placenta services

Placentophagy is the act of consuming the placenta for its rich array of vitamins, minerals, and hormones, offering a variety of benefits, particularly during the postpartum period.

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Through encapsulation, women can experience significant improvements in recovery, including reduced postpartum bleeding, enhanced uterine shrinkage, and faster healing after birth. The hormones in the placenta help replenish the body, reducing pain and supporting lactation, while also promoting increased strength and vitality. Many women report fewer headaches, increased libido, and prevention or treatment of thyroid issues and anemia. Consuming your placenta can also help stabilize mood, boost energy levels, and decrease fatigue. While most women experience 3-4 of these benefits, some may experience more or less, as the hormonal content can vary from placenta to placenta. Regardless, placenta encapsulation offers a natural, holistic way to support postpartum recovery.
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From the moment you connect, communication remains open as you approach your birth, ensuring everything is in place when the time comes. Once your baby arrives, the placenta encapsulator will handle the pick-up of your beautifully sacred placenta and drop-off of your final package, allowing you to focus on your recovery. The encapsulation process itself is done with care and attention, where your placenta is prepared, dehydrated, and ground into capsules for convenient consumption. We have packages to help women simply receive the benefits of the placenta and packages that also preserve and honor the placentas beauty. 

postpartum doula care | night nanny services

Like pregnancy and birth, postpartum is a transition that should be full of warmth, love and meaningful support. Although we are experienced and knowledgeable in all things newborn, we focus on holding mother’s through deeply nourishing practices that honor the process of healing and recovery.

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Postpartum doula support helps families have a smooth transition into parenthood​. Offering day-time and overnight support to ensure this delicate phase of your journey is filled with nourishment, warmth and understanding, traditional practices that help facilitate a smooth recovery, support that focuses on the mother during a time when the attention is often on the baby, and experienced care for your new little one so you can tend to your healing body and rest. 

Women have a physiological design for postpartum. When we work with women during this vulnerable time our focus is on the mother's recovery through practices that support what our bodies truly need after giving birth. Postpartum should be a time that is centered around rest, warmth, and nourishment. Our goal is to hold mothers during this transition so they can hold their baby and heal. Through postpartum doula support you can have a helping hand that understands what the postpartum experience entails and who cares deeply for the mother's wellbeing while carrying knowledge and experience surrounding all things newborn.
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Overnight doula support or night nannying, is an invaluable service that helps families get the rest they desperately need during the postpartum period. This offering provides new parents with experienced overnight care for their newborn, allowing them to recharge and recover during those first few months when sleep is scarce. Rest is vital for mental and physical well-being, as it helps reduce the risk of postpartum depression, aids in the mothers recovery, supports better bonding with your newborn, enables parents to respond more effectively to their baby’s needs, and positively impacts relationships when welcoming a new addition. This support can be for both bottle and breastfeeding mamas, offering peace of mind knowing your baby is cared for while you sleep. Available from the early days after birth up to three months, overnight doula support makes a huge difference—don’t miss out on this essential resource. Click here to learn more about overnight care.

Daytime postpartum doula support offers a holistic approach to healing by focusing on the mother while still caring for the newborn when needed. Our thoughtfully curated packages are designed to nurture women as they recover from their birth journey, offering a range of services such as light housekeeping, meal prep, breastfeeding support, and more. The emotional support we provide is equally important—having someone to be a listening ear, hear your birth story, and hold space for your feelings during this vulnerable time. Our goal is to support the mother as a whole, ensuring she feels cared for, empowered, and nourished as she transitions into this new chapter of life.

“Angelia-Bending Willow Birth is an absolutely amazing person! She was our postpartum doula from the time our baby was 5 days old until he was 3 months!! She was helpful with laundry, dishes and basically anything we needed.! We felt so comfortable leaving our newborn with her for a few hours while my partner and I rested, took that much needed shower, or got caught up on errands! Angelia is a fount of useful information, concerning postpartum care, newborn care, breastfeeding, and she even helped me give my baby his first sponge bath. We are forever grateful.”

- Rachael

birth doula support

We believe that birth is a sacred and transformative experience. That pregnancy is a time when women deserve to be honored and held through intentional support. Our birth doula support offering is meaningfully created to love and serve women along their journey into motherhood.  

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We hold a deep understanding for a woman's needs during the motherhood continuum. Too often societal norms get in the way of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum being peaceful experiences. Our hearts are centered around helping women embrace their pregnancy as a special time that focuses on the mother and her journey as a whole. As birth unfolds our role is in ensuring your space is filled with love, encouragement, information for decision making, and gentle hands-on support. Our goal is in helping you prepare for a postpartum experience that is focused on the mother's healing through a unique approach to 4th trimester care. When you work with us, you will experience the shift from fear to confidence as you get ready to welcome new life.

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Birth doula support begins with prenatal visits throughout your pregnancy journey. These visits will include discussions around nourishment, your dream for birth, the role of the doula, exploring all of your options, processing any past experiences, topics that are coming up for you, and ways of celebrating this transformative journey for the mother. The doulas presence during birth providing physical and informational support as you birth your baby. Professional documentary photography of birth and those first postpartum moments as you meet your little one. Support in the early hours of postpartum until your family is ready for quiet time as well as a postpartum visit with your doula to close your circle of care.

