Creating an aligned birth team is one of the most important tasks in pregnancy. Some choose to birth simply with close family members present and feel safest with decision. Others prefer to have womanly support throughout their perinatal journey, along with skilled hands present at their birth— providing a sense of peace— although we know…
I’m not against birthing in the hospital— and for some, it’s necessary and even lifesaving. But this doesn’t mean we get to brush all the harmful practices and violations, and disregard for physiological birth under the rug. The hospital system, and its services, do not support physiological birth. Anything that isn’t set up to support…
When I became pregnant with my first child, a desire awakened within me to protect them by having only the best for them. I knew nothing about pregnancy, birth, or mothering. I remember going on Amazon and ordering the top few books on birthing and mothering, with a wide variety of perspectives, from Ina May’s…
