Umpqua Doula Collective

02/28/2026

📣Calling Douglas County parents! 💚

Do you receive ERDC (Employment Related Day Care) and live in Douglas County, Oregon?
We want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to respond to this short survey and share how ERDC helps you work, go to school, or train for a career, and how it supports your family.
Your words may be featured with your first name only in an upcoming article by the Douglas ESD / Child Care Coalition to help lift parent voices and show why ERDC matters.

👉 Take the survey here: Parent Quotes for upcoming Article – Fill out form https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=rPjAJluVM0uxkzCgm3D1L7Lv992dml1KloW7pDozSfBUMDE4NUVDSUNNU1dPRDFJTFZaRDFMM0dCOS4u&route=shorturl
🗓️ Survey closes March 6
Thank you for sharing your story and helping strengthen childcare in our community!

02/28/2026

Everyone tells you to stop feeding at night.

To stretch the sleep.
To break the habit.
To teach independence.

But your body tells a different story.

At night, prolactin rises.
Oxytocin flows.
Milk production peaks when the world is quiet.

Your baby wakes not because they’re spoiled
but because biology designed it this way.

In the dark, while you’re half asleep
your body is still listening.

It adjusts.
It responds.
It produces what your baby needs most in that moment.

This isn’t just feeding.
This is regulation.
This is immune support.
This is brain building.
This is safety.

You are tired because you are doing something powerful.

You are showing up in the hours no one sees.
When the house is silent.
When the world is asleep.
When only you and your baby exist.

And that matters more than anyone will ever admit.

Night feeds are not habit.
They are biology.

And you are doing something extraordinary.

01/22/2026

Another meet the doulas in the books! It was great to meet some fellow birth workers and community members. Thanks for coming and we can’t wait for the next one!

01/21/2026

We’d love to see you tonight to talk all things doula!

Hi Everyone! Please share this in your networks. Thank you!

01/08/2026

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