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Grayce Eubanks Doula Services As a birth and postpartum doula I am there with you for the biggest transitions in life!

I’m baaaack 😆Limited availability but availability nonetheless! Let me know how I can best support you 🥰
09/22/2026

I’m baaaack 😆
Limited availability but availability nonetheless! Let me know how I can best support you 🥰

Part 7The Beauty of Home Birth🏡Our baby immediately cried and made his existence known to the world at 1:42am. I took a ...
08/27/2026

Part 7
The Beauty of Home Birth🏡
Our baby immediately cried and made his existence known to the world at 1:42am. I took a moment, staying close to Malory while I caught up with what just happened. After a good birth pause I turned around and Harrison handed me our baby. Whew, what a ride the last 2 hours had been. This baby was real and he was finally in my arms. His own little person with his own little features.
Jason’s placenta was a well behaved one and came out faster than my precious 2 had. With slightly heavier bleeding than I had experienced before I received 2 doses of cotton root tincture and from there we were good to go.
This pregnancy and birth was so different from what I had experienced before and I’m grateful for the opportunity to be able to relate to more mama’s out there who have had weeks and weeks of relentless nausea, headaches, as well as quick labors and births!
Cheers to our third unmedicated physiological water birth and a loving transition to life outside the womb for our scrumptious baby boy. I’m beyond thankful to have a community, family, and husband that continue to support me in birthing our children this way. There is nothing quite like the flow of oxytocin when you welcome a baby surrounded by the love, peace, and safety of home.

Part 6Probably the part yall have been waiting for 😆 Walking out of the bathroom I heard Becky say that they were here. ...
08/27/2026

Part 6
Probably the part yall have been waiting for 😆
Walking out of the bathroom I heard Becky say that they were here. Thank the Lord. It was Malory and Kenzie, my sweet friends, brilliant minds, and a more than welcome presence. I got to the tub, got in, and looked at Malory and said, “I waited for you.” I wanted her to be there for the birth of our baby so badly and internally I was dealing with some fears that required her grounding presence. Fears that I knew weren’t based on science but on the experience we had with Isaiah. We experienced a true shoulder dystocia with him and although it resolved easily with the runners lunge and we had zero issues, I was worried that it may happen again. Especially since this baby had cooked longer and was likely a bit bigger. I watched them unpack the necessities and then let go of everything I’d been holding in. I finally let my body push as it had been wanting to for the last 45 minutes and it all hit me like a ton of bricks. With only about 2 1/2 hours of active labor I wasn’t really expecting him to be ready so quickly but here he was, making his way. Malory sensed the build up of anxiety inside me and came close to hold me, she said everything that I needed to hear in that moment and while I held onto her I frantically told Harrison that he would need to catch the baby. Not sure that he heard me through my pushing sounds I repeated, “you got him?” I was met with reassurance even though this was a hard moment for me as I had wanted to catch so badly and truth be told, I was kind of ashamed that I wasn’t able to get myself together enough to do it. But I’ve replayed this moment over and over again and really, what better hands than mine to be the first to touch our sweet baby than his father’s. So while providing counter pressure with one hand, Harrison gently cradled our baby’s head in the other and within a few seconds caught him as he flew out. Harrison’s reaction time was absolutely perfect as he maintained pressure on my back until the very moment Jason’s body was born.

Part 5 (this is a whole book!) 📕 It filled pretty fast but it was HOT and Harrison said the brand new thermometer wasn’t...
08/26/2026

