Why I’m Not Pursuing Nurse-Midwifery, Part 1
Sometime mid-2017, I decided to pursue becoming a midwife. It was a thought long in the making, but one that I had not given much...
Potential Challenges of Midwifery School: An Assignment
The following is a transcript of this video. It was created to submit as an assignment and was recorded on my way home from a beautiful...
Reflections of a Birth Worker
For this article, I'm solely focusing on what my community calls the "birth professional" or "birth worker." A blanket term, "birth...
Cat Barf, Miscarriage Traditions, & Money; A Conversation with Liz Farmer of The Doula Classroom
The title says it all. Today's post is all about a weird and wonderful conversation I had with Liz Farmer over at The Doula Classroom...
Setting Birth Doula Fees: A Conversation with Liz Farmer of The Doula Classroom
In this week's video chat, Liz Farmer from The Doula Classroom and I discuss the crazy world of money within the doula world. Listen in...
Networking for Doulas; a conversation with Liz Farmer of The Doula Classroom
Liz Farmer is a doula, wife, mentor, mother, Hypnotherapist, and all around awesome person based in Portland, Oregon. We met a couple...
The Real Reasons People are Consuming Their Placentas, Part 2
To read part 1 of this series on placenta encapsulation, click here! But there are some people who are not happy with the status quo....
The Real Reasons People Are Consuming Placentas, Part 1
You might have read or seen a news piece on the "growing trend" of women encapsulating and consuming their placenta after they've given...
Acupuncture for Pregnancy & Childbirth: Orange County Acupuncturist & Women's Health Pra
Before becoming a doula & birthworker, I had NO understanding of what acupuncture was or what it could help with as far as health &...
Your Birth Team attends OC Pregnancy & Beyond 2016
On May 15th, 2016, pregnant families & birth professionals from Orange County & surrounding areas gathered at the SOCO shopping center in...
