Beautiful Beginnings with Makenzie Bodily

Beautiful Beginnings with Makenzie Bodily Aspiring doula serving Uintah County. Message me if you'd like to chat 🙂 ❤️

My goal is to help women recieve the support they deserve during pregnancy and labor regardless of financial position they may be in.

To celebrate Cesarean awareness month, I wanted to share my thoughts and experience in hopes it can help others who may ...
04/26/2025

To celebrate Cesarean awareness month, I wanted to share my thoughts and experience in hopes it can help others who may find themselves or their loved one in a similar situation.

While pregnant with my 3rd child, my waters broke prematurely at 39 weeks. I was not dialated, nor was I effaced. Without going into all the details, I was left with no other choice but a c section.

I opted for the spinal block instead of the epidural because the potential side effects of the spinal are much better, in my opinion, than the epidural. (The epidural has a black box warning, and in vaginal births, it increases the need for forceps, vacuum, episiotimies, and c sections!)
Luckily, the hospital staff was aware of the risks of the epidural compared to the spinal and supported, and even encouraged, my decision.

In a lot of cases where the waters break prematurely, it is common for the woman to be put on pitocin (in an attempt to augment labor) and a prostaglandin, like cytotec (to encourage dialation).

If I had been given the option to take pitocin in an attempt to get labor started and have a vaginal birth, I would STILL choose instead to get the spinal block and a cesarean.

I know this may come as a shock to some, but let me share just *some* side effects of pitocin:

-Vomiting 🤢
-Uterine rupture
- Increase or decrease in mothers' heart rate
- Fetal distress (low oxygen in the baby)
-Uterine-hyperstimulation (lowers baby's blood and oxygen supply)
-postpartum hemorrhage
-seizures in the baby

This is just to name a few. In some cases, pitocin is still not enough, and a c section is required regardless.

So that is why, personally, I would always opt for a c section instead of pitocin. And I will always choose a spinal block over the epidural when getting a c section.

Although a c section was not my ideal, I did have my ideal c section. And for that, I am grateful.
It's amazing that we can have such an amazing surgery available to us during emergencies. Take time to learn your options and decide what is best for you in your specific situation.

I hope you became more informed during this cesarean awareness month. Thanks for reading ❤️

Welcome to the first of many "Born to Know" posts. I am a birth nerd and love learning about all sorts of pregnancy rela...
03/21/2025

Welcome to the first of many "Born to Know" posts. I am a birth nerd and love learning about all sorts of pregnancy related topics.

🤓This series is where I can share some of the cool things I learn about. I'm starting this series off with one of the coolest facts I've learned, and that is that the placenta is primarily built by the father's genes. I learned this about 2.5 years ago, and I still think about just how BIG this seamingly simple fact is. Let me explain.

💪Many women prepare for pregnancy by trying to be in a healthy state. Some women will start eating better, or maybe they will use more caution with what kind of environmental stressors they take on their body. Whatever the case may be, it is rare to hear of the man taking into consideration his health before conception.

🏋‍♂️This "simple" fact that the man's DNA is what builds the placenta has major implications. In order for the fetus (which is primarily built by the mothers DNA) to get the nourishment it needs, the fetus will need a strong and healthy placenta. Meaning- hey dads 👋 you also should be aware and working to improve your health before conception as well.

👫Learning this helps me to see even more clearly how marriage, pregnancy, and postpartum take teamwork.
Isn't it so amazing how both the mother's and father's genes work together so harmoniously to bring about life 💕

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03/11/2025

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A few days ago, I was doing some reading when I kept coming across a word I'd never heard of before - "human milk." At f...
03/10/2025

A few days ago, I was doing some reading when I kept coming across a word I'd never heard of before - "human milk." At first, I was really confused by what I was reading, until I realized they had come up with yet another word to erase something so meaningful to so many women, that word being breastmilk.

I've breastfed 3 babies now, so the word "breasmilk" means a lot to me. It means love, tenacity, and perseverance, just to name a few. To breastfeed is no easy feat, and with it can come tears, depression, anxiety, stress, and sleeplessness. To breastfeed is amazing and brings life, nourishment, joy, excitement, and connection. I could go on, but in short-

Breastmilk is not a word I take lightly and is not something I appreciate to see be erased. Nor do I appreciate seeing the erasure of the words Mother and Breastfeeding.
I will continue to respect and love EVERYONE, and I will not be erasing women while doing so.

Happy belated International Women's Day 💓

So what is a doula???In short, a doula is a loving support that helps a woman through pregnancy, labor, and postpartum. ...
03/07/2025

So what is a doula???
In short, a doula is a loving support that helps a woman through pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.

Check out my slides for some examples of how a doula can provide support.

As a doula, I offer a free consultation, 2 prenatal appointments, support during labor, and 2 postpartum visits.

As your doula, I am on call starting at 37 weeks but am always available via text if a need or question arises.

I'm so grateful for the support of all of my past doulas and how much strength they've shown me that I'm capable of. I so excited to start entering the birth community and making a meaningful impact on women's lives. ✨️

Have you ever had a doula? What was your experience like? I'd love to know! Comment below ❤️

Hey 👋 My name is Makenzie, and I'm an aspiring doula. I'm taking things slow growing my doula business at the moment bec...
02/06/2025

Hey 👋 My name is Makenzie, and I'm an aspiring doula. I'm taking things slow growing my doula business at the moment because I'm 3 months postpartum plus I have 2 toddlers.
However, I do have 1 client at the moment, and that has made me want to start putting together helpful information about all things birth.

✨️My goal is to make this page into something that helps women feel confident and prepared to give birth and rock their postpartum ✨️

I will be compiling information that I wish I had as a first-time mom. I've spent the last 5 years studying about pregnancy, labor, postpartum and all of the things in between (Oh yeah, and I also experienced all of that three times in those 5 years as well). I feel like I have learned a lot and that others can benefit from what I have to share.

❤️I hope I can bring simplicity and clarity to a time when too many women feel overwhelmed and confused.

So buckle up and stay tuned! And if you have questions about things before I have the time to post information about them, shoot me a message. I'm always down to talk about all things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum 🥰

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