Zoey Jean, The beginning. Ever since I was little I always pictured Zoey as one of my little blond babies, running around the farm naked. At 32 years old she finally found me and decided she would rather be a redhead. She was a surprise baby. Babies were not on the table since I was […]

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about the clues I see that show the end of midwifery regulation is near. Download this podcast transcript

Little Celosia started refusing to wear a diaper and pretty painlessly and quickly learned to use the potty recently. In the ensuing weeks I have had a lot of time to sit with her while she poops, and it has been alarming to me how much I have used my doula/midwifey skills which probably which […]

On this episode I talk with my dear friend, Julie Nitz, about preparing for a peaceful postpartum. Download this