This category of posts addresses questions people have asked me in class or questions typed into google which somehow landed people on my blog, to which I did not know the answers or wanted to find out more details. What … Continue reading
My baby girl turned 10 years old last week. I’ve been reflecting on how much has changed this past decade. Changes within myself and in the world in which we live. I was newly pregnant when September 11th, 2001 happened … Continue reading
This “Stump the Teacher” category of posts addresses questions people have asked me in class or questions typed into google which somehow landed people on my blog, to which I did not know the answers or wanted to find out … Continue reading
This is a topic many people don’t like to discuss but I think it’s important to address because chances are very good that someone else out there has experienced it and may get comfort from reading another woman’s experience, and … Continue reading
Ten years ago today, I first held my daughter, Madigan. In honor of her birthday, I’m sharing with you the event that changed my life in so many ways and set me on this path as a childbirth educator, doula, … Continue reading
A Mother’s Birth Story of Her Second Son: August 18, 2011 I was driving to work on my last day of work. It was two weeks before the baby’s due date. I felt a few contractions on my way to … Continue reading
Breastfeeding is wonderful – when it doesn’t hurt. But unfortunately, sometimes it does. Just this week, I received not one but two messages from new moms experiencing clogged ducts: I found a lump in my breast last week and that … Continue reading
Had someone told me (or my husband) ten years ago that I’d spend hours talking to complete strangers over the phone about penises – keeping them intact, circumcising them, cleaning them, restoring their foreskins etc – I’d have thought they … Continue reading
Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby The experience of a laboring mother, father and a grandmother at Sarasota Memorial Hospital Brief Overview: “You have your birth plan, I have mine. When yours does not agree with mine, we will go with mine,” Dr. … Continue reading
Not an artist? Think you don’t have a creative bone in your body? Don’t worry – you don’t need that to be able to get some healing and comfort from creative expression. In fact, it’s a very powerful tool for … Continue reading