During many of my childbirth preparation classes, one of the things we discuss is how and when to announce the birth. This was obviously not a huge concern before the advent of social media, but given how effortless it is now to share our thoughts, feelings, experiences, excitement and whatever we’d like without a second …
FINALLY — A Natural Birth Award
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 …
Birth Intentions not Birth Plans
We all know births don’t go according to plan, right? I’d love to see a shift away from calling the birth plan a birth plan and more towards something that allows for sharing our ideas about how we want our birth to go without the “commitment” of a plan. The Problem with Birth Plans One …
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, …
#MeToo and How Kesha Woke Me Up
Then my feelings about my past life as an aspiring songwriter came bubbling up, and the tears flowed freely down my cheeks.
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.