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Oceans Homebirth
Trigger warning...some may see this image and envision a traumatic experience. However, it was quite the opposite. So grateful my photographer didn’t stop shooting during the intense moments. I want to share a little of my fourth babies home birth experience....
Top Tips for Birth Partners
Listen up Birth Partners....What can you do to assist mama during pregnancy, labor and postpartum? I should probably have my husband write this one since he has been amazing at all of our children’s births and gets a little more “doula” at each one! We just had our...
Three Essential Postpartum Baskets You Need.
Hey mamas. Don’t just prepare for your baby, prepare for yourself. Postpartum. The Fourth Trimester. 37 weeks in a few days. Emotional highs and lows this week. Nesting like crazy. Thinking how am I already this far along with our last baby. Looking back at my last...
Part 3 of 3: Prepare Your Mind for Birth and Beyond
Dear Society...mainly people of influence...stop scaring women about childbirth before they even have a chance to experience the magic for themselves. We all have the right to experience our births in whatever manner we choose...medicated/unmedicated. At home, in a...
Part 2 of 3: Exercising during pregnancy. Pregnancy is not a handicap.
Our bodies are made for pregnancies. If you are healthy and having an uncomplicated pregnancy, exercise is the best thing you can do. With consistent exercise of what your body was accustomed to before becoming pregnant, you will continue to gain more strength and...
Part 1 of 3: Nutrition tips I Wish I Knew With my First Baby. Covering the Basics.
This is part 1 of 3 of my mini blog series, titled, “How To Become Healthy and Fit To Have An Empowered Birth”. The nutritional choices we make during this vital time not only provide our baby with the essential nourishment needed to develop and grow but also provides...