Roxy Lewis Doula & Childbirth Educator

08/20/2026

I love this teaching moment between a midwife and a young girl! The female body is strong and capable of doing hard work. With the right environment, support, and knowledge, women can have very calm and peaceful labors! Take care how you talk about birth to your little ones. 🩷♥️

05/30/2026

🤗Two new exciting announcements!

☘️ My childbirth education course is maxed out! HOWEVER, I will be opening a new class session to be hosted on Tuesday evenings. If you’re looking for child birth education and have been interested in The Bradley Method® it’s not too late!

☘️I am now offering my 2-hour Healthy Pregnancy Class separate from the full course series. In this class we cover:

🩷Pregnancy nutrition and exercise
🩷 How to find an evidence-based provider
🩷 Breastfeeding
🩷 Relaxation and coping during labor

Along with instruction, you’ll also get some of my free resources! Come take the Healthy Pregnancy Class anytime throughout pregnancy! If you love it, you can sign up to join the full course series closer to 25 weeks pregnant!

05/29/2026

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) has become routine in many U.S. births—

yet decades of research have found that it has NOT reduced rates of cerebral palsy AND has a high false-positive rate for predicting fetal distress.

Studies have also shown that routine continuous EFM is associated with higher rates of interventions, including cesarean births and operative vaginal deliveries.

In other words, EFM increases risk to mothers and babies without clear improvement for low-risk pregnancies.

In the other hand, intermittent auscultation with a handheld Doppler, stethoscope, or fetoscope remains the evidence-supported option.

Sometimes, simpler monitoring may provide the right balance of safety, mobility, and physiologic birth.

I’m ashamed to remember a conversation I had with my OB when I was pregnant with our first baby. When I asked her about alternative monitors during labor, she actually told me it’s IMPOSSIBLE to hear the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope, that the hospital didn’t even have access to a handheld Doppler in L&D, and that I had NO CHOICE but to use EFM, as that was non-negotiable and hospital policy. How wrong she was on multiple accounts!

You always have a choice. Hospital policy is not law. Let’s bring back informed choice and insist on evidence-based monitoring!

What about you? Was your doctor/midwife supportive of monitoring with a Doppler, stethoscope or fetoscope? I would love to hear your stories!

05/29/2026

🤗 Looking for a childbirth education class that covers it all? My comprehensive education course is a live format (online or in-person) designed to help expectant couples feel informed, confident, and prepared for every stage — from pregnancy and labor to postpartum recovery and newborn care.

👀 Here’s a peek at our weekly class schedule:

Class 1: Introductory Healthy Pregnancy Class
Class 2: Pregnancy Anatomy, Common L&D Drugs
Class 3: Evidence vs. Routine Practice, The Coach’s Role
Class 4: Phases of First Stage Labor, Handling a Tough Transition
Week 5: Tuning Into Your Body During Second Stage Labor, Third Stage Labor
Week 6: Birth Plans and Advocacy
Week 7: Variations and Complications (Including C-section, Breech and Multiples)
Week 8: Inductions
Week 9: Leaving for Your Birthplace, Advanced Coaching
Week 10: Emergency Childbirth, Coaching Longer Labors
Week 11: Preparing for Postpartum
Week 12: Newborn Procedures and Newborn Care

In addition to all this, relaxation techniques and breastfeeding are discussed and rehearsed every class session! 🧘‍♀️🤱

For more information, feel free to reach out via phone or email! Contact info on my page! 👆🏻♥️

05/09/2026

My current childbirth course is filling up fast! Just one spot left!

This course is deigned to help couples navigate their upcoming birth with confidence by providing hands-on, interactive training and education in:

☘️ pain management
☘️ breastfeeding
☘️ newborn care
☘️ postpartum

We cover:
♥️ how to advocate for yourself
♥️ birth plans
♥️ unexpected situations (c-sections/inductions)
♥️ and so more!

Consider this the only birth class you need to feel totally prepared! Classes are offered ONLINE or in-person. 😊 Contact me for more info!

05/08/2026

😱“You had your baby at home? That’s so crazy..”

I’ll be honest with you—before I had any education or training in childbirth, I had similar feelings about home birth. I mean, women used to DIE in childbirth, right?!

🚨But let me tell you what a lot of people don’t know or often think about and why I’ve even chosen home birth for myself.

1️⃣ Home birth does NOT mean laboring women don’t have access to medical care. In fact, outside of anesthesia and a c-section, midwives are able to provide the same kind of care as hospitals.

💉At home births, midwives carry:
• IV fluids and IV supplies
• Medications to control postpartum bleeding, including Pitocin
• Oxygen for both mother and baby
• Newborn resuscitation equipment
• Suturing supplies
• Medications for emergencies
• Dopplers and equipment for fetal heart rate monitoring

👩‍🏫 It also does NOT mean your birth attendant is “less qualified.” Many midwives complete years of academic study, clinical training, apprenticeships, certifications, emergency skills training, and continued education.

And here’s the big kicker—

midwives have even more education, training and experience with NORMAL PHYSIOLOGICAL birth than OBs.

Most OBs go through the entirety of med school and residency without ever seeing a physiological, natural birth—🤯

And by that I mean:
- not induced
- not sped up or augmented with pitocin or breaking the water
- no coached, purple pushing in lithotomy
- no cutting
- no assisted deliveries with forceps or a vacuum
- and no “going after” the placenta

This is because OBs are highly specialized SURGEONS (gratefully) who spend the majority of their education and training learning about and dealing with complications and emergencies—they’re great at that!

