It’s Published! Brave Beautiful Birth – Trusting God Through VBAC
Brave Beautiful Birth - Trusting God Through VBAC Hi friends! It's been awhile! I have been busy over on Facebook and Instagram and finishing up my book. And I'm so pleased to tell you it is published and available on Amazon! The reviews have been awesome so far! Some have described it as inspiring, encouraging and the BEST book. Which is such a compliment. Giving thanks to God for His incredible work in my life and the ability to pass it onto others. Maybe you feel alone on your journey. Pregnant or not, you...
Determination and Strength
If you have had a VBAC, are preparing for one, or even planned one that perhaps didn't come to pass as you wished, I would dare to say you're bold. I would dare to say your determined. I would dare to say you're fierce. I would say you are brave. To say what YOU want for YOUR birth. Not everybody does it. The system can almost seem like a factory. And when one stands up to say "My way," it can make things a little hard for the system to not have...
Turning Point
Have you had a turning point in your life? Where you just knew things would never, ever be the same? My water broke. My dress all wet. I threw it into the washing machine and just stood there. Looking at my familiar washing machine. That I used every day, multiple times in fact. It seemed so familiar to me, that washing machine. But what was happening to me in the moment, was not familiar. I was in labor and about to attempt what I was told not to. As I...
A Few Important Things Before Baby
Today I sat holding my VBA3C baby. Not so much baby anymore. But it makes me think of the birth day. And I held this little peanut and felt it again. The way I felt when I first reached down and grabbed my baby from the doctor. The Birth day matters. It's such a holy God moment when new life comes and breathes its first breath. Only God gives life and the day a child enters the world, there's nothing like it. If you want your day to be the...
My VBA3C – A Dream Come True
It was hard. One of the hardest things I had done. In more than one way. But in the hardness, it felt holy. The air was different. The sounds were different. My awareness was different, as though nothing else mattered at all on the entire earth but was happening in me and for me. Though I moaned and groaned as I felt the contractions, in my heart I sang. I sang the songs that declared His promises, that sang of His strength, His faithfulness. I sang to Him as if...
Birth Is Unpredictable, Yet We Can Choose Peace
We are surrounded by a culture of fear. And the birth world is no different. It's often seen as a medical emergency, when really it's a very natural process that sometimes may need outside assistance. ...
If I Could Tell Them One Thing
If I could tell them one thing. You're worth it. You're worth finding a good doctor. You're worth finding out what that doctor believes, what his philosophy of birth is...
Oh, I am in love and I don’t care who knows!
Over the weekend I attended a Gena Kirby Rebozo Workshop with Beautifully Connected. It was amazing and so of course I came home and practiced on my family. And then last night my sweet boy came down before bed asking if I could help him relax with the rebozo because it 'really relaxes me.' And it does! Do any of you doulas incorporate rebozo? Any of you mothers use it during labor? It's incredible, truly. ❤️ ...