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Full-Spectrum Doula serving Central and South Austin + Buda and Kyle. Visit my IG: .with.Steph

10/07/2026

Calling all baby-wearing besties—get ready to snuggle, stretch, and move with your little pre-crawler at Oak + Lotus Yoga Studio! 🧘🏼‍♀️ 👶🏻

This class is 100% baby-led and zero pressure (dirty diapers, feed breaks, and cry-outs are all part of the vibe, mama!). Plus, we’re saving time at the end to connect, let go, and build our village. There will be chocolate and tea during our connection time 🤍

Tap the link in my bio to grab your spot for my first class! Can’t wait to see those squishy baby legs! ✨

09/09/2026

Every month, I intentionally book my birth calendar at 1–2 clients.

Choosing to hold space for a family as they bring new life into the world is an honor, and I don’t take my bookings lightly. Keeping my client load small ensures two very important things:

1️⃣ Full, present support for YOU. On-call life demands energy, focus, and flexibility. Intentionally limiting my spots allows me to pour my heart into your prenatal visits, be fully rest-prepared for your labor, and show up for your postpartum transition. You get a doula who is rested, grounded, and completely tuned in to your unique vision.

2️⃣ Presence for my own family. By keeping my practice smaller, I can hold space for your growing family without missing out on the everyday moments with my own boys.
Because fit matters so much in birth work, I always host a free consultation before booking. It’s a low-pressure, zero-obligation chat to connect through FaceTime (or grab a coffee) while we talk through your birth preferences, and see if our energies align.

✨ Planning for an upcoming birth? Send me a DM or click the link in my bio to schedule a quick chat to connect!

(Note: If my calendar is already full for your birth month, don’t worry—I am always happy to connect you with another incredible doula!)

09/08/2026

🧘🏼‍♀️ Birth affirmations are short, positive statements or mantras used during pregnancy and labor to help maintain a calm, confident, and focused mindset.
- It’s time to meet my baby
- I trust my body
- I can do anything for 60 seconds
- I grew my baby. I can Birth my baby.

09/07/2026

Warmth in a bowl for the early days of motherhood. 🥣✨ Bringing this freshly made, nutrient-dense soup to my postpartum clients to help nourish their bodies, restore energy, and give them one less thing to worry about.
Because taking care of you is just as important as taking care of baby. 💕

09/05/2026

BIG NEWS!! I’m teaching some Baby + Me classes! Calling all baby-wearing besties—get ready to snuggle, stretch, and move with your little pre-crawler at Oak + Lotus Yoga Studio! 🧘🏼‍♀️ 👶🏻

This class is 100% baby-led and zero pressure (dirty diapers, feed breaks, and cry-outs are all part of the vibe, mama!). Plus, we’re saving time at the end to connect, let go, and build our village. 🤍

Tap the link in my bio to grab your spot for my first class! Can’t wait to see those squishy baby legs! ✨

08/04/2026

📅 Kinda chic to book a free consultation with a birth doula—ask all your questions—without any obligation— Erin Edwards

07/21/2026

Have you considered hiring a birth doula to support your birth? 🌸
A birth doula provides continuous, non-medical support dedicated entirely to your physical comfort, emotional well-being, and decision-making during labor and delivery. While doctors and nurses focus on clinical safety and medical care, a doula stays by your side to offer hands-on comfort measures—such as counter-pressure, hip squeezes, and position changes to ease contractions—while guiding somatic breathing and keeping the atmosphere calm. They help translate complex medical jargon, empower you to make informed decisions using tools like B.R.A.I.N., and safeguard your birth preferences without replacing your partner, whom they actively support and involve. From active labor through the golden hour, a doula helps navigate the birth environment, protects immediate skin-to-skin bonding, and assists with initial infant feeding, providing grounded encouragement that research consistently links to shorter labors, fewer medical interventions, and a more positive birth experience.

07/06/2026

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06/25/2026

Continuous cardiotocography (CTG), or continuous electronic fetal monitoring, is standard in many hospital settings, but major obstetric guidelines (like ACOG) and large-scale systematic reviews (like Cochrane) show it carries distinct trade-offs/risks, especially for low-risk pregnancies.

Risks of CTG (continuous monitoring)
Increased risk of cesarean delivery. Has a very high rate of false-positives for identifying fetal distress
Higher rate of instrumental deliveries
Restricts mobility
Cannot use water therapy (no shower or tub)
Increased risk of internal monitoring. Inserting a fetal scalp electrode (wire) into babies head.
Increased risk of infection if waters were broken to place internal monitoring.
More screen monitoring rather than hands-on emotional and physical care.

While continuous CTG monitoring does carry the risks mentioned above, it serves as a crucial tool for fetal surveillance. Major health organizations and large-scale clinical trials identify several clear benefits, particularly for high-risk or complicated labors.
Benefits of CTG
Identified immediate fetal distress
Reduced the Risk of Neonatal Seizures
Essential for High-risk labors, such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, growth restriction, or vaginal birth after c-section. Helps see how baby is tolerating the stress of labor.
Monitoring Interventions. Better watch over baby while Pitocin is being used to augment labor. To see that contractions do not become too frequent or long, which can cut off baby’s oxygen. Also necessary after an epidural.
Provides Remote Monitoring in the nurses’ station.
Records the labor as a printout
Peace of mind for some families

As the use of continuous monitoring increased, so did the Cesarean rate. Between 1970-2016, the c-section rate in the U.S. increased from 5% to 32%. And “non-reassuring fatal heart tones” became the second most common reason for first-time Cesareans in the U.S. (ACOG 2017 #184) EBB

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Austin, TX
78701–78705, 78708–78739, 78741–78742, 78744–78769

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https://birthwithstephanie.carrd.co/

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