Why Mind the Bump?
I’m Abigail, a certified doula, childbirth educator, public health professional, and late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman.
Standard doula and birth professional training teaches you how to support a birth and a postpartum recovery. What it doesn't teach you is how to recognize and support a sensitive nervous system, and that gap has consequences. Neurodivergent, anxious, highly sensitive, and trauma-affected women are at significantly greater risk for adverse outcomes across the entire perinatal period, physically and mentally. They are also the women most likely to fall through the cracks of care that wasn't designed with their nervous system in mind.
Mind the Bump exists because that has to change. And it starts with you.
When you subscribe you get:
Tuesday: Education Essay, the why behind nervous system safety in perinatal care. Polyvagal theory, co-regulation, window of tolerance, and what the science actually means for the families you support.
Friday: Subscriber-only personal essay, delivered privately to your inbox. I’m a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman who has spent years masking, learning to trust my body, and navigating spaces where I’ve always felt like too much and yet not enough. I write about that journey openly, because understanding this experience from the inside is part of what makes you a better provider for the women living it.
Ready to go deeper? The Mind the Bump Perinatal Network is a professional membership collective for doulas and perinatal professionals who want to learn how to integrate nervous system safety into their existing practice, and learn why supporting sensitive nervous systems through the perinatal period isn’t optional. It’s foundational.
Want to see what this could look like in your specific practice? Book a free 30-minute discovery call and let’s figure it out together.
Thanks for being here! I hope you stay :)
