Hello everyone, here is Jessica’s memorial video. We had a beautiful memorial for Jessica, and I would like to thank everyone who came out and joined us online and especially those who joined us in person. Jessica wanted a bright, joyous, remembrance, (instead of the typical dark, sad, and somber ones) and she definitely got one! I would like to… Read more →
Author: Jessica Austin
The One Where I was Made For Birth
Back Story – Scroll to skip to The Birth Itself People get pregnant and give birth and have babies and make their version of a family for all kinds of reasons. They have different ways they get there, and different stories to tell along the way. After a decade of attending births myself as a doula, here is my own… Read more →
I was made for birth & life & death
There are so many posts in my mind left unwritten. My detailed birth story for one, more on postpartum life and falling in love with my new baby. But life is moving faster than I can write about while soaking up every minute with my sweet new baby, now almost 5 months old! When I first started blogging about my… Read more →
A letter to my future birth attendants
I wrote this post BEFORE I got pregnant, but never got around to publishing it! I have since gotten pregnant and given birth, and my birth was everything this post wanted and more. You can read my birth story , but see below for what I wrote as my “Letter to My Future Birth Attendants!” I’m not anxious about being pregnant,… Read more →
She’s Here! Birth, Postpartum, Cancer Update & Radioactivity(!)
She’s here! For those of you who haven’t heard, Kaedra Margaret Kaur Rooprai joined us January 9th, after a fast and furious and unexpected labour at 35 weeks plus 4 days. Birth story to come, but suffice to say that birth was as wild, powerful, incredible, and strong as I had thought it would be, and it went as perfectly… Read more →