July Sunshine Doula

There’s a reason so many cultures turn to rice, beans, and chicken after having a baby — it’s comforting, nourishing, healing, and easy on a recovering body. 🤍✨

Postpartum recovery requires warmth, protein, iron, hydration, and foods that help keep your energy stable while caring for a newborn. Rice provides gentle carbohydrates for energy, beans are packed with fiber, iron, and protein, and chicken helps support tissue healing and recovery with lean protein and important nutrients.

It’s simple food, but deeply nourishing food. 🍲
A warm plate of rice, beans, and chicken can help support:
✨ Recovery after birth
✨ Milk production & energy levels
✨ Blood sugar balance
✨ Healing & replenishment
✨ Comfort during those long newborn days

Sometimes postpartum nutrition doesn’t need to be complicated — it just needs to be wholesome, warm, and made with love. ☀️

— Jennifer Mendez
Founder of July Sunshine Doula Services LLC

Read my past client testimonials at
https://doulamatch.net/profile/34653/jennifer-mendez

April will always hold a special place in my heart. 🌿

It’s Cesarean Awareness Month… and also the month I became a mother through an emergency C-section with one of my sons.

It wasn’t the birth I had imagined.
It wasn’t the plan I had carefully prepared for.
And in the moment, it felt overwhelming, fast, and completely out of my control.

But what I didn’t realize then…
was just how powerful that moment truly was.

Because that birth—my birth—was still sacred.
It was still strong.
It was still mine.

My body didn’t fail me.
My body carried me and my baby through exactly what we needed in that moment. 🤍

Years later, as a doula, I hold space for families walking through all kinds of birth stories—including Cesarean births. And I see it so clearly now:

✨ There is strength in surrender
✨ There is power in healing
✨ There is beauty in every birth story

To every mama with a C-section scar—planned or unplanned—
your story matters.
your healing matters.
YOU matter.

That scar?
It’s not just a scar…
it’s a reminder of the day you met your baby. 🌞

With love,
Jennifer Mendez
July Sunshine Doula

One of the most effective (and underrated) comfort techniques I use with my clients is counter pressure
That steady pressure on the lower back and hips during contractions?
✨ It can completely change how labor feels.
Especially for mamas experiencing back labor—this can be a game changer.
But here's the thing...
It's not just about what to do-it's about how and when to do it.
That's where having a doula comes in.
Someone who:
- knows your body
- reads your cues
- supports your partner
- and helps you feel grounded through it all
You deserve that level of support
✨ July Sunshine Doula
🗺️ NJ|PA|DE
🌐julysunshinedoula.com

✨ Newborn Education Class ✨
Preparing you for those first days home with your baby—because confidence changes everything 💛

Whether you choose in-home or virtual, this private class is designed to give you real-life, hands-on guidance so you feel calm, prepared, and supported.

Here’s what we cover 👇🏽
👶 Newborn behavior & what’s actually normal
🍼 Feeding basics (breast & bottle)
💤 Sleep foundations + realistic expectations
🧷 Diapering, hygiene & cord care
🤍 Soothing techniques (yes—how to calm a crying baby!)
🛁 Bathing + daily care
🌙 Nighttime routines & survival tips
🧠 Postpartum recovery + partner support
✨ My go-to doula tips & must-have essentials

This is personalized, one-on-one support—ask anything, learn everything, and walk away feeling READY.

💻 Virtual: $125 per couple
🏡 In-home: $200 per couple

Spots are limited 💫
Book your session at:
🌐 julysunshinedoula.com

With years of experience as a Certified Newborn Care Specialist & Postpartum Doula, I’m here to support you every step of the way ☀️

“Jennifer is a God send and a blessing. She was a great advocate for us in the hospital, very supportive and knowledgeable. She helped prepare us for labor before hand. As far as what to expect and exercises to prepare for labor. She was always there to answer any and all questions, day and night. We seriously couldn't have done it without her support! We love you Jennifer!” - Shannon M.

I’m an overnight postpartum doula, a birth worker, a mom of three boys, and someone whose roots are proudly Puerto Rican 🇵🇷
Nurturing, caring, and showing up for families has always been part of who I am.

Overnight support is quiet, sacred work.
It’s holding babies in the still hours of the night, protecting rest, supporting healing, and being a calm presence when the world feels tender and new.

I’m incredibly humbled every single day by the families who trust me with their most vulnerable moments—and endlessly grateful for my own family, who supports me so fully while I do this work.

This isn’t just what I do.
It’s who I am.
And I’m so honored to walk alongside families during such a powerful season of life 🌙✨

💛 July Sunshine Doula

“I trusted Jennifer with the overnight care of my newborn twins from the moment she stepped in the door. She was knowledgeable, compassionate, and truly treated my boys as one of her own. I slept soundly and didn't worry about them for one second in her care. I was able to be a more present and loving mother during the day because of her. Oh and she sleep trains babies as well. After 5 nights she had my twins sleeping 12 hours!” - Lauren K.