Hiking up a steep mountain trail can reveal a few things about giving birth and supporting someone during birth. I did a big backcountry camping trip this past summer and here’s what I came away with in regards to birth: 1. On the way up, I was behind my group and struggling to keep up. I was annoyed I wasn’t… Read more →
I have had so many conversations recently with peers who are trying to get pregnant (and some planning to avoid pregnancy) that I think it’s time to do a little P.S.A. There is some incredibly simple and important information about your cycle that we all *should have* learned in high school biology class, but for some reason didn’t, and to… Read more →
The placenta is one of the most amazing organs of the human body. Whenever we can, we try to show our doula students a real placenta in doula training.
Check out this video tour of the anatomy of the placenta, amniotic sac and umbilical cord!
If you are interested in our Wise Woman Way of Birth doula training program, visit our course page!
This is a story of an amazing home birth I was at a few years ago. My client wrote her story and published it on her blog, so I asked if I could share an exerpt of it here. Please visit her website to view the full story and her insight into why birth is such a touchy subject and… Read more →
Breech birth, a variation of normal human birth that occurs in 3-4% of births, is something that has become a bit of a lost “art”, if you can call it that. There was a period of time where, based on a study that has long since been debated (the Term Breech Trial), it was thought that all breech babies should… Read more →