Birth

“You chose to have a cesarean, why?” “Couldn’t that have been prevented?” “Was it really an emergency?”  If you are a person who has had a cesarean birth, you may have heard one or all of these kinds of questions regarding your birth experience. It’s possible that people are asking questions from a place of…

Have you ever wondered how your personality type might affect the way that you birth? We thought it might be a little fun to take the Enneagram to the next level and explore what each of the types would look like in birth. Not sure what the  Enneagram  is? It’s an incredibly fun personality tool…

“Did my water break?” or “Did I pee myself?” If you’re pregnant, you might be wondering when your water might break, and how you will know. We get it! The anticipation of your water breaking is a real fear most first time parents.  TV tells us that your water breaking is how your labor will…

As your body changes during pregnancy, and your baby and belly grows there are parts of yourself you just cannot see anymore.  Ahem, your vagina to be more exact. Don’t be shocked if suddenly you can no longer see your vagina or bikini line once your belly has rounded out. This might make you feel…

Labor is a fine balance. One of the best ways to know how your baby is doing during labor is through monitoring their heart rate. We want to see how your baby is handling each part of labor. This is that fine balance we talk about- making sure that baby is handling the birthing process…

Dear Labor and Delivery Nurses, We have some things we’d like to tell you. We don’t know 99.9% of you, but we do know the ones who work in our local hospitals. We’re going to take a leap and assume that all of you are at least somewhat similar to the nurses we’ve had the…

“Tell your families to speak up! If we don’t know what they want, we can’t help them get the birth experience they’re hoping for.” Those words from a L&D nurse are important for you to hear. The nursing staff wants you to speak up. They want you to ask questions, to clarify, to PARTICIPATE in…

I am little.   I always have been. How little, you ask?  I’m 4’ 11” on a good day.   Men tell me they could bench press me with ease (I’m 100lbs even).  I buy my pants in the children’s section.  I’m not complaining about that last part though.  The pants are cheaper and they…