Amy Moore, Birth Doula

01/02/2026

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07/20/2025

Spent the day learning new things and practicing new skills! Grateful to work with such amazing midwives!

08/21/2024

Today was pretty special… I was blessed to support my 100th birth!!! And it was with a lovely family, who had a beautiful birth!
I started doula work over seven years ago, wondering who would let me in their birth space and if I could really help them. Then I found that I connected with many wonderful people, and they sent me their friends, and they hired me for repeat births, and I worked with amazing providers, and I took more trainings, and I had big challenges, and I got really good at helping people! But I also know that I’m still learning and growing as I look forward to the next 100 births!
I’m so grateful for my wonderful clients, the fabulous midwives/nurses/ doctors/doulas in my circle, and the endless support of my friends and family!

06/24/2024

It was a productive weekend for this doula…
Saturday I attended a wonderful training for newborn resuscitation… a skill that is outside of my normal job description, but I’m glad to have in the case of a rare emergency.
Sunday morning I was honored to support a lovely couple as they welcomed their beautiful baby girl in a cozy room at the birth center.
Feeling very blessed and grateful! 💕

03/20/2024

So excited to present the new Childbirth Education class I wrote with my friend/wonderful doula Chris Reiffer !
Please share with your expecting friends! 💕

01/01/2024

This year I was blessed to support 26 wonderful clients as they welcomed their adorable babies with love and strength.
I’m grateful for each relationship and experience, the amazing care providers who teach me so much, and my precious family and friends who keep everything running and hold me up when I need it.
Looking forward to another fabulous year with the best job I can imagine!

06/08/2023

I love working with this amazing team of caring people! Happy Anniversary! 🥳

Happy Anniversary to Richmond Birth and Baby!
Serving the families of RVA has been incredible, and knowing we have the best team around makes it even sweeter. 🥰
A massive THANK YOU to every family that has trusted us to be there in their most vulnerable and life changing moments.

Be on the lookout for a few fun surprises and giveaways this month!
🙊🎉💃

06/20/2022

Birth is amazing! 🤩

𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗨𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀⁠
𝘉𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘮, 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 ⁠
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"Umbilical cords have two arteries and a vein that run the length of it. Those three vessels are surrounded by a special substance called Wharton’s Jelly. This jelly is thick and gelatinous when functional – this is to prevent the baby from accidentally causing it to kink and stop functioning (even true knots in the cord rarely cause problems because the Wharton’s Jelly prevents it from being able to tighten down and occlude blood flow to baby!)⁠
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When baby is born, this cord continues to function, providing the baby with not only blood and oxygen – but providing baby TIME! Time to transition to air breathing, experiencing the changes that babies go through at birth. As long as that cord is pulsing, it’s working for the baby the exact same way it did before the baby came out.⁠
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Once baby’s breathing and the cord is no longer needed, it goes through its own transformation. The Wharton’s Jelly in the cord begins to liquefy…tightening down on those vessels…clamping them off naturally. The cord slowly becomes thin, white, limp – dramatic changes from the thick purple pulsing entity it was when the baby was born!⁠
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Not clamping or cutting the cord until this transformation has occurred provides the baby with the benefit of extra blood, oxygen, gentleness and time!⁠

Here you can see the magical changes of the cord! These pictures are ALL of the same umbilical cord…progressively taken over time.
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THE FOLLOWING PICTURES WERE TAKEN OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 15 MINUTES – BABY WAS ATTACHED THE ENTIRE TIME.⁠
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1. Brand new! Right after birth the cord is thick, pulsing. We could actually SEE it thumping with the baby’s heartbeat.⁠
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2. There’s already a difference!! Look at how much thinner it is – less purple, less ‘tight’…⁠
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3. Less purple…thinner….⁠
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4. same piece of cord, same angle….now MUCH whiter, much thinner. But still not done with the transformation! You might think so though, huh! No…just wait.⁠
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5. NOW we are pretty much finished with the transformation. Compare this to the top picture of the same piece of cord….⁠
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6. Completely done, Wharton’s Jelly has liquified, the cord is not pulsing…it is thin, white, and very limp. Amazing!"⁠

05/11/2022

Richmond Birth & Baby is hiring birth and postpartum doulas!

If you are near the Richmond, VA area, this is for you. Please share in your groups. We are hoping to get resumes and register everyone first but will take walk ins with resumes in hand. Email per instructions, please.
We are adding to our team again! So much work coming up for Postpartum Doulas/Newborn Care Specialists. We have many night shift jobs and a few dayshift jobs/evening hours as well. Also looking to hire a few more Birth Doulas. Send your resume or work experience to our email and you will get a reply with info needed for hire. We can help you get your training if you have experience in childcare/babies.

04/14/2022

Richmond, Virginia families, We offer easy scheduling, payment options, and safely spaced classes for your comfort and convenience. We just uploaded the schedule for the entire year.
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