Susie Conrad - Doula

10/08/2024

October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. If this month resonates with you and you have a little one in your heart who is no longer here, I would like to extend you a gift. If you place your baby/babies' names(s) below, I will make a customized graphic for you to use during this awareness month.

Sending you love and light this month.

Also, if anyone ever needs an ear, my inbox is always open. I am always available to listen to your story, answer questions, or hear a vent. You are not alone.

08/22/2024

Anyone who had experienced pregnancy or infant loss, please feel free to add your baby’s name. 🤍

The Hearts Release remembers and honors babies gone too soon. If you have walked through pregnancy or infant loss and would like your baby remembered, please list their name below or message me privately with their name(s).

I handwrite each name onto a small paper heart and send you a photo of your heart. Each heart will be displayed at our event at Macungie Park on September 28th. You do not need to attend the event to have your baby honored.

I hope to remember and honor more babies than before (and we usually have names in the hundreds), so please feel free to share this post with friends, family, or FB groups.

Your baby matters.

05/19/2023

I got another doula baby up on my birth log!!

Sweet little Sloane kicked off her family entering the world March 30th. Her mom and dad are some lucky folks... this peanut is so sweet!

https://susieconrad.weebly.com/birth-log.html

03/30/2023

This month held 3 births and 2 postpartum visits with my December clients.

Each birth was so different and that’s one of the best things about doula work. As patterned as birth is, no story looks exactly alike. One birth was lightening quick, one was steady and supported, and one was stoic and strong. It’s amazing to be a witness to each of these birth stories.

My postpartum visits were with repeat clients, who didn’t take their postpartum visit last time (whether due to abundant family help, or a pandemic). Getting to sit down, take their babies for a bit and talk through life and second children and toddler antics was just wonderful.

This job rules.

03/08/2023

Finally updated my birth log with my last 3 births. My 2 December births (pictured here) were repeat clients. I adore repeat clients!

https://susieconrad.weebly.com/birth-log.html

02/27/2023

When I head into a birth it is always entered with an open mind. Each couple, family, and circumstance is different. Their plan and hopes are different. Their backgrounds and experiences are different. Their beliefs are different. Their approach is different.

And I absolutely love that. I feel like I get to be a fly on the wall and observe how each couple or family operates in labor. I find my place amid their space and energy and morph into the exact doula they need for that birth, at that time.

However, selfishly, while I’m providing a service, I’m also on the receiving end as well. Last night I walked with a family where extended and immediate family came together as the support. A family where their language, religious beliefs, and cultural habits are different than mine. It’s amazing. I love watching the small nuanced things that are routine to them and new to me. The language that flows so beautifully, the songs rich in rhythm and cadence, but serene and calming, scents of oils or foods that waft through the air: all different than those that I know.

It’s so enriching and such a privilege to be let into such a space, not only a birth space but a momentary part of the family experience.

It’s so cool, beautiful, humbling, and enriching. Doula work is seriously the best and is far more than seeing new life come into the world, though that’s definitely the biggest perk. 😉

02/18/2023

Calling all ladies due soon!!!

01/31/2023

Spring and Summer 2023 birth doula availability. 🤍

01/19/2023

01/01/2023

I served 13 families in 2022… these births taught patience and trust. They showcased power, perseverance, tenderness, and surrender. Some were hard, some were smooth. Some came quickly and others showed the slower side of birth. I’m thankful for each family that trusted me in their birth space and I look forward to the families I will see formed in 2023.

12/27/2022

That’s a wrap 2022… I had the honor of walking alongside 13 amazing families this year. To each of you who trusted me in one of the most vulnerable and monumental times of your life, thank you. Truly, thank you. From the beginning I’ve said I have the best clients, and 7 years later that still holds true. I’m so grateful to have been a part of each of these birth stories.

11/13/2022

This sweet boy… he lived long and strong inside his mama’s belly, but was his story here was far too short. I feel incredibly honored to be allowed to be part of his story.

I was hired by his family knowing that his story looked different than most. This warrior boy is fiercely loved and it was an honor to walk alongside his family as he entered this world and all eternity. I saw him laid to rest as well, which will always feel unnatural. Tiny coffins shouldn’t exist. There just shouldn’t be the need.

To anyone who has allowed me into your darkest spaces, thank you. To anyone who has shared your baby, allowed me to walk with you, shared your story, thank you. I love birth work. I love serving families postpartum. But my deepest place to serve us in loss. These births and stores always touch me the deepest.

Rest easy, beautiful boy.