ABOUT ME

BELIEF #1

Standard prenatal and postpartum care focus on reactive care, not proactive care.

BELIEF #2

Moms shouldn't have to choose between the level and type of support they receive during pregnancy and postpartum.

BELIEF #3

Moms and babies deserve multidisciplinary care throughout pregnancy and postpartum.

I'M KALA

Military spouse. Mom of two with a third on the way. Fur Mom to our Goldendoodle and Golden Retriever. Maternal and Infant Health Occupational Therapist. Certified Lactation Counselor. Certified Postpartum Nutrition Professional. Novice Gardener. Indoor plant lover. Average Snowboarder. Lover of nature and being outside. Wanna be ceramicist. Somewhere on the crunchy-scrunchy spectrum.

I love supporting moms and babies and I want to help you feel empowered, confident and become the best advocate for you and your baby.

Being a part of your journey into motherhood means so much and I don't take it lightly.

MY STORY

My journey into motherhood started a few weeks earlier than expected after I went into spontaneous labor and my daughter was born at 36 w 5 days (late preterm).

Thankfully, she was healthy and we experienced no major complications after laboring for about 20 hours.

It wasn't until we got home that the reality of new motherhood and the ups and downs of learning to breastfeed settled in.

I went on to experience ongoing pain with latching and recurrent milk blebs despite seeking professional support. I silently struggled with PPA for the first year of her life because I thought "maybe this is just how new moms feel?"

In the end, I learned none of it was normal and I wanted to learn how to fix it and prevent it from happening again. So that's what I did.

If you've got an Amazon cart full of pregnancy, birth and baby books so you can learn as much as you can...because secretly you're afraid you'll mess something up... I was you.

If you're frustrated by the fact that you have to be the one seeking out all of the support that you need...but also lack the time or money... I was and did too.

If you just want easier access to professionals who can answer your questions without having to wait for an appointment... ultimately, so you can spend less time stressing, worrying or in pain... I did too!