Birth Roots Doula

How did women give birth before doctors and hospitals? Who tended them? What were the practices that surrounded pregnancy, birth, and the newborn? http://wildbornproject.com/

The first birth I ever attended! and three months away from giving birth myself to a second daughter.. sara gave birth like a pro, surrounded by friends and family and an amazing midwife. 2nd to the birth of my own daughters this was the most amazing, powerful, emotional experience i am blessed to be a part of.. kept safe in my memory chest for life.. This was a key experience to setting me on the doula path!

"As a doula, I’ve been to over 100 births. Women in labor are superheroes. They’re spidey senses are off the charts, so if you’re having things going on inside you that day, they’ll feel it. I’ve realized that to support a family, sometimes as a complete stranger, your insides have to match your outsides. You can’t stand in the same space as a woman in labor and be full of shit. - Domino Kirke in the What’s Underneath Project ..remembering my own journey within the deep thr...ows of labour.. when the room around me blurred.. i could no longer focus on anything but my body's waves, my breath and someone would touch me, all my senses heightened, knowing, feeling exactly how that person felt. Feeeling their nervousness, their love, their support, their exhaustion, their awe, their hesitation. My birth-mates emotions seeping into my own experience of labour.. What we bring into the birth room as doulas is so important and can have huge impact on the mothers experience of labour/ birth! Heres to the continual process of Showing Up fully in the everyday so i may fully show up in birth.

Want a placenta keepsake? I am offering placenta art prints along with my doula services! (included in my starting fee of $300) This is still available to those who wish to do placenta encapsulation through using the blood or edible inks