Akaila aka Sincerely kyonne, is a wife, mother of 3 (including a set of identical twins), birth and postpartum doula and childcare provider located in the heart of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

My mission is to build community, education and cultural awareness through postpartum care. they have said for centuries that it takes a village to raise a child, but where is the village? parents are more alone now than ever when it comes to their postpartum journey. during the pregnancy, so many people promise to be there and often times they disappear when the baby arrives or they do not know how to truly support new families. i am here to bridge that gap, and build back our village.

When i was pregnant with my first  son, i could not afford a doula. this largely impacted my birth experience and i ended up giving birth in a hospital. i was needlessly induced and was in labor for 36 hours. thankfully, i birthed a healthy baby boy vaginally. he did inhale meconium due to the distress of birthing and had to stay in the nicu.

If it were not for God, medication and my husband, who knows if i would have gotten through such a hard time in my life as a first time mother, deeply drowning. 

Thankfully, my second birth was supernatural. I was more confident, educated, and relaxed. I had an amazing hospital birth with my twins. I had them vaginally, unmedicated, one baby head down and the other one feet first (aka Breech). I felt so good afterwards I was walking and showering right after.

my husband and I survived the woes of parenting through loving one another deeply and remaining curious. It was not easy adjusting to our new lives, and we did not have a support person to educate us and support us on what to expect postpartum. Many couples do not make it, and most divorces occur in the first year of an infants life. This tells us that families need more support adjusting to parenthood and the changes that come with it. It does not have to be a bad experience, every child is a blessing from GOD and every couple deserves support.

It is my goal to make these services as accessible as possible, because we all deserve support.