Or, “The True Gift of Labor Support” I got called out of retirement and had the privilege and honor of being the doula at the birth of Baby M born just over two months ago. I’ve been asked by many couples over the years if I would consider being their...
My kids were home from school two days last week because of snow. In Portland, Oregon. It’s kind of a big deal when that happens around here. I remember when I first moved to Portland from Indiana a long, long time ago. My first winter, I called home laughing about...
This is the famous quote from author, Marianne Williamson. I read this for the first time printed in The Oregonian on a random page apropos of nothing – it wasn’t part of a larger article or a highlighted quote. Someone, for some reason, spent what would...
I can’t let this week go by without a shout-out to all of the wonderful women I know personally, and professionally, who’ve taken up the call to become a doula. A doula is a woman trained to assist other women in childbirth and/or to support a new family following the...
As mentioned in an earlier post, Sex Life? What Sex LIfe? Part I, there are many factors that can conspire to make postpartum sex a little bit tricky to initiate. But the good news is there’s only one thing necessary to have a lasting and healthy sexual relationship:...
If wasn’t a Childbirth Educator, I’d be a Rockstar! Not that I’d actually be a Rockstar, I’m not that good – but I can dream, right?! I just came off of a “Work Weekend.” My job as a Childbirth Educator is all evening and weekend work. It’s one of the things...
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