2️⃣ Home birth if anything means MORE personalized care because midwives have the flexibility to show up as early as the mother wants and remain present for the entirety of active labor and beyond— monitoring both the mother and baby throughout. They regularly assess fetal heart tones, maternal vital signs, labor progress, bleeding, hydration, and overall well-being.

In this way, home birth care focuses on continuous observation and individualized assessment whereas hospitals (often due to understaffing issues) have to rely heavily on machines and routine interventions.

💭🤔 In my own experience, I can recall my OB only having showed up when I was ready to push (a little late, I might add), and was only present for as long it took to deliver that placenta and then bam - she was heading off to the next patient. 🏁

3️⃣ In home birth, there’s ALWAYS the option of transfer to the hospital when needed. And midwives are trained not only to foresee what circumstances require more emergent care, but also when to make that transfer so the client has plenty of time. ⏰

Some women transfer for the simple reason that they get too tired and want an epidural, or some because their water has been broken for 18 hours and so on. In fact, most transfers are actually NOT emergencies.

While there are SO many other reasons I personally chose home birth for myself after hospital birthing, it was the EVIDENCE that really made the decision for me and my husband:

⚠️ When we actually looked at the numbers — home birth showed NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE in risk than the hospital setting.

‼️Among developed countries, the United States has the HIGHEST maternal mortality rate, one factor being—

the lack of midwifery care.

‼️The U.S. maternal mortality rate sits at almost 6 times higher than the lowest maternal mortality rate among developed countries—

those with the LOWEST being Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland and the U.K. where midwifery care is the standard of care for most pregnant women.

🏡In addition, the Netherlands have the highest home birth rate among developed countries in the world!

📈 International evidence also shows that midwifery care in a home birth setting in comparison to the hospital setting boasts similar neonatal outcomes, but BETTER maternal outcomes, AND an increase in birth satisfaction.

NOW THAT is pretty hard to argue with if you ask me. 🤷‍♀️

But don’t just believe me, look at the evidence yourself!

👉🏻 Comment “EVIDENCE” and I’ll send you a list of links with peer reviewed studies you can read yourself. A little tip—jump to the conclusion part of the study!

And if you’re currently pregnant, low risk and looking for a low-intervention birth with more personalized, continuous care—

Midwifery care in a home birth setting may just be the right fit for you! 😊

05/06/2026

📝 Preparing for birth should be simple—not pieced together from multiple classes.

The Bradley Method® is a complete 8-12 week childbirth course that covers pregnancy wellness, natural pain management, what happens during labor, induction or cesarean preparation (just in case), postpartum recovery, newborn care, and SO much more—all in one course.

💻 My course is offered ONLINE or in person and is constantly in a state of “open enrollment” which means you can join just about anytime! However, I only take so many couples, and there are only *two spots left!*

If you’re expecting and want to feel informed and prepared for birth, this class is for you! Perfect for couples with due dates in August-September.

You’ll also receive access to the Bradley Method® Student Center for extra resources and support.

DM me or email me for more info or to reserve your spot!

05/01/2026

Check out this “true knot!” This is something we cover in my childbirth class, but it’s so cool to see one this unique looking!

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What that “knot” in the cord actually means! ➰Many people are terrified of the idea of a “true knot” in the umbilical cord. But here is the truth: True knots are rare (less than 2% of births), and most of the time, they remain loose and cause no issues during pregnancy or birth.this knot is extremely rare and deserves to be on my feed! Babies are remarkably resilient. Often, the cord is covered in thick, squishy Wharton’s jelly that protects it—acting like a safety cushion, not a noose.This photo shows a true knot discovered after a safe, peaceful home birth. It’s a powerful reminder that our bodies know what they are doing.Midwifery care is rooted in trust, clinical skill, and watching the baby’s cues—whether at home or in a hospital. Trust birth. ✨ cordknot homebirthsafety

05/01/2026

There are just two spots left in my upcoming childbirth education class! If you’ve been thinking about joining, now would be a good time. This class is designed to train birthing couples to cope with labor pain and help you feel more prepared, informed, and at ease as you approach birth and postpartum!

If you would like to sign up or have questions, my contact info is on my page! Happy Friday! ☺️

04/30/2026

✨ The Physiology of Breastfeeding (It’s Not What You Think!) ✨

There’s a common belief that babies “suck” milk out of the breast—but that’s not actually how it works. 👀

When your baby suckles, they’re stimulating nerve endings in the ni**le that send signals to the brain—specifically the hypothalamus—which then tells the pituitary gland to release two powerful hormones:

prolactin and oxytocin.

🍼 Prolactin is responsible for making milk inside tiny milk-producing sacs in the breast—but it also promotes a sense of calm, relaxation, and even sleepiness in the mother. It helps you slow down, rest, and stay connected to your baby during those long feeding sessions.

💫 Oxytocin, also known as “the love hormone” triggers the “let-down reflex,” causing small muscles (called myoepithelial cells) to squeeze and push the milk through the ducts. But its benefits go far beyond milk ejection—

it’s known as the love hormone. Oxytocin supports bonding, increases feelings of trust and connection, reduces stress, and even helps the uterus contract after birth to minimize bleeding.

From the ducts, the milk then travels to the ni**le. Here’s another really fascinating part: the ni**le has about 5–10 tiny openings (pores). That means milk doesn’t come out in one single stream—it can spray from multiple pores at once!

Your baby isn’t just feeding—they’re activating a beautifully designed hormonal dance that makes not only breastfeeding possible, but connection. 💛

For more information on breastfeeding and all things birth—sign up for my Bradley Method® birth class. Contact info on my page! 👆🏻♥️