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Home Birth Sounds Nice, but...

As a doula, I meet a lot of pregnant people and their partners. I always ask them where they intend to have their baby and whether...

Holistic Stages of the Birth Journey: Part 2

In our previous post, you followed the birth journey from Embarking, over the Foothills, through the Veil, and up the Mountain, where you...

Holistic Stages of the Birth Journey: Part 1

We all hear plenty about the medical view of birth and its three stages (1st- dilation, 2nd- birth of the baby, and 3rd- the birth of...

Our Bodies are Not Broken or Failing

Are there any terms or phrases used to describe your body, especially during pregnancy and birth, that don’t sit right with you? Do you...

A Home Birth Story

When my son Emmett was just 3 months old, my menstrual cycle started up again. Which meant that I was ovulating. Which meant I could get...

Learning Life's Hard Lessons

I have been a parent of kids outside of my body for 2,275 days. On day One, the day my son was born, I learned a hard lesson: sometimes...