When we have our first babies, it doesn't matter where we come from or how well we have mastered other areas of our lives.  We all begin parenthood as newbies, and the learning curve is steep.  We fumble and falter, gain confidence and wisdom, run into...

BellyFit GIVEAWAY!! Winter is coming! (eventually) Mamas keep those bellies and babies snug and warm with a BellyFit by MakeMyBellyFit! MotherWit Birth Essentials Prenatal Classes is honoured to partner with MakeMyBellyFit to offer someone a FREE...

Guest post by MotherWit Doula Megan Tolbert Doulas in a group tend to get kind of chatty. And in my neck of the woods, doula chatter swings from the ridiculous to the sublime in the blink of an eye. One late afternoon, a smack* of doulas was sitting around my living...

Many people use fighting words when it comes to cancer. “I battled cancer.”  “My mother lost her fight with cancer.”  For many, The Warrior Path is essential to their journey, and I honour that.  When I had cancer, I felt a strong aversion to using the language of...

I am so honoured to have received this recount of a precious new mother's experience after the premature birth of her son.  I will refer to her as Anne. Anne's quest for healing after her disempowering experience in the NICU led her to write out her story as an...

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. As a doula with over two decades experience, an inter-spiritual minister, and one who supports the dying, I have held space for the grieving of early and late pregnancy loss.   There are times my support has...

I am not known across the land for my general housekeeping skills.  Let's just say, I'll never make the cover of "Good Housekeeping"....unless I am pregnant!  While normally disorganized in the realm of maintaining an orderly home, I'm a total dynamo when I...