The answer is “YES”. Birth has become a political issue; in more ways than one. The government has taken over our birthing rights to allegedly “protect mothers and babies” and not many are questioning it; the mamas, the midwives, the doulas. Birth is a natural, human right-but it’s gotten to the point that, especially with [...]

With my own birth on the horizon, I’ve been giving more thought to who may be “invited”. Inviting friends and family to be with you during your labor and birth can be quite the experience- everything from magical and perfect to uncomfortable or regrettable! Here are some thoughts and things to consider before you make [...]

36 weeks pregnant. I am absolutely raw emotion right now and my thoughts about pregnancy and birth are (to some, not all) probably so radical that I feel I must be out in left field somewhere. If I hadn’t been at the most profound birth conference around last week, I might think my intensity was [...]

Thanks to Mindy for the honor of not only being present at her beautiful home birth; but allowing me to post her story. The contrast of home vs. hospital for birth is always well understood by women that have walked both paths. The best part, in my opinion, was the strength and knowing Mindy possessed [...]

Dear Pregnant Mama, You may know not your strength…yet. But I do. And I want to tell you that you are not only strong, but capable of anything. Anything at all. You will know this to be true once you have gone through the initiation of labor and birth. But since you aren’t there quite [...]

It is an ironic place I find myself in, some days. A nasty State department that wants to remove my midwifery license for supposedly not living up to the monkey-like duties of the all-important “Licensed Midwife” credential (sarcastic here of course). A joke if you knew me and maybe if you don’t…just because we aren’t [...]

I first met the midwife just three weeks before the due date. I thought she was amazing, and fantastic. I loved spending the few long prenatals before his birth hearing her talk, and being able to ask questions. She was, indeed, the one that set me on the path to midwifery. Even though I didn’t [...]

It was one of those days when I was feeling disillusioned with birth in the “system”-it happens, and as a midwife I deal with it more than I want to. So, yes, it was one of those days when I met her. Sitting across the table from one another, just having met, and an instant [...]

Changing Woman/Goddess of Change- female initiation, the coming of wisdom of strength, celebration. Drawing this card means you are in an initiatory stage in your life as a woman. The stage maybe be physical or it may be psychic, coming into your own strength and power as a woman. Initiation denotes change, and you have [...]

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