Picking out what you bring to a birth is highly individual and personal. Most doulas will bring what they think works well in labor. Some bring a ton of essential oils and others bring the bare minimum of chapstick and a hot pack. I like to bring more than I think I’ll need, but not […]

“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.” Georgia O’Keeffe was an American painter who painted flowers that represented the female form. To me, her flower expressions so vividly resemble the birth canal and beautifully reminds us […]

The day I found out I was pregnant was the best day of my life! It was my day off from work and I suspected I was pregnant for a few days. I took the test and saw the line. Convinced I was seeing things, I immediately went to the store to buy a digital […]

What an amazing feeling. Maybe you planned this out and have been trying for a couple months and everything happened so quick that you are still dizzy from all the excitement. Maybe you’ve been trying to conceive for a long time now, tried rounds of IVF or have even considered finding a surrogate and, by […]