You know how when you start telling people that you are planning to give birth without pain medication, there are those special individuals who make it a point to say, “You don’t get an award for pushing your baby out without pain medication. Why bother?” Now, you can say, “Au contraire, mon frére! There IS…
Birth Preparation Methods and Why I don’t have a “method”.
Now that I am a Certified Childbirth Educator, I can look back on my childbirth preparation experiences with a more critical eye. Let me first say, I don’t believe that there is one method that serves everyone, but rather, certain methods resonate with certain people. You like vanilla, I like chocolate . . . you…
DIY Birth Affirmations, Mantras, Meditations
If you are more of a do-it-yourselfer, you will LOVE writing your own birth mantras for meditation. What could be more tailor-made for your birth than mantras that resonate with the very soul who composed them? When we are in labor, the goal is to get through each contraction and rest in between them. But,…
Birth Is My Jam
Call me a ‘birth nerd’ or a ‘birth junkie’, but I have letters after my name so that makes me legit 😉 YASSS, birth is my jam. It totally rocks my socks off.