Magdalena Eschenberg Doula

Magdalena Eschenberg Doula 🌈 All are welcome
🤰🏻Doula care, BRM® assessments, perinatal education
📷 Birth photography
🩺 RN student

The most profound, transformative, and beautiful labor of them all… birthing a baby. Happy Labor Day!
09/07/2026

The most profound, transformative, and beautiful labor of them all… birthing a baby. Happy Labor Day!

Yes, you should have a birth photographer for your planned cesarean birth. Though cesareans are a more medicalized path,...
09/06/2026

Yes, you should have a birth photographer for your planned cesarean birth. Though cesareans are a more medicalized path, there is still an abundance of love, beauty, and connection to be cultivated and captured.

Baby dimples 💛
09/05/2026

Baby dimples 💛

After the intensity of birth fades, when you and your baby are settled and stable, there comes a sweet moment where ever...
09/01/2026

After the intensity of birth fades, when you and your baby are settled and stable, there comes a sweet moment where everyone leaves you alone. You get to just look at your baby, soak in their presence, and finally feel their warmth in your arms.

Finding out this chunky babe was 9lbs 12oz 💪🏼 and guess what? No tearing during his birth. The fear of large babies is v...
08/24/2026

Finding out this chunky babe was 9lbs 12oz 💪🏼 and guess what? No tearing during his birth. The fear of large babies is very looming in our modern birth culture. Usually, without a pathology like GDM present, your body will grow the perfect size baby for YOU.

If you’re curious to learn more, Evidence Based Birth® has a great article on the Evidence on Big Babies that I refer to often!

A squishy baby photo for your feed + a message below about some upcoming changes ☀️I start nursing school at College of ...
08/16/2026

A squishy baby photo for your feed + a message below about some upcoming changes ☀️
I start nursing school at College of Marin tomorrow! I’ve been getting lots of questions about what my practice will look like while I’m in the ADN program. For the upcoming Fall semester, I am attending one planned cesarean birth. I had booked 2 other birth and postpartum clients that I have passed care off to my dear friend and fellow doula Laura Woodlander. I will be continuing to accept clients for postpartum care only this Fall both through insurance and privately, though my hours will be limited. I will also be providing back-up birth support on weekends to a few of my doula friends when possible.
During my winter break from mid-December to mid-January, I will be taking a couple of birth clients. Those spots are still available, so please reach out if you’re curious about having me as your doula.
For past clients of mine thinking about another baby in 2027 - if you would like me to be your doula again, aim for a summer baby 😉 I will be taking a full schedule of clients June, July, and early August.

At home, the umbilical cord is often left intact for upwards of an hour. Yes, the biggest benefit for baby is in the fir...
08/16/2026

At home, the umbilical cord is often left intact for upwards of an hour. Yes, the biggest benefit for baby is in the first few minutes after birth for them to receive the valuable blood from their placenta, but what’s the rush? Leaving the cord intact can be a part of the ceremony of birth. The placenta is born, placed in a bowl or bag, and baby settles into the world, and the mother comes back into their body, with this connection to the womb still in place. When the family is ready, the cord is clamped and cut, or may be burned. The standard of care in the home birth setting, when birth is unfolding normally and everyone is safe and healthy, is to slow down and to honor the sacredness of these moments.

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This is entirely possible in hospital too, though it isn’t standard. A handful of times I have seen the cord stay attached to baby for an hour or two by parent request in hospital. If you desire this, make sure you are specific in your birth plan beyond writing “delayed cord clamping;” to some this phrase means 30 seconds, and to others an hour.

She experienced all the emotions: anticipation, excitement, concern, relief, joy, and love. Children are far more capabl...
08/11/2026

She experienced all the emotions: anticipation, excitement, concern, relief, joy, and love. Children are far more capable of handling the rawness of birth than we believe. Witnessing childbirth makes it a normal part of family life. It is mystical, unpredictable, beautiful; to be respected, but not feared.

I have special love for these moments, having received the privilege and blessing of witnessing birth at her age too. You never know which child will be in such awe of birth that it becomes their life’s work.

“I had to switch to formula for my mental health” is one of my least favorite narratives around feeding babies. Formula ...
08/04/2026

“I had to switch to formula for my mental health” is one of my least favorite narratives around feeding babies. Formula companies actively lobby against paid maternal leave and breastfeeding support. This isn’t a conspiracy, it’s been reported by the World Health Organization, Yale School of Public Health, and others.

When we are looking at the issue of maternal mental health and postpartum mood disorders, the biggest factor is a lack of support. Support around breastfeeding, support around care for other children, support in the home, support from the healthcare system and access to mental health professionals. The reason we have an issue with maternal mental health in this country is not due to breastfeeding; it’s because new parents are discharged from the hospital with only a 6 week appointment, without paid maternity leave (in California we’re lucky that most folks get 8-12 weeks, but even that’s not enough!), and because they’re isolated from their communities.

Formula companies want you to believe that relieving the burden of breastfeeding will solve a systemic issue, while they lobby against you getting the support you need.

I am not out here to shame anyone who feeds/fed their baby formula. Formula is an incredible and lifesaving invention. However, WHO states that worldwide breastfeeding rates are far too low, and formula companies are to blame for their false and coercive messaging and lobbying against health initiatives to support breastfeeding families. Most breastfeeding issues could be resolved with proper support and education, and that is what I am advocating for.

https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/five-things-infant-formula-companies-dont-want-you-to-know/

https://www.who.int/news/item/08-02-2023-experts-call-for-clampdowns-on-exploitative-formula-milk-marketing-in-new-lancet-series

Let’s talk about donor milk! 🧑🏽‍🍼Donor milk should be readily available and free for all families who are unable to brea...
08/02/2026

Let’s talk about donor milk! 🧑🏽‍🍼
Donor milk should be readily available and free for all families who are unable to breastfeed their babies. As part of the World Health Organization 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, they recommend prioritizing supplementing with donor milk when a parent’s own milk is insufficient.

Donor milk may come from a variety of sources, including the hospital (shout out to our local Kaiser for having donor milk for ALL babies, not just NICU babies), private milk banks, or the community.

A special shout out to everyone who has ever donated their own milk this , you all are incredible!

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