Back From the MotherWit Doula Training!
Hello everyone! It has been a MONTH since my last blog! Seriously, I know, it is so not like me to not write for that long. But I have been on an epic summer journey.A few weeks before the MotherWit Doula Training Intensive, which was from July 18th to the 23rd in...
You Can’t Take the Effect and Make it the Cause
"You can't take the effect and make it the cause," is a saying I quite like, immortalized in a song by The White Stripes.I have thought a lot lately about the prejudice that exists towards doulas in general. A friend and I were having a discussion with a nice lady who...
The Birth of Finn
June 19th is a beautiful day...the day my baby boy was born. He has been my baby for five years.As an experienced doula, I receive a lot of curious questions about how I give birth. When you’re labouring, you cease to be anything but a birthing woman, dancing with the...
Doula Training for Nurses
I am so very excited. An amazing nurse who works at a hospital I do a lot of doula gigs at used to be a doula student of mine. We have been discussing my giving a doula training to obstetric nurses for years. Finally, it seems to be about to happen. The hospital is...
Post Partum Doulas
In a world where the goal of SuperMom reigns supreme, tender new mothers are often left feeling overwhelmed by the expectations they have of themselves. Women often feel if they are not actively managing their post baby weight, contributing to the family financially,...
Patient Interest or Witch Hunt?
I had a lovely birth at St. Mary's Hospital early this morning. This baby was truly a miracle in many senses of the word, and it was an amazing honour to support such a powerful, triumphant experience. To know I am a positive part of this precious memory of birth is...
Giving Kudos Where They’re Due
I love to meet new doctors and residents in the hospitals I work at. Because the residents often spend time at different hospitals like I do, I get quite familiar with some of them.On occasion you meet someone who is just born to attend women in birth. Within the last...
The Birth of Kayleigh-Savannah
Nineteen years ago today, the world shifted to welcome in a beautiful new being. She happens to be my daughter. Her birth heralded many a change in my world. When her life merged with mine and she began to grow inside me, I found my calling to be a birth attendant....