The day before Finley was born I went on an adventure with my 3 year old to find plants for our garden. We found the perfect blueberry plant and two beautiful yellow azaleas. The plan was to plant them in the morning.That night as my husband and I sang songs, read...
Behind the scenes: what it looks like for me to photograph you at your birth. Just an hour after this birth my own labor started… Birth is one of the rare things in life that you can’t schedule, you have no control over when it starts and how long it...
“The path of motherhood has a beginning but no end. It is constantly changing and constantly challenging. Along the way, we encounter our personal limits over and over. We ride the sharp edge of hope and fear. We fall in love over and over. On this path of...
This was the birth of their 5th child, yet this was the first time this mama has been able to see how she looks in labor. She is currently studying to become a midwife and has helped so many other moms through their own labors so it was a gift to her to have an...
The greatest joys don’t come without the greatest struggle… There were a multitude of things that were different between my first and second sons and the way in which they came into this world. For my first son’s birth I had hoped for a beautiful...
If a doula were a drug it would be unethical not to use it. -John H Kennell, MDThe word doula is Greek for servant. A doula is someone who is trained in childbirth and will tend to your needs before, during and after your labor, whether they be physical, emotional,...
