Ashley Turgeon Doula and Wellness

So far 4 leap year babies born at BGH- including this little bundle of joy! BGH Auxiliary President Leah Johnson giving a leap-yr themed sleeper to celebrate the occasion! Congrats Mom-Madison and Dad-Michael. :-)

"Was childbirth painful for you?" ""No, no pain, but I know what the earth feels like making a mountain".

I really like this video. Women naturally tend to do this during labour without realizing it. "the 3 R's : relaxation, rhythem and ritual" when i see a woman doing this I step back in amazment and watch her work with her body. It's pretty incredible.

Yay! Another option for birthing families in our community

A full day conference in Toronto on April 9 2016. Come one, come all.

We'll show the most common menstrual cup folding options. If these don't work, there are plenty more!

A woman probably does not want to be told that anything is 'false' about her labor & birth. Let's change the #languageofbirth

I got a good snuggle with this beautiful little human this morning. It was such a pleasure to support his parents as they welcomed him earth side. Meet Isaak

If you're having a hard time conceiving, you probably hate hearing "just stop trying and it will happen." (note: for the rest of us, never say that!) Why do we ...hate hearing that so much? Because you'll never give up. You'll never not want your baby. But do you also hate hearing it because somewhere in it, you know there is a truth. We hear stories of people who finally did give up, signed the adoption papers or planned a life without baby, who then find themselves pregnant. Why does that work? How can you get there without becoming completely broken in the process? What does it even mean? How can you quit and still have sex? Or how can you have sex and not think about conception? How can you now ignore the signs of fertility that you've become so familiar with? How can you stop obsessing every single day about something you want more than anything? There is truth in the power of quitting or surrender (but I'm still not giving you permission to tell people to just stop trying!). I would say of all of the energetic, emotional and spiritual aspects of fertility work, this one was the most challenging for me to figure out. But I did eventually come to understand it, and I explain it in my book. I'll be teaching about surrender and the art of not trying at this Sunday's fertility retreat, in a way that won't throw you into a fit of rage, but will inspire you. You'll connect and finally get it too and have a plan for how to move forward and try, without trying so hard.