Home is historically THE normal place to give birth. While in the recent past it became more common to birth in hospitals, more and more families in Vancouver and across Canada are once again choosing to birth at home where outcomes and satisfaction with the experience tend to be better (sources). While I support families in a variety of… Read more →
One of the most romantic birth environments I’ve been in to date – a birth in an old family home in Vancouver, built in the early 1900’s, a home that had been in my client Alicia’s family for a few generations. Alicia had been there when her own sister was born in the claw-foot bathtub; it was a home that… Read more →
I received this note from a past doula student who had a baby recently, and we both decided we should post it publicly. What I heard in the note was “I was informed and confident, and my birth was long and amazing!” I love this because so often the rhetoric around birth in our culture is that shorter-is-better, and I… Read more →
Earlier this month I got to attend a beautiful home birth with a really fun couple AND my good bud Morag Hastings from Apple Blossom Families. Occasionally we tag-team births where I provide the birth support and she documents with her birth photography magic. The couple, Erin and Reid, have written their story from each of their perspectives and shared… Read more →
An incredible photo series of a woman catching her own baby was posted in a facebook group and written about recently. It wasn’t known where the images came from or who took them. I went on a hunt to find the source, as the images were so beautiful and powerful I thought they and their story needed to be shared! It… Read more →