Part 5 (this is a whole book!) 📕

It filled pretty fast but it was HOT and Harrison said the brand new thermometer wasn’t working. More anxiety. I’ve seen mama’s labor in water that was too hot, it’s not the best idea… I told Harrison to dump the ice from the freezer in and decided that I’d just get out if it was indeed, too hot.
I got in and thankfully Harrison followed as I was relying heavily on the counter pressure that he was doing. He mentioned that I should turn around so I could see all of our beautiful affirmation cards. Kind words and scriptures on hand painted water colors were in front of me now with beautiful twinkle lights. Becky, Brynna, Harrison, and I talked about them between contractions and I’m so thankful for those moments. Contractions came and during each one my perfect labor team provided counter pressure, held a fan close, and made sure I had a cool washcloth to ease the heat in my reddening face. We were in the thick of it now and I was working hard.
Something so familiar happened then, something Harrison and Becky had seen before and I think I knew what was next too. I wanted to get out and go p*e. Last time we were at this point my body started pushing in the bathroom… we got to the bathroom and I sat down and thought, I’ll just have a contraction while I’m here. My clients do it all of the time! As I felt it build I quickly realized that was the WORST idea I’d ever had. “No, no, no”, I said quickly getting on the floor to lean over the tub. There was that pressure again, but heavier this time. Leave it to the toilet to trick me into dilating the rest of the way…

Part 4I looked at the tub and thought, “I’m going to need that SOON.” It was at this point that I was really needing hel...
08/26/2026

Part 4

I looked at the tub and thought, “I’m going to need that SOON.” It was at this point that I was really needing help, Becky and Harrison took turns doing counter pressure while working to fill up the tub. Realizing that it was taking awhile I thought I’d go into the bathroom to see what was going on and to p*e because contractions with a full bladder are not fun!
I saw Harrison trying to hook the hose up to the bathtub faucet… a bit of anxiety set in for me here. I reminded him that the adapter goes on the shower head. He worked quickly but by the time the hose was on I was shaking through contractions. Maybe a little bit more anxiety set in here… I’d never experienced this with my other births but I’ve seen it plenty of times. Transition already? That was supposed to happen in the water! I continued laboring on all fours leaning on the couch during each contraction and started to notice some additional pressure. Ah yes, the p**p feeling. I pushed that thought aside and just continued laboring, but now with the added act of consciously NOT pushing. The thoughts that I did welcome were “each contraction is a sweet hug for my baby” I also pictured the muscles in my uterus drawing up and together to pull my cervix up and out of the way.
The hose was on now. Soon I’d have the comfort of the water. Although it was strange that I didn’t hear any water rushing. The hose was kinking up. Becky and Harrison were working as fast as they could trying to get it all straightened out and finally there was a good flow into the tub.

Part 3In bed I found myself needing the heating pad again and quickly discovered that I had to be on all fours each time...
08/25/2026

Part 3

In bed I found myself needing the heating pad again and quickly discovered that I had to be on all fours each time a wave would come. I wasn’t timing them, instead I was trying to gauge the intensity, which is tricky when you’re also telling yourself that it’s not intense. After a while of doing this, another contraction came on and seemed very different. It was hard to get through. I reached over for my phone to note the time, 11pm. I woke Harrison and told him we should probably start getting things ready. Poor guy was so groggy from his 1 hour nap! He started getting the birth tub blown up, adding in the twinkle lights under the liner. I helped in between contractions and at this point I had started timing them. By 11:30 I realized that they were only 4 minutes apart. I thought I’d better call our people, starting with the midwife. We dialed… it wouldn’t go through. I tried Harrison’s phone, wouldn’t go through. We called my mother in law, didn’t go through. Xfinity apparently had an outage. Panic started to set in a bit and then we tried FaceTiming my MIL(Becky) on WiFi and thank goodness that went through! She quickly made her way over and we called our midwife with her phone. It was during this phone call that I sat on my birth ball working through contractions while Becky braided my hair.
This had become a birthing tradition for the two of us, a quiet and meaningful moment that’s been a part of all three of my births. Malory (our midwife) was soon on her way but unfortunately we’d lost an hour of time during this phone debacle and things had sped up. We had also called my sweet cousin, Brynna, to come and she was on her way now too.

