New doulas always want to know how to comfort folks during the birth process. How do you know when and what to do, or what to say? The truth is, the biggest thing you can do for your clients is realize YOU ARE NOT THE ONE WHO BIRTHS THE BABY. Your clients are capable, and strong. Their bodies know what… Read more →
A past client and local chiropractor interviewed myself and my mentor on his podcast a couple of years ago, and their content is SOOOO good! Give these two podcasts a listen to learn about birth, being a good support person at birth, and learn a little bit about the context we are giving birth in today. Gloria and I teach… Read more →
I’m an anomaly in the birth-professional world in that some of my favourite births to attend are those of first-time mothers. It’s quite typical of anyone who attends births for a living to prefer what we call “multips”: women who’ve given birth at least once before. It’s commonly accepted that multips birth more quickly and easily than first-timers (“primips”), taking much less… Read more →
She let go, by Rev. Safire Rose She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.… Read more →
I always brag that even if a woman is having trouble eating during birth, she will nearly always be able to get down chicken broth. My famous cure-all for birth is my chicken broth with egg recipe, which I learnt from an Italian family once at a birth. However, if that fails, I have another go-to to keep women nourished:… Read more →