Mālama Doula Care
Postpartum Doula
Lactation counselor
Mālama = To Honor & Protect
Holistic Family Support
MY STORY
LORNNIE LOUIE (SHE/HER)
I am a certified postpartum doula, lactation counselor, mother, and yoga instructor. I was born in NYC and grew up between Brooklyn and Honolulu, where my parents met. Surrounded by natural beauty in Hawaii, I became really interested in plants and studied the ways they're used as natural medicine in indigenous cultures. My family had traditional Chinese medicinal recipes for various ailments growing up.
I dove further into holistic wellness and lived in an ashram in India, where I obtained my yoga teaching certification. It became clear to me that one can be healed by connecting the mind and body with nature. I love to create nourishing meals that incorporate healing herbs to nurture the body into a balanced state of well-being.
Before I became a birth worker, I worked as a sweater designer for various fashion houses and still tap into my creativity to make natural dyes with plants and food waste, and to give new life to discarded textiles.
After I birthed my son, I really understood the challenges in postpartum and importance of supporting and honoring new parents in their special journey. I feel empowered to help postpartum families through one of the biggest transitions of their lives, to make them feel supported and provide resources in areas where they may feel uninformed.
I currently reside in Ridgewood, NY and enjoy yoga, cooking, dancing, and tending my natural dye and medicinal herb garden.
SERVICES
POSTPARTUM care
private Prenatal / postnatal yoga
- Help with emotional and physical recovery after birth
- Bengkung Bellybinding
- Support with infant feeding
- Newborn care education and support (diapering, feeding, bathing, soothing)
- Postpartum focused nourishing meal preparation
- Light housekeeping
- Running errands
- Caring for baby and siblings while parents rest
- Referrals to local support groups, lactation consultants and other professionals as needed.
- Breathwork and guided meditation that cultivate a new awareness that will assist through labor and delivery, and develop a deeper connection with your growing baby.
- Prenatal- safe workout to connect and strengthen the changing body and prepare for delivery
- Postnatal workout to strengthen and restore and soothe the aches of new parenthood
Ceremony
Lactation support
- Customized Mother blessing - rites of passage to honor a woman’s journey into motherhood
- Compose words of praise, commitment of support of
a woman’s physical, emotional and spiritual growth
- Create a ritual space where the mother to be feels nurtured, empowered and connected to her loved ones
- Counsel on positioning and a good latch
- Address common issues with engorgement, pain, etc
- Review pumping, storage, bottle feeding, formula
and any options that feels comfortable to you.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
- Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) - Healthy Children’s Project 2024
- Postupartum doula mentorship - Birdsong Brooklyn 2022
- Crisis Response for Birth Workers -Birthing Advocacy Doula Training (BADT) 2022
- Postpartum Doula Certification -BADT June 2020
- American Red Cross Certification in Pediatric First aid/CPR/AED
- Science & Art of Herbalism - 2020
- Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center Teacher Training Course 2011
- Bachelors of Art in Fashion Design, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2010
- Associate in Applied Science in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology
- London Fashion Design, Central St. Martin's school of Art & Design
