let’s be real, this isn’t really most people‘s problem. But it is some women’s problem. A body that is taxed by over exercising will not give priority to conception.

4. Over-stressing - just as was mentioned in over exercising, leaving the body in fight or flight or freeze, is not helpful when considering fertility. When your body perceives your in danger, it does not give high priority to conceiving a baby.

5. Alcohol and caffeine - in a society that tells us it’s OK to drink and it’s OK to load up on coffee, it’s really hard to tell ladies that this simply isn’t true for fertility. This isn’t true for women and this isn’t true for men. For optimum fertility, no alcohol, and no caffeine is ideal.

6. Blood sugar spikes - balanced blood sugar is much better for fertility. Blood sugar spikes raise insulin levels, reduce fertility hormones, and cause havoc on our system.

Starts

1. Low intensity activity - we simply sit on our bums way too much as Americans. This low level of movement is not healthy, especially for fertility.

2. Eating for fertility - your body has a list of vitamins and nutrients that it needs for normal functioning. Your body has an even more robust list of vitamins and nutrients that it needs to produce a baby.

3. Intentional supplementation - a doctor would suggest that you immediately start on a prenatal, which may be true for people who are not eating nourishing foods. My focus is on suggesting supplementation based on your needs.

4. Sunlight - Another issue with most modern Americans, is that we don’t go out in the sunlight. Ideally, you would get five to ten minutes of sunlight exposure to your eyes in the morning shortly after waking, 20 to 30 minutes of sunlight in the afternoon, and 2 to 5 minutes of sunset light.

5. Sleep - speaking of sleep… You need it. You need 7 to 8 hours of sleep at night nonnegotiable.

6. Relaxation - as we mentioned before stress is detrimental to fertility. We need to involve relaxation in everyday life.

7. Femininity - honestly, I love this one. We need to add back in our beautiful femininity. Learning to embrace our femininity is a long process, but totally worth the effort.

8. Increasing blood flow - whether it’s through movement, going to the chiropractor, or trying out acupuncture, getting our blood flowing is vital.

9. Parasympathetic nervous system regulation- this goes along with relaxing. We need to intentionally engage our parasympathetic nervous system instead of our sympathetic nervous system.

03/24/2026

So who else has some shaking going on? I bought a vibration plate to regulate my nervous system, engage my core, and aid muscle recovery.

03/23/2026

Have you ever really considered how your monthly cycle affects your life? After following many proponents for seed cycling (which I don’t love) and exercise ladies, I realized they really onto something. We simply do not work the same every day of the month. We can’t expect our body to perform the same when so much is happening differently each week.

Our first week, we start off tired as we are in the middle of a uterine reset. The old is cast away as the new takes over. By the end of the week, we are normally energetic and ready to start out our month!

The second week we are in fire. We work out the best. We have the most energy, and we get the most done. This is the week to plan projects, lift heavy, and move more.

The third week, changes are happening. We peak in energy, and ovulation occurs. We can still workout, but it is good to slow it down, move intentionally, and eat nourishing foods for the luteal phase of our cycle.

The last week can be all over the place for women. Some just have a second third week, I personally have a falling apart week. I shut down, have little energy, and get very little done. For perimenopause, histamine and inflammation can increase this week as estrogen and progesterone drop off. Plan less this week, give yourself grace, and prepare for your coming reset.

03/22/2026

This is worth discussing, especially for those facing infertility. While most doctors state it is safe to have up to two cups of coffee during pregnancy, for an unestablished pregnancy, risks do exist.

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03/18/2026

For too long, IVF doctors have only asserted the benefits of IVF with no reality of the risks. Are parents who have used IVF at fault? No way! There are so many mainstream options provided to parents that have never received informed consent. Now that we are starting to have a clearer picture, let us pause our desperate hearts to think. What are the risks? What has the greedy collection of millions of desperate parent’s money led these doctors to hide? Or to ignore?

According to a new book by biologist Dr. Francisco Güell (whose fertility research project was funded by the European Union) children conceived through face significantly increased medical risks.

Here are a few:

Imprinting Disorders
•Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome: +480%
•Russell–Silver syndrome: +1030%
•Angelman syndrome: +370%
•Prader–Willi syndrome: +120%

Neonatal / Perinatal Outcomes
•Very low birth weight (

02/27/2026

How does this make you feel as a woman planning your birth? Does this make you feel like you are in charge of your body and your birth, or does this make you feel like the doctors do not value your input? When money, policies, and hospital procedure gets in the way of comfort, safety, and having a less medicated birth, then we have to rethink the way we have framed birth. A mother’s felt safety is not secondary to the birth, it is vital.

"We are not a birth plan accommodating practice." Thanks for letting us know you will ignore patient autonomy & wishes. When you could actually, you know, just discuss the birth plan with the patient...

02/20/2026

Families need to be informed of the risks involved in limiting their fertility. While this is often considered an easy option to prevent conception, it can take a big toll on a man’s health.

02/20/2026

I’m making bone broth today! This is the process of skimming the foam off the broth as it is coming to a boil. As soon as it begins to boil, I switch it to a simmer for the rest of the process.