Capture.Life Photography LLC & Doula Services

06/14/2021

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A Carson native is encouraging men to join him

06/02/2021

Started off the morning at a beautiful birth! Healthy strong baby boy and mama. ❤️ Happy Wednesday!

05/10/2021

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08/31/2020

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Via: 1000 Hours Outside

06/20/2020

Black birth matters ❤️❤️

HAPPY JUNETEENTH- BLACK GRAND MIDWIVES BIRTHED A NATION.

The first African Midwives arrived in America in 1619, bringing with them ancestral knowledge of healing wisdom from an array of African cultures and their rich and for prenatal care. Their extensive knowledge and well honed skills allowed them to care for enslaved black women and white women in the US and as well as deliver their babies. Very often the midwives would look after entire families, providing primary care for women, pediatric care for infants and , and medical care for men when necessary. Black Grand Midwives are integral to American history to the historical fabric of the obstetric and midwifery professions in United States.

Legislative action combined with racist propaganda was used to change an entire health care system and ancestral way of life, contributing to the development of health and reproductive disparities that persist to this day. Black midwives were scapegoated for the high infant mortality rates in the rural south when in fact their birth outcomes were far better than those of physicians, because obstetrics was a very new practice and the ancestral knowledge about the sacred womb was extensive and passed down for generations.

There was a systematic elimination of Black Midwives and their practices because new legislation provided reimbursement for obstetrical care suddenly making Black women attractive potential clientele to white physicians.

This is Maude Callen, born in 1898 in Florida, she went to South Carolina in the 1920s to work as a nurse-midwife in the most disenfranchised communities in the Lowcountry. She operated a community clinic from her rural home. She delivered hundreds of babies over the decades, taught prenatal care, she also trained women to become midwives.

The Legacy of Black Midwives is not celebrated as part of our rich history in this nation but we need to collectively bow to the women who delivered this nation.

Shared from Mama Glow ❤

03/26/2020

In the midst of uncertain times, this beautiful baby was born into a room full of fierce support, love & strength! I'm so honored and grateful for every birth space I'm invited to. ❤️ 🙌

02/20/2020

Reposted from This is the side of being a doula nobody tells you. Having to hold your p*e for an inhuman amount of time (thank you UTI Gods for having my back 🙌🏻) be able to function on sleep from days ago (it’s like we have a jet pack of sleep we can pull from) then to hold space, hip squeeze, & lunge for hours on only a granola bar for sustenance. We usually to stay up to 2 hours after baby comes into the world to then drive home and pray to the birth hangover Gods that we can get home safely. As the drive home becomes more like driving Mario kart blind folded we have to make the hard decision do we sleep first? Eat first? P*e first? Or shower first? But I'd always do it all over again ❤️😍

02/15/2020

Happy happy first birthday to one of my sweet doula babies!

01/07/2020

This sweet family is expecting their little one any day now! Tucker is so excited to be a big brother

12/06/2019

I love Fridays! Almost as much as I love when we are well supported during birth.
I've had the honor of attending two of this mama's three births and she is SUCH a rockstar. A room full of love and beautiful souls is my absolute favorite.