Pregnancy + Postpartum

In my last post, I mentioned some questions you might want to ask your obstetrician or midwife, to see if they are a good fit for you. It’s very common to start your pregnancy with the same provider that...

I am sitting in church. When I’m here, I like to be able to completely focused on worship, but today there’s at least part of my brain that is thinking about my phone, where it sits tucked under the...

        Lately I've been seeing a lot of posts on social media about people commenting on families. I've read countless stories of encounters with old ladies, old men, young moms and dads, and pretty much anyone in...

Whew! We did it. Our little man just had his first birthday and we celebrated surviving one year of being parents. We have survived numerous road trips. As well as, grappling with my postpartum body image and accomplishing so...

 There is a lot going on when you are getting ready to add a new member to your family. The more people you have, the more complicated the dynamics can be. During the times our family was growing by...

One of the best ways to find out how your doctor or midwife practices is to ask them questions. But it matters what questions you ask and how you ask them. To get the best information, it’s good to avoid...

A loooooong time ago, I loved to read. I read voraciously when I was a kid, staying up well past my bedtime to read just one more chapter of whatever book I was reading at the time. When I...

I want to be super clear: I am a BIG fan of birth plans.  You can read some of my tips for writing a birth plan here.   The act of learning about your options and exploring different procedures that...

There are a lot of misunderstandings out there about midwives. I had a very well-educated relative that was shocked to learn that most home birth midwives carry things like oxygen, fetal heartbeat monitors, and medicines to stop excessive bleeding...

As a doula, I hear a lot of different opinions about birth plans. One thing I used to hear a lot is that a birth plan is a “ticket to the OR.” I also sometimes hear, “Well, you can’t...