Jessie Roy

were snuggling I made her some lunch (avocado toast with scrambled eggs) and a big pot of butternut squash soup 🤤🤤 folded two loads of laundry and cleaned up the kitchen before calling it a day! I’m currently booking clients for March-July so if you or someone you know is pregnant feel free to reach out and chat

looking at pictures I take to show her 🥰 I was getting my bag packed today and thought I’d share what’s in my doula bag! 👜 •Lillebaby carrier. I love this thing! If the family im with doesn’t have a carrier I let them borrow mine for the duration of our time together (I only take on one client at a time so I never need it outside their house anyways). I’ll also use it a ton to hold the baby while I get some things done around the house while the new parents rest! •flax & chia seeds. Most households have the basic ingredients for a great peanut butter/oat ball, so I’ll usually end up making those at some point but I like to sprinkle in some added nutrients for mom and baby. Great snack for breastfeeding! •notebook & pen. I jot down everything from babies sleep, feeding & diapers as well as what sort of tasks I accomplished while I was there so the family knows exactly what’s been going on while they got some precious rest 🤩 •Force of Nature multi purpose cleaner & washable rags. This stuff is the greatest, look it up! •grippy socks. Just an extra precaution so I never slip while holding someone’s baby. I also find them super cozy and supportive. 🧦 •water bottle. Need to take good care of myself so I can help take care of my clients family as well as my own ❤️

working on feeding positions to writing thank you cards! When i suggested I check a few thank you cards off her to do list while she took a gentle walk with her dog her jaw DROPPED 😂 let’s be real, nobody likes writing thank you cards, especially not a brand new mom 🤷🏻‍♀️ she got some fresh air & alone time and her dog was VERY happy. Win win win!

prenatal visit to get to know everyone and see the space. Last thing a new mom needs is me waking her from a nap to ask where the laundry detergent is… so we go over that sort of stuff before the baby comes, and just get to know each other! I can’t thank these families enough for trusting me in their homes and with their children 🥺. It’s also such a privilege to be a sounding board for moms. Someone to talk through problems ranging from feeding and sleeping to fears regarding postpartum anxiety and depression. I went through a LOT to bring my babies into the world and it’s given me a compassion for postpartum moms that I never could have imagined. It’s an honor to be there with families as they welcome home a new addition to their family (my first three clients have welcomed home their first baby, second baby and third baby!).

Today I prepped some bacon, egg & cheese breakfast burritos for my client! 🤤 Great to put in the freezer and pop in the microwave for a quick (and one handed 😉) breakfast or snack!

hard time connecting sleep cycles (and I had no idea what sleep cycles were). She would nap in her crib for 40 minutes on the dot and then wake up screaming and exhausted. I realized I could stay in her room and rock her in my arms and she’d finish her nap. It seemed if she didn’t “finish the nap” she would be so cranky and often slept even worse at night from being overtired (I didn’t know babies slept worse when they were overtired!). So I rocked her in her room. Multiple times a day, everyday. It was the only way she would sleep. I could NOT see the light at the end of the tunnel and thought I would be sitting in her dark room trapped forever. I felt trapped. I couldn’t get much done in the 40 minutes she would be in her crib (plus I was told to sleep when the baby slept, so I had such a short window to rest!). Looking back, the idea of a trained professional rocking my baby a few times a month while I could get some serious rest would have made SUCH a difference. If I could have laid in my bed for four hours during the day while someone cared for my baby and did some laundry and wiped my counters…well, maybe I wouldn’t have had postpartum depression? Or maybe I still would have, but that trained professional probably would have seen the signs and realized it much sooner than I did. Looking back on that experience and writing this while sitting in a dark room rocking someone else’s baby while they have some time to themselves to relax makes it feel like such a full circle experience. I’m just so, so happy to be serving as a postpartum doula in this way 🙏🏻 📸 picture of sweet ruby back in the day sleeping in my arms 💓

some sleep since she had clearly become overtired. After that the little peanut helped me whip up some dairy free caprese frittatas 🤤🤤 Laundry was folded, counters were cleaned and when I left, the parents were well rested and refreshed to spend the rest of the day loving on their girl (and eating yummy food)! Oh how Steve and I wish we knew what a Postpartum Doula was when our kids were born!!!! If you (or someone you know) is pregnant, feel free to reach out with questions! Its truly such an honor to spend time with families during this extremely special and intimate time. #grateful 🙏🏻

I got to spend time with this little angel baby yesterday while cooking/meal prepping for the family, folding a load of baby clothes and sharing all my tricks for feeding/burping a baby and setting up a good sleep foundation 🥺😊 I came home to the nicest message from the new mom expressing her gratitude and I’m just feeling really lucky to have found my calling 🙏🏻