I got back from a beautiful birth today. It was perfect timing. I was a bit stressed out about coordinating all my different carpools, but the baby was born Friday night/Saturday. Perfect. 😉 If mom is willing I will share her story later. I realized it has been 6 months since the last birth I […]
Attended a beautiful birth and winner of the book. Read More »
I was so excited to get this book in my hands! I was even more excited when Micky gave me a copy for me to give away on my blog! Keep reading to find out how you can win! 5 Stars Keep the Fires Burning by Micky Jones My rating: 5 of 5 stars This
Conquering Stress and Burnout for Birth Workers Read More »
This is a guest post by one of my doula clients, Shannon. You may remember reading my version of her birth story, which spanned several posts. It was just that good of a birth story! First I told her she couldn’t hire me! Then after seeing how hard she was fighting for her VBA2C, I
Baby Born Vaginally after 2 cesareans, 5 hours BEFORE Scheduled Cesarean! Read More »
This is one of my hot buttons. Refusing food and drink to a birthing woman is SO stupid! If you were to run a marathon would you eat and drink during it? YES, you would need energy. Birthing moms need just as much energy. Popsicles ONLY! I remember once as a doula when I got
Hungry while birthing? Go ahead and eat! Read More »
I know I have mentioned before how I am so honored to be contributing to a spirituality and birth book, The Gift of Giving Life. I love the women I am working with and it is so wonderful. I had wanted to write a book about birth for a few years now. This was the
Gift of Giving Life Release Date! Read More »
I loved this book, Birth Movement . It is filled with pictures of different positions moms can use during their birth. Jun-Nicole has pictures of positions for moms who are un-medicated as well as moms who have epidurals. I have been a doula for over 4 years and learned some new positions I will certainly
Birth Movement Book Review Read More »
Why the changes? Summer is always a bit of a shock for me. Our first week with no school and I am exhausted already. I am loving being at the CAPPA conference and enjoying a bit of time to myself before throwing myself back into summer fun. It usually takes me about 2-3 weeks to
Some Changes for My Blog and my Doulaing Read More »
I am feeling pretty introverted during this conference, kind of keeping to myself. But I am having lots of fun and learning a lot of great things. I love the way CAPPA has set up this conference. I don’t know if they do all of them like this. The conference is free for the main
Day 2 of the CAPPA conference was great! Read More »
I had this on my calendar since I knew it was going to be in Southern California. What is CAPPA? A great organization for Childbirth Educators, Doulas, Lactation Educators and more. I went to their Lactation Education Training and loved it. I am certified as a doula through DONA, but if I was to do
Yay, I am at the CAPPA Conference Read More »
Last year I had what I thought would be my fastest birth, which involved me running red lights as I drove mom and dad to the hospital, because their car had been towed! The year before that I did attend a birth where I met mom and dad at the hospital and baby was born
Flooded by Amniotic Fluid – Shelly’s 2nd birth Read More »
I always feel like this was one of my longest births, but it was partly because I was at Angela’s birth the whole night before, got a total of 5 hours sleep and then headed off to Shelly’s birth. So I was working on very little sleep. Looking back, I wasn’t even with Shelly for
Shelly’s 1st Birth – One of my longest births Read More »
I am kind of nervous too. Last summer with all the buzz about BlogHer, I set a goal to go in 2011. When I found out it was going to be in San Diego, just a skip, jump and a hop away, I bought a ticket. But I don’t know anyone else who is going.
So Excited, I am going to BlogHer Read More »
This is the birth story of the Birth I was Meant to be at. As a doula I am always a bit wary of inductions. You just never know how they will go, fast and easy or long and complicated. I have been to both. So I was unsure what would happen when Natalie called
Pretty Positive Induction Experience Read More »
My April was a little crazy. No week was normal. I was so glad that I had scheduled out most of my A to Z posts. That made it easy to not think much about blogging (except answering comments) Week 1 – T2 and T3 were home for spring break. We had fun (but not
Reflecting on April – Wow that flew by! Read More »
I loved taking Hypnobabies with Thing 3. It made my pregnancy better and helped me have a wonderful birth! I LOVE teaching Hypnobabies to expecting parents. I love to see them get excited about their upcoming births. I LOVE to doula my Hypnobabies students. It is so amazing to see them birth their babies in
Horray for Hypnobabies! Read More »