Part 2So we lived life, Harrison got home, we ate, put the boys to bed, and cleaned the house up. Maybe at this point I ...
08/24/2026

Part 2
So we lived life, Harrison got home, we ate, put the boys to bed, and cleaned the house up. Maybe at this point I could’ve admitted that I was in labor as the contractions were coming here and there but I wasn’t ready to alert our team yet. I was still worried the contractions would ease up and didn’t want to cause any anxiety in our team. Harrison sat down to watch a show while I tested out to see if these contractions were going to peter out. I started with a bath, had a few but they weren’t bad. I had Harrison download a contraction timer on my phone but I was very annoyed by it so I ended up not timing anything at this point. Then I thought I’d do the Miles Circuit before I went to bed, just in case this was real I wanted to attempt to turn him since I was thinking he was very much posterior. So I started the 30 minutes in the open knee chest position and really, I should’ve known it was picking up when I asked Harrison to get the heating pad for my back. Then 30 minutes doing side lying releases, maybe had 1 contraction during this time which made me think it was going definitely going to die out. Then we walked the back yard, ofcourse I was barefoot, and we went to bed around 10pm.

Jason Walker’s Birth StoryI’d accepted that Jason’s birth was not going to be early like his brothers had been. Shoot, m...
08/23/2026

Jason Walker’s Birth Story
I’d accepted that Jason’s birth was not going to be early like his brothers had been. Shoot, maybe we’ll go to 42 weeks. That was okay with me, I knew he’d come when he was ready. And while I’d made peace with that; there was no way I was going to sit at home waiting. So we stayed busy!
39 + 6
Wednesday morning we got out the door early and headed to the farmers market with my sister in law. In no hurry we enjoyed ourselves, Ezra got his first face painting, we got some produce for the week’s meals and snacks, and then we were off to our next errand! By the time we got home it was close to noon and I was cooked. Not feeling the greatest I was thankful that Isaiah had fallen asleep in the car, he went straight to bed and I made a quick lunch for Ezra and I. Isaiah didn’t sleep long and was up when we started eating and it was about this time I noted how tight my lower back was feeling. 1pm was the time. This reminded me a lot of the beginning of Ezra’s labor so I made a note of the time in case things changed. Well, they did change but I didn’t have time to process this as the afternoon flew by. I was busy prepping all of the fruit we’d bought, cleaning up, and making dinner while Ezra took a ‘nap’. He never actually went to sleep so I knew I was in for a wild afternoon with two tired boys. This is where I really practiced what I preach as a doula (mostly because I had no choice lol), “live life until you can’t live life anymore… and then do labor.”

Well! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. Of course with the indefinite pause in my business I haven’t been se...
08/23/2026

Well! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted here. Of course with the indefinite pause in my business I haven’t been seeking clients so posting seemed a bit…pointless?
However, we recently welcomed our third son!! So I’ll be posting his birth story over the next few days 😊
Because although I’m not working in the birth world right now, I’ll forever be a huge birth nerd and advocate for physiologic birth.

Our first Birth Prep Workshop on May 2nd was such a beautiful success 🤍I learned so much about what I’d love to tweak fo...
05/06/2026

Our first Birth Prep Workshop on May 2nd was such a beautiful success 🤍

I learned so much about what I’d love to tweak for next time, but for our very first workshop, we were surrounded by incredible first-time parents, meaningful conversations, and so much shared wisdom.

Huge thank you to our amazing guest speakers—Molly from Instinct Wellness, Amy from Held in Ritual, and Dr. Sam—for the welcoming space and such an insightful talk on how chiropractic care supports long term health.

We were also so blessed with generous giveaways from Postpartum with Kayla, Supplement Superstore, Magelitz Clinic, and Wellthy Juice Co.—thank you for pouring into these families!

And of course, Salem’s Roots Doula Services for the steady, loving support every step of the way 🤍

I truly believe everyone left feeling a little more prepared, a little more confident, and a lot more empowered for their upcoming births… and that’s exactly the heart behind all of this 🥰

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