“Angelia was absolutely wonderful to work with! She made the birth experience so much more manageable for me and my husband. I truly do not believe I could have gotten through my home birth without her support. The prenatal visits were extremely informative, and her continuous encouragement was so helpful. She has a gentle, calm, and positive presence..."

- Allison

Research studies have shown that having a doula on your birth support team reduces the risk on cesarean sections, shortens the length of labor, reduces the need for pain medications such as the epidural, improves communication, leads to better breastfeeding outcomes, less mental health issues, and takes pressure away from birth partners helping them enjoy the experience more.

birth documentation

birth photography helps you remember the little moments during your birth that you spend in your partners arms and meeting your little one for the first time. these moments will be one of the most special days, don’t let these memories fade.

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We specialize in capturing the raw, authentic moments of labor, birth, and the first hours of your new little one’s life. Our style ensures that intimate and powerful moments are documented while the undisturbed birth space is preserved, allowing you to relive the beauty and strength of your birthing experience for years to come. Trust us to document this sacred chapter with sensitivity and artistry, creating a timeless treasure for your family.our journey together

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Birth documentation is an intimate journey that begins with thoughtful communication as you near your due date. Throughout this time, the photographer works closely with you, ensuring they understand your vision and preferences for your birth experience. When the time comes, they honor the sacred space of your birth, blending into the background while capturing the raw, powerful moments leading up to the birth of your baby. The result is a collection of stunning, timeless memories that tell the unique story of your birth, preserving the emotion, love, and strength of the moment for years to come.

“I first spoke to Angelia a few months before I was even pregnant, and I knew I would want her to be part of my birth team! When the time finally came, I spoke to her super early in my pregnancy and everything just aligned so perfectly! I hired her as my birth photographer and it was just the best experience! She came to my home to talk about the kind of pictures and experience I was hoping to have, was a listening ear when I talked about my past birth traumas and my hopes for my first homebirth. She was such a special part of my birth team! Having her at my homebirth was so nice, her presence was so calming and warm, and I had absolutely no issues with flash or anything. She also took the time to ask if I needed drinks, something to eat or if the birth pool needed to be warmer. She just went the extra mile, and I'm so grateful to her! I cannot begin to explain how beautiful the photos are and how much they mean to me! I love having them to look at and relive such a wonderful birth. She captured everything so perfectly!”

- Olivia

documentary photography

Our passion is in capturing the raw beauty and strength of motherhood through unposed moments. It is our mission to take beautiful timeless candid photos. What an honor to tell such meaningful stories of love through documentary photography. 

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Unposed timeless images captured through candid moments. Our passion is in capturing the raw beauty and strength of your motherhood journey. What an honor to tell such meaningful stories through documentary photography. We focus on documenting pregnancy, postpartum, and family photography. We use prompts to create real authentic memories that can be documented and cherished for a lifetime. 

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 A documentary photography session is all about capturing the essence of your life in a relaxed and authentic way. We specialize in documenting motherhood through maternity, newborn, and family. We use prompts to create real authentic memories that can be documented and cherished for a lifetime. These lifestyle sessions take place in the comfort of your home or outdoors, allowing the photographer to document real, unscripted moments that tell your unique story. 

investment $350

includes your beautiful family, one hour session (in home or at an outdoor location), candid moments, 125 hand edited images, private online gallery, and access to high resolution images for prints

“Angelia was able to capture the most beautiful effortless photos of me and my baby! The whole photoshoot felt very natural and easy. I really appreciated the punctuality as well, she was right on time, and also got my pictures to me in a timely manner. I highly recommend!"

 - Elizabeth

“… she also did a maternity photo session for me as well as a breastfeeding session photo session! She’s an amazing photographer and made me feel so comfortable with the camera. The pictures turned out so beautifully and I will cherish them, forever! She’s just an all around amazing person!!”

- Rachael

Schedule your 1-hour documentary photography session. You will be able to choose the day and time that works for you and complete your booking once the session is scheduled. Would you like to secure your session before your baby is born? Simply book a date close to your estimated due date and complete booking. We will confirm the session and change days as needed.  If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to get in touch!

postpartum belly binding

Postpartum belly binding is a practice in many different cultures that is found to be very beneficial for women who have just given birth. Pregnancy and birth make many changes to a mother's body. Binding is comfortable, supportive, and helps everything go back to its pre-pregnancy state as it recovers.

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Traditional binding helps your uterus and belly shrink back to pre-pregnancy size, supports and accommodates for relaxed muscles, holds the mother during such a vulnerable transition, promotes proper body alignment, pulls in separated abdominal muscles (helping in the healing of diastasis recti), gives the mother time to focus and reflect on how she is feeling, the long traditional wrap is tailored to your body, supports postpartum organs as they heal, helps relieve pain, and it feels good!

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When you book postpartum belly binding you are investing in a nourishing visit where you have the opportunity to relax, tend to yourself, return to warmth, and begin a new daily practice that will radically benefit your postpartum experience. During your session we will chat about binding, answering any questions you may have followed by a womb massage. We will then spend time wrapping your abdomen as you learn how to use this simple yet transformative practice.

investment $150

includes binding session, organic muslin bind, womb massage, and tutorial videos

“It was so much help learning how to do the binding and the massage was amazing and relaxing."

- Crystal

 Schedule your belly binding session below. You will be able to choose the day and time that works for you and complete your booking once the session is booked! Would you like to secure belly binding before your baby is born? Simply book a date close to your estimated due date and complete booking. We will confirm the session and change days as needed.  If you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to get in touch!