On November 14th, The Long Island Doula Association had their Giving Gala honoring Shanequa Levin founder and CEO of Women’s Diversity Network and raising funds for our Community Support Fund.
It was an amazing night and we are still only half way to our fundraising goal to provide birth and postpartum doula services to underserved birthing families on Long Island. If you would like to make a donation it would be greatly appreciated.
https://www.lidoulas.com/donate
Happy 5 years of supporting birthing people on Long Island through a pandemic, opening three locations/four buildings, raising your own children and constantly creating more ways to meet the needs of families. Laura and Jackie the two of you have created a beautiful community of support, education, resources and love. Thank you for letting me be a small sliver of the amazing work The Nesting Place does. And I’m sorry to my FTSC not pictured. I could only find so many pictures. Love you though!
Such an amazing evening collaborating with so many practitioners on Long Island last night at The State of Women’s Health on Long Island event. It was an honor to share about Long Island Doula Association.
On this first day of World Doula Week, I took a moment to reflect on my time as a doula. I am forever grateful and humbled that I have the honor to have this calling. I have the privilege of stepping into the most sacred space of people’s lives and help hold them. Thank you to all the families that have invited me into their lives. Thank you to all my birthing world colleagues there’s no way I could do this without you. And thank you to my family and friends that understand when I dip out of life for a birth, drive my children places and hold space for me when I’m delirious in exhaustion but still trying to do life. Just filled with gratitude this morning.
Thank you Wagon Wheel Design for helping make our LIDA Giving Gala beautiful. You embraced the strength, beauty and tenderness that doulas give to clients.
I had an amazing time visiting with @modernmomprobs about the @fourthtrimestersupportcircle and supporting new parents.
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Tara speaks with Janalyn, a birth and postpartum doula from @fourthtrimestersupportcircle about Fourth Trimester support.
#postpartumjourney #fourthtrimester
Feeling unsure of giving birth is a normal response. However, you don’t have to stay in that state. Digging into education to normalize birth and surrounding yourself with a birth team you can lean into and trust can equip you to have an empowered birth no matter how you end up birthing your baby.
I’m so thankful for birth providers that truly believe in the support of doulas.
Thanks @itsanograiner for the amazing shoutout on @wholemamasclub! I was blessed to support you!
Intuition, having a voice and giving blood.
#doulalife #motionsickness