It’s hard to say I have a favorite birth experience since all of my births have been positive, empowering, safe and healthy. They all gave me beautiful children that I adore, but if I had to pick. Birdies is my favorite. And it’s a lot […]
Ever since I made the decision to switch from a hospital to a birth center to have my third son, I planned on writing a blog comparing the experiences. The pros and cons of each. How they are different and how they compare. To briefly […]
I re-read Holden and Waylon’s birth stories prior to Ruston being born and saw that I began both of their stories with the start of my maternity leave. This pregnancy is different in many ways: I have two toddlers this go round, it is smack […]
There has been a few different, unrelated posts floating around Facebook lately that really speak volumes about the crisis happening in hospitals in our country for birthing women. Part of me was angry to see these posts, but another part of me felt validated. As […]
I wrote this post on December 12, 2017. I’ve sat on it for a while because it is pretty emotionally charged for me. At the time I was pregnant with Waylon. I wrote it because we need to be kind to pregnant women and we […]
We live in a culture of fear when it comes to pregnancy and birth. Although I love the internet, it does not help when one dives into black holes of pregnancy/birth horror stories that are all too commonly shared. When I became pregnant for the […]
Packing your hospital bag is one of the most exciting, but intimidating parts of preparing for the arrival of a new baby. If you’re a first time mom, it is really hard to know how to pack, and you may feel unsure about what a […]
One of the most important but often overlooked parts of labor prep is hiring of a birth “team.” My team consisted of my midwife, doula, my husband, of course, and also my birth photographer, Stephanie Shirley. If I could give pregnant women any advice at […]
When I first became pregnant I was already well immersed into the idea of natural child birth. I’d been preparing for this for years. I knew right away I was going to deliver with a midwife, and I knew I wanted a doula. I knew […]
The last few weeks of my second pregnancy were a rough ride. I had relatively easy pregnancy, but once I hit around 34 weeks, I so was ready for it to end. I had gotten so big, so getting around became difficult. My stomach had […]
