A Caring Doula

You got 20 minutes with the hospital lactation consultant. 🩺

Then you went home, and the questions started piling up.

Here are 3 latch myths I help untangle every week as a lactation counselor:

✨ Myth 1: "If it hurts, you're doing it wrong."
Truth: Pain has many causes. Latch is one, but tongue tie, positioning, oversupply, and even baby's body tension can be the real story. Pain isn't a verdict.

✨ Myth 2: "Cluster feeding means your milk is low."
Truth: Almost always the opposite. Cluster feeding is how baby tells your body to make more. It's growth, not failure.

✨ Myth 3: "Pump after every feed to build supply."
Truth: Sometimes yes. More often no. The wrong pumping plan can backfire and cause oversupply, mastitis, or a baby who never finishes a feed.

The hospital LC sees a snapshot. Ongoing lactation support sees the whole picture: your body, your baby, your day. As a CLC, CBS, and Fl**ge Fit Specialist, that whole picture is what I do. 🤍

Save this if you're nursing, or send it to a friend who's struggling at 3 AM.

Hi, I'm TaKiesha. 🤍

I became a doula because of my own birth.

Not because it was beautiful, but because it almost wasn't survivable.

I was a Black mama in a system that doesn't always listen. I came home with a medically fragile daughter and a story I'm still unpacking.

What I needed in that room was someone who could:
✨ See me clearly
✨ Speak up when I couldn't
✨ Prepare me for what was actually about to happen, not just the sanitized version

I didn't have her then.

So I became her. 💜

Every family I work with gets the doula I wish I'd had: calm, steady, honest about the hard parts, and never leaving when shifts change.

If your gut is telling you that you need someone in your corner, that's reason enough to reach out. I'm here.

DM me "HELLO" or click the link in my bio when you're ready to talk.