Mothering The Mothers Inc. Doula Service
Ofelia Aragon is the founder of Mothering the Mothers. Inc.is a Certified Labor & Postpartum Doula. Also, as a mother I can attest to the importance myself.
For Future Parents,
My name is Ofelia Aragon and Mothering the Mothers is my company. My service is dedicated to nurturing both mothers and babies during and after birth. With more than 20 years of experience as a birth and postpartum doula, I help families and their newborns establish healthy sleep, care, and breastfeeding routines. I Support mothers of all kinds to reach there full potential a
02/05/2024
Celebrando Black History month
It is Black History Month. This year's theme is African Americans and the Arts. We will be showcasing some amazing black birth artists, our black faculty members, and some of our members. We will also share how all of us can make a difference.
Why celebrate Black History Month? The contributions of African Americans to our history and culture are important. By taking the time to look at history through a perspective that isn't always highlighted helps us to grow and understand ourselves and others. There is still so much to learn.
11/19/2023
Your new baby needs a mother’s milk to keep them healthy. Benefits of breastfeeding are uniquely tailored to the health of you and your baby.
UNICEF video on benefits of breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding Master Class with Lactation Consultant | UNICEF We sat down with Dr. Michele Griswold, PhD, a lactation consultant and former president of the International Lactation Consultant Association, to break down ...
11/19/2023
Busted: 14 myths about breastfeeding
"You should only eat plain food while breastfeeding." Fact or fiction?
Busted: 14 myths about breastfeeding "You should only eat plain food while breastfeeding." Fact or fiction?
Unámonos la lactancia materna es lo mejor para nuestro bebé
10/23/2023
Evidence on:
Pitocin During The Third Stage Of Labor Podcast Discussion
Evidence on: Pitocin® During the Third Stage of Labor - Evidence Based Birth® We ask: What are the potential benefits and risks of Pitocin® during the third stage? What is the evidence for expectant versus active or mixed management?
07/23/2023
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, exclusive breastfeeding is recommended during the first six months of the baby's life, since this represents health benefits for both mother and baby.
California specifically has made significant progress in recent years promoting exclusive breastfeeding in hospitals, and although many women start out with the intention of exclusively breast-feeding their babies, nearly one-third of them eventually introduce their babies to formula before they leave the hospital.
Research has shown that breastfeeding babies can reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and asthma as well as lower the chance of heart disease and cancer in mothers.
The article is written by Anna Gorman published on May 22, 2018, and found on https://californiahealthline.org/news/california-hospitals-urge-moms-to-favor-breast-milk-over-formula/
Mothering The Mothers Inc. Doula Service is a labor and
postpartum doula company located in Santa Monica, California. The company has extensive experience in labor, postpartum, and breastfeeding care, having provided top-quality doula services to clients for over 35 years.
California Hospitals Urge Moms To Favor Breast Milk Over Formula Exclusively breastfeeding babies for at least six months is widely viewed as a significant health benefit. White moms are more likely to do so than blacks, Asians or Latinas.
07/17/2023
A Doula provides physical and emotional support before, during, and after childbirth. Different research shows that a Doula’s support is associated with healthier pregnancies and babies.
The good news for families in California is that this year, for the first time, families can now hire a doula through the state's low-income health insurance program. This is great new for all families since traditional private health insurance plans do not typically cover doulas, and for some families, acquiring a Doula is simply out of reach.
Nishtha Patel, manager of special programs for Medi-Cal ensures that in California, “members who are pregnant will get everything they need to have a healthy pregnancy, have a healthy baby, [and] feel confident in the care they receive.”
The article is written by Mariana Dale and published on April 19, 2023, and found on Laist.com.
Mothering The Mothers Inc. Doula Service is a labor and postpartum doula company located in Santa Monica, California. The company has extensive experience in labor, postpartum, and breastfeeding care, having provided top-quality doula services to clients for over 35 years.
Doulas Are Now Covered By Medi-Cal. And Riverside County Is Leading The Way Low-income Californians can now get doula support during pregnancy and childbirth through Medi-Cal, but first birth workers need to enroll as providers.
07/09/2023
Breastfeeding Support for new Mothers is so important for late preterm infants.
Breastfeeding Support Strategies for Late-Preterm Infants, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. July 26, is an online training designed to help you facilitate lactation initiation and human milk feeding for infants born between 34-37 weeks gestation. This educational opportunity is part of the California Hospital Breastfeeding Support: Key Concepts Webinar Series and sponsored by the WIC Regional Breastfeeding Liaison Program of Alameda County.
https://cabf.link/latepretermsupport
Breastfeeding has many health benefits for infants and mothers.
08/17/2022
Trusting your body to the normal and natural processes in birth is wonderful for natural outcomes.
It's My Body, My Baby, My Birth ©2007, Wisewoman Childbirth Traditions
08/11/2022
Today, we honoring all indigenous mothers!
Honoring the role of Indigenous People on World Indigenous People’s Day. Today and every day, we celebrate you.
Posted • Indigenous Milk Medicine Week takes place the second week of National Breastfeeding Month and is a time to honor, encourage, support, and make visible Natives' experience with infant feeding. • ~ This is a photo of my partner .amaya nursing our baby Haseya Coya in Muhaḍagĭ Doʼag, Wi:ki'tiyeda, Vii Kwxas also known as South Mountain in South Phoenix. Thank you for guiding, nurturing, and loving us!
07/23/2022
The importance of Father & Baby bonding.
Baby bonding is crucial for the development of your baby for years to come.
Dad and Baby Bonding | Ask Dr Sears It is important for both parents to get a chance to bond with their newborn. See how dad and baby bonding right away helps bring out sensitivity in dad.
Breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for most infants. It can also reduce the risk for certain health conditions for both infants and mothers.
07/23/2022
5 different breastfeeding positions to try.
Practice your patience and your unconditional will grow forever…
5 breastfeeding positions for moms to try with their baby The best breastfeeding position is the one that works best for both baby and parent.
07/23/2022
I want to emphasize the importance of postpartum care and Doula services.
A postpartum visit provides an opportunity for a woman to ask questions about her baby, breastfeeding, labor, childbirth, and any complications that she my have. See article for more information:
Optimizing Postpartum Care Number 736 (Replaces Committee Opinion Number 666, June 2016. Reaffirmed 2021)Presidential Task Force on Redefining the Postpartum VisitCommittee on Obstetric PracticeThe Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Wom...
07/16/2022
Breastfeeding experience is different for each Mother•
Every mother’s experience with breastfeeding is different. Each baby is unique, and breastfeeding can be a learning process. Here’s what to expect: https://bit.ly/37n9KAO
07/10/2022
Moms aren’t asking for the world, they are only asking for a pump. We need support of families who cannot afford a pump.
The Senate failed to pass the PUMP Act on Wednesday. That hurts. But it doesn’t mean the fight is over. This week, Senator Merkley called on the Senate to pass the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act (S. 1658) via a mechanism called unanimous consent . As we enter...
07/08/2022
Register for Free Online International Conference USBC:
USBC Deputy Director Amelia Psmythe Seger has identified four critically needed congressional policy solutions to build an infant nutrition security system in the U.S. Learn more about actions we want to see in her blog post: https://bit.ly/3RfxtoX
07/08/2022
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has FINALLY updated its policy statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk to align with the World Health Organization (WHO).
This is the academy’s first update on the policy in the past decade and though we’re seeing a lot of reaction and misinformation on social media and news coverage regarding the policy change, we're here to share the facts.
We must be careful not to take the AAP’s position out of context.
“The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for approximately 6 months after birth. Furthermore, the AAP supports continued breastfeeding, along with appropriate complementary foods introduced at about 6 months, as long as mutually desired by mother and child for 2 years or beyond.”
“Mutually desired by mother and child” is key here. Not every family can or wants to feed human milk to their child, and those families deserve the same compassion and quality of care as chest/breastfeeding families.
Having the country’s leading pediatrics association explicitly support breastfeeding for “2 years or beyond” is critical in fighting the belief that feeding human milk after 6 months is unnecessary or indulgent. This also strengthens the argument for federal law to expand its workplace protections for lactating employees beyond its current 12-month limit.
We encourage you to read the full policy statement. We're sharing the 10 Key Recommendations in the images here.
Aside from alignment with WHO, we appreciate the acknowledgement of the critical role pediatricians play in supporting lactation and the equity issues and lack of social support that contribute to the gap between families’ chest/breastfeeding intentions and outcomes.
We agree “pediatricians are ideally positioned to serve as breastfeeding educators and [should] not solely delegate this role to staff or nonmedical or lay volunteers. Pediatricians’ direct communication with families that breastfeeding is a medical and health priority can increase initiation, duration, and exclusivity.”
As a human milk feeding and lactation organization that applies a racial equity lens and reproductive justice framework to our work, we believe the inclusion of recommendations regarding adoption, surrogacy and gender-diverse families is important in the policy update.
By providing such clear guidance in its policy statement and technical report, the AAP has provided a roadmap that any health care provider can use in supporting the families they serve in achieving the feeding experience they envision. In light of this statement and its recommendations, there is no excuse for a health care provider not to be knowledgeable of the benefits of lactation to both parent and child and skilled in supporting family feeding decisions.
It also opens the door for all of us to contact the pediatricians in our communities with an invitation to partner in achieving these recommendations. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has FINALLY updated its policy statement on Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk to align with the World Health Organization (WHO).
This is the academy’s first update on the policy in the past decade and though we’re seeing a lot of reaction and misinformation on social media and news coverage regarding the policy change, we're here to share the facts.
We must be careful not to take the AAP’s position out of context.
“The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends exclusive breastfeeding for approximately 6 months after birth. Furthermore, the AAP supports continued breastfeeding, along with appropriate complementary foods introduced at about 6 months, as long as mutually desired by mother and child for 2 years or beyond.”
07/08/2022
Join us VIRTUALLY for an evening with two of the most influential names in birthwork, Ina May Gaskin and Dr. Amber Price, CNM!
A VIRTUAL Evening with Ina May Gaskin and Dr. Amber Price, CNM
12/29/2021
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For Future Parents,
My name is Ofelia Aragon and Mothering the Mothers is my company. My service is dedicated to nurturing both mothers and babies during and after birth. With more than 20 years of experience as a birth and postpartum doula, I help families and their newborns establish healthy sleep, care, and breastfeeding routines. I Support mothers of all kinds to reach there full potential and reach their own personal goals.
My goal is to make sure that my clients have the most wonderful memories and with the support that my company Mothering the Mothers Inc. has to offer, I know my team and myself included, can create and foster a positive environment for the mother, her labor experience, and her newborn baby.
With my experience and knowledge with childbirth and motherhood, I can provide a unique emotional, physical, and educational support system for mothers that are expecting or for mothers that have already been through childbirth. My main objective is to be a doula that can guide women to have a safe, memorable, and empowering birthing experience. Also, as a mother I can attest to the importance myself. My path of raising 3 boys, has led me my career path in bring awareness to the motherhood transition for many new mothers. Thus, my goal isn’t just to create a positive environment for mothers but to also pass my knowledge and information about childbirth and motherhood for mothers of all kinds.
Furthermore, I also work with my clients on postpartum planning and I am happy to consult about any concerns before or after delivery. I have worked with all types of families: from those with twins and triplets to preemies. I offer breastfeeding education and healthy breastfeeding check-ins (adjustments with latch, general feeding or pumping questions) through private consultation. Also, working with hundreds of families in their homes over the past twenty years, I’ve tested and watched moms use virtually every breast pump, swaddle, diaper, crib, cream and other baby product. We can talk about what is good and what is not in real-world situations, what babies tend to like and dislike, what’s worth a splurge, as well as ways to make the most of what you have on a budget.
Lastly, My Company Mothering the Mothers Inc. also has a nanny agency. They are eager and hardworking women how are ready to help and share the love for the family and new baby. I myself work with babies up to 6 months old and also my Doulas and I can work days or nights.
Finally, I am a DONA trained in postpartum support; I have a Breastfeeding Specialist Certification, and I have successfully completed child developments a post Partum education.
Serving in the Los Angeles area: West Los Angele, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, West Hollywood as well as outside of Los Angeles!
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