Amber Doula

Having the skills to do infant massage on my own baby brought about emotional healing for me, following a difficult birth and postpartum. I’m passionate about sharing infant massage with families in Portland!

About Infant and Baby Massage - Loving Touch Infant Pediatric Massage is a parent enrichment program that creates better bonding and parent communication.

I’m now pleased to announce I’m now available for in home personalized infant massage instruction in Portland, OR! Message or email me for details

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Did you know that breast milk produced in the evening contains substances that help babe sleep while promoting brain growth? 🧐

You might notice they nurse more in the evenings or wee hours of the morning. This is because we often make more milk then! Our prolactin levels are significantly higher in the evening/early morning. Our babies know this and have it as instinct to rutz around for the breast in the middle of the night! 🌙🌠

Breast milk produced in the evening contains tryptophan, an amino acid which induces sleep. Tryptophan is a forerunner to serotonin, a horomone that is necessary for brain growth and function. Consuming tryptophan helps develope more serotonin receptors in baby. Serotonin is also what helps create sleep cycles in baby. Our night time breast milk also contains melatonin which is the ultimate sleep horomone! This eventually helps them learn to sleep longer stretches at night. 🛏💤

Aren't our bodies amazing?! Not only can we grow a human, but we can nourish them from our body! On top of those super powers, we can also help them sleep while creating a sleep schedule, naturally! 🤯

No need to leave babies "cry it out", to sleep train them. Let them sleep with you, your breasts do the sleep training! Everyone wins! After all, studies show that breast feeding, co sleeping mothers get more sleep than bottle feeding mothers! 🤱🏼
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17700096

Wanted to let everyone know I’m safe and ok. Lots of my coworkers at feather river hospital lost everything. If you can help out in some way in our community, please do. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Melinda Gates: It’s time to get real about breastfeeding at work The Gates Foundation co-chair says “the conversation about breastfeeding can get a little one-sided.”

Our breasts tend to not be celebrated very often for what they were actually created to do. Women are shamed for breast feeding their child in public and is considered unacceptable, but if woman's breasts are some how sexualized it is acceptable though. What our bodies are capable of providing for another living being is incredible and nothing short of perfection and should never be shamed, but celebrated.⠀
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Our milk ducts are intricate and life giving network of channels nestled among fat cells and glandular tissue. These milk ducts branch off near our chest wall and are called ductules which have small cluster of sacs called alveoli. A cluster of alveoli are called lobule and a cluster of lobules are called lobe.⠀
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AXILLARY LIMPH NODES⠀
The axillary lymph nodes help fight infection in our bodies by filtering lymph fluid from your breasts.⠀
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FATTY TISSUE⠀
Fat tissue surrounds the ducts and lobules.⠀
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LOBULES⠀
Produces milk during pregnancy and breastfeeding.⠀
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FIBROUS TISSUE⠀
This tissue helps support your breasts and is what makes them feel firm.⠀
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MILK DUCTS⠀
The milk ducts carry milk from the lobules to your ni**le during breastfeeding.⠀
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AREOLA⠀
Is the dark area around your ni**le.⠀
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Thoughts?

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54 days til this doula is done with nursing school!! woop woop!

I think it's safe to say this women has never pumped a day in her life lmao 😂😂😂