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Caryn Fields

@carynfields

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💫 Pasadena 🇵🇭 Visayan
Doula & Educator | Mama x 3 | Student Midwife

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I've been so lucky to work with the most incredible midwives throughout my own pregnancies and over the course of my career. Midwives are sacred. They have forever changed my life and the way I view birth and reproductive care. They are pure gold.We celebrate midwives this week, in all the ways they show up for the people entrusted to their care. I'm so honored to begin my own journey of joining this special club. It's wild and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all but y'all I'm so freaking excited. Your girl is officially a student midwife 🥹💫 by @carynfields

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In celebration of world doula week here’s a peek of what my day to day looks like as a postpartum doula.🏠 Intentional home visits: This time is designed with you in mind, your needs will change from day to day and so will the plans for your care🧺 Laundry: Tiny humans make a lot of laundry, doulas can help lighten that load (See what I did there? 😏)🍓Meal prep: Replenishing following a delivery and into your postpartum period is so important, having readily available snacks/meals will be a crucial part of your recovery and care👶🏽Baby wearing: Babes love to be close, doulas are here for all the hands free cuddles so new parents can rest 🍼Bottle washing: These things can pile up, leave them for us to wash/sterilize 🌿Recovery care prep: I love helping my clients build recovery baskets, I pack them with products that aid in healing all the tender bits like these from @wholenest This is just a handful of ways that we can support you during postpartum. Many of us have other skills and training that we incorporate to that time as well.Remember you grew and birthed a whole human. You are deserving of rest and intentional care. Before your babe gets here put together plans so you can prioritize that. by @carynfields

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I'm coming into my 11th year of doula work. And I can still say without a doubt, this is what I was meant to do. I've never felt more sure of myself and this calling. I spent hundreds of hours holding families and their babies in 2024.It was a year of heartbreak, grief and overwhelming joy. An inevitable ebb and flow. I don't take any of it for granted. Yes, being on call can be tough. Yes, missing moments with my family is never easy. Yes, paying cancellation fees for appointments I can't make is annoying. But it's always been worth it. To every couple who took a class with me. To every family who invited me to journey alongside them leading up to and through the early days of parenthood. Thank you.Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for allowing me to share time with you. Thank you for inviting me into the sacred space of birth and the intimate moments at home.I hold you all close. This is beautiful, fulfilling work and I'm so freaking grateful for all of it. Here's to many more years of care and holding as my offerings slowly evolve and expand 🥹Oh and a huge shoutout to my doula sisters, the birth community, the midwives, the OBs, the nurses, the body workers and the healers who inspire me and encourage me every day. I see you. I cherish you. I'm honored to be collaborating alongside you. May this year bring you rest and fullness💫 #doula #losangelesdoula #birthworkersofcolor by @carynfields

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April you were good 💫🧡 by @carynfields

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POV: exhale + gratitude 💫 by @carynfields

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My maternal grandmother, my Lola, or Nanay as she preferred to be called passed this week. The girls got to meet her during our last trip to the Philippines and I’m so grateful @mark_fields captured these moments. Mano po, the raising of the hand to your forehead, is a blessing and a sign of respect we show our elders. That was the first mano po the girls had with my Nanay. It’s one of the most cherished memories I have with her.Our last hello and goodbye captured. Man the grief is so real.Love kaayo tika Nanay✨ by @carynfields

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November brought so many babies, time with my people, good food, micro-joys and so much gratitude 🍂 💫 by @carynfields

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4️⃣0️⃣There are people in life that have a gift of seeing all the goodness inside of you and can't help but remind you of it every time they're around. That's Mark. Constant and steady. My love, you are everything I could have ever dreamed of and more in a partner. You're my best friend and I cannot wait to see what the next 40 years have in store for you. My dreamer, my joy, my baby daddy. The girls and I are so damn lucky to have a man like you in our lives! Cheers baby! FORTY, LFG! 💪🏽🦂 by @carynfields

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October Exhale 🧡 by @carynfields

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"Nothing is permanent. That's the bittersweet part about life. That's why it's so important to appreciate the truly amazing parts and people in your life while also understanding that the bad days won't last forever."📝: Charlotte Freeman by @carynfields

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Missing you summer ☀️ by @carynfields

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