I Can't Afford a Homebirth and Other Money Issues

business

First Babies Can Fall Out But Often They Don't

Taking Back Birth

Are You a Birth Witch?

Spirituality

How We Named 
Our Babies

Mothering

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The new paradigm is such that we MUST use our discretion and our internal compass to know what, who, why or when is right (or not right for us). Gone are the days of “I work with every single woman that comes my way” unless someone chooses to be there or needs to learn those […]

Honoring Our Yes or No in Birthwork

Taking Back Birth

With the darkness coming to an end, we release that which does not serve. And heading into the light, we can have appreciation for it and imagine what we will create! Come with me on this journey through my last year; the highlights and low points and lessons. Perhaps it will inspire you to do […]

Winter Solstice and My Year in Review

Taking Back Birth

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A short channeled podcast about the sacred space that is created within us AFTER birth and how if we could just honor that, our world would change.

The Transformation that IS Postpartum

Podcast

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A more recent review of what is in my prenatal and birth bags nowadays! Most of the items I carry are pretty standard (outside of the fun stuff for prenatals!), but I thought that this might inspire questions or thoughts especially for those students that are putting together equipment and tools for themselves.

What’s In Maryn’s Birth Bag?

Taking Back Birth

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We are so thrilled that a mama we serve showed her birth video to the world via social media! There was SO MUCH beautiful, positive and downright amazing feedback. There were also lots of questions about normal birth, how babies transition to life AND about radical midwifery. So with Kendra’s permission, I recorded a second […]

Kendra’s Birth and Commentary

Birth Videos

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The last few years have changed ALL of us. This is not an exhaustive list but just a peek into the ways I’ve been altered in my own life, and how these differences have rippled out to the way I embody the role of midwife. Change is good, and I am always excited to see […]

How I’ve Changed as a Midwife

Taking Back Birth

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I’m releasing this as a public podcast for all if you’d love to be a fly on the wall and hear the beliefs about birth that I share for women here locally that are curious about midwifery care. It feels good to just get it out there, one again, in this present version, so that […]

My 5 Beliefs About Birth

Taking Back Birth

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What a deep, dark internal time it’s been! Sharing all the happenings, inside and out that have been going on seasonally and personally. And it’s related to birth because this idea of being present and non-attached manifested this week for me in midwife role and I wanted to share all about that. What do you […]

Bringing Nothing to Birth

Taking Back Birth

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Margo and I recorded this New Moon zoom all about the darker parts of pregnancy and birth and the role we serve in as midwives. Listen in as we share stories, and talk about the tools and ways we hold the mirror for the women we serve in this way. We talk about miscarriage and […]

The Deeper Shadow Side of Pregnancy and Birth and How We Support That as Midwives

Taking Back Birth

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