Illustration by Liz Maycox

Illustration by Liz Maycox

Dehydrated lifeline: the brilliant umbilical cord! Top of the ‘o’ has the most amazing true knot. Baby born with minimal decels, nice and smooth! The midwife left the cord long enough to let us create this keepsake as a part of our *placenta medicine* package. This mama got 146 pills, a tincture and THIS! ❤️✨💊#placentamedicine #placentaencapsulation #lomamidwives #umbilicalcord #trueknot #love #naturalbirth Grateful to attend 2 gorgeous births this week. Both at NYC hospital birthing centers. Both all natural! Two powerful mamas. Two dope dads. Two beautiful babies. One happy doula. (cute face hearted-out to protect this little life from the big great world til she’s ready.) #lomabc #mswbc #nycbirth #nycbabies #doulahustle #ilovemyjob❤️ Oxymels and elixirs this week with @gatheringground. Fresh herbs of the month gracing us with their magic are #goldenrod #skullcap #mugwort #blackwalnut #bacopa So pretty, so powerful! 🌿⚡️🍃✨ These girls got each other’s backs. Their mamas do too. #thefutureisfemale #brooklynbornandraised #nolasbirthdayparty #ecinaceaflower #calendula #rosemary #sweetannie #tulsi on the menu this week. Tinctures, oils, infusions and smudges all in process. Loving my plant medicine training with @gatheringground. It’s opened up a whole other world for me... my family thinks I’m crazy, always talking to the plants in the house and on the street, but their aliveness is suddenly so apparent to me. Happy to be forming these new relationships with other life forms.. 🍃🌺🍀🌼🌿