I came across a blog post the other day on a site called “The Truth About Traumatic Birth”. This particular post, which I thought was very well-written, talked about the damaging effects that certain “birth quotes” have on women recovering from traumatic births. The quote in question was this: “We have a secret in our [...]

A bit extra “babymoon” time here before getting back to “work”–and so a few pictures I have been meaning to put up here! I love birth photos; I hope to get better at shooting them and I hope my clients continue to share them with me. It’s so easy to neglect pictures at a birth; [...]

I am coming up on completing my first year as a licensed midwife here in the Sedona area of Northern Arizona. Yay! Some days I am still in disbelief that after five years as an apprentice, I finally “finished” and am actually on my own. The absolute best part of having my very own practice [...]

Like all of my babies, Belgium’s birth story really begins before her birth. About 10 months ago, I began noticing a very strong female energy around me. It was there when I journeyed or meditated in particular, and I literally could feel her swirling about. With a babe of 6 months on my breast, it [...]

Well, it has been a few weeks since my last post, now hasn’t it? I really am in disbelief that I only have 5 weeks left before my due date-ish time. The days and weeks seem to go by so quickly, finishing up with some of my mamas and yet starting off a whole new [...]

Attended a beautiful homebirth yesterday morning. Mama made it look rather easy as she pushed a 9 lb. baby into the birth pool; exhilarating for her and her family to experience a homebirth after a previous preterm hospital birth a few years ago. Not only was the locale different, but the entire experience! She labored [...]

This week, one of the births I attended was a mama’s second baby; the first had been born in a hospital two years ago, and this one, obviously at home. I love all my clients, but I always feel even more overjoyed for the parents that get to experience this vast difference in birthing (perhaps [...]

I am about 27 weeks pregnant with my fifth baby (who momentarily has the hiccups!) and my husband and I are going to attend a 5 week Hypnobirthing series. I thought I would blog about it in advance, because as a midwife, I’m not really sure what I think about the whole thing. However, I [...]