Lorna L.

04/27/2026

I used to think I needed hobbies… but then I realized I already found something that fills me up 🤎
Doula work isn’t just what I do, it’s what I love. From packing my bag, to showing up for families, to holding brand new babies and supporting their parents… this work feels like purpose and passion.

Some people unwind with hobbies. I support life changing moments and somehow that’s what pours back into me

If you’ve trusted me to be part of your journey, just know it means everything.

CommunityCare PassionWork

04/25/2026

04/23/2026

There’s so much stigma around C-sections, but the truth is this: every birth carries the possibility of taking that path. It’s still a powerful, valid way to bring a baby earth-side—and in many cases, it saves lives.

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If your story includes a C-section, that doesn’t mean your body failed. It means your body, your baby, and your care team made the call that brought your child here safely.

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Birth doesn’t have one “right” way. Your experience is real, it matters, and it counts.

04/19/2026

Date Night

04/04/2026

Some of my favorite books that continue to shape me as a doula 📚✨
Swipe through this carousel for a few of the books I return to again and again:
🤱🏾 Breastfeeding + chestfeeding support
🌿 The beauty of the physiological birth process
✊🏾 Birth justice, Black parenting, and q***r family narratives
These books have helped me deepen the way I support families, advocate for informed choices, and stay rooted in care that honors autonomy, culture, and lived experience.
I truly believe learning is part of the work. The more we read, unlearn, and grow, the better we can show up for birthing people and their families.
If you’ve read a book that transformed the way you think about birth, parenting, lactation, justice, or family care, drop it in the comments ⬇️ I’m always looking to add more gems to my shelf 💛📖
BlackParenting QueerParenting MaternalHealth DoulaEducation BirthEducation

03/31/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/wetrustbirth2020/p/strengthening-your-relationship-with?r=1uffr4&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app

03/27/2026

Because on days I’m not in these streets, I’m going to drink my coffee and look out my window!

02/04/2026

That was a wild 72 hours🫶🏾 I am always grateful! 🥹

12/16/2025

The placenta is our first home—an extraordinary organ that nourishes, protects, and supports life long before we enter the world.

The placenta works through specialized structures that support life before birth. Chorionic villi increase surface area for the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste. The intervillous space holds maternal blood for this exchange. The umbilical cord connects baby and placenta, transporting oxygen and nutrients. The placenta also produces essential hormones that sustain pregnancy and regulate growth—making it the baby’s first life-support system.

And one more fact, our body grows this organ with each pregnancy!

Did you get a chance to see you baby’s first home after delivery?

09/21/2025

Impromptu weekend visit 🩷💙

Sometimes birth be slinging y’all’s doula EVERY which way loose, which my cause me to need to reschedule folks that had visit schedule for that same day. Yall know birth is unpredictable but I’m so grateful to those that understand. These are the folks that I will support for every pregnancy . Yall are my family FR🫶🏾🫶🏾

I’m cute in my AAIMM T-Shirt!!