The Pride of Birthing Accomplishments
For anyone who has ever doubted the importance of the impact of a woman's birth experiences upon her life, I thought I might share this. As many readers know, I've been dealing with some major health issues. Statistics of my chances of survival get bandied...
…..and More Synchronicity
I connect much of my healing, along with the good medical care and love I've received, with my learning to pay better attention to and heeding the whispers of intuition. When I don't hear things right off the bat, events will arise, if I choose to pay attention,...
Synchronicity
I see it has been a long time since my last blog post. For those who may not know, I was diagnosed with Stage 3B cervical cancer four days after my last entry. To make a long story short, I finished an intensive round of chemotherapy, external radiation, and...
The Heart of Sisterhood
A few weeks back, one of my dear MotherWittie colleagues injured herself, and was unable to attend the many births she had scheduled. As doulas, we spend a lot of our energy on volunteering for births for women in need. We have liaisons with organizations which call...
Rage Diaries
I am trying very hard to reduce my intake of NSAIDs. I have for the last nearly four months been in chronic and increasing back pain. I'm not the type to lie around suffering out of martyrdom when the show must go on, so in order to be functional, I've been hitting...
Why Doulas are Great Childbirth Educators
I am so looking forward to teaching the MotherWit Birth Essentials Intensive, Part 2 tomorrow. I LOVE teaching childbirth ed. I think teaching from the perspective of a doula is very useful to clients, as we are in the field, seeing lots of of different types of...
For the Love of Birth
Why do I sleep with my phone by my bed, make sure it is perched on the edge of my bathroom sink when I'm in the shower, on call 24/7, never knowing for sure where I'll be when the sun sets on my day or rises on my night? Why do I witness several births in...
Hug Your Childbirth Educator Today!
The work of a childbirth educator is such a tightrope walk. We must speak to a crowd about an emotionally charged subject that's often contained within a challenging institution, that crowd ranging from folks who are natural birth enthusiasts to the "I think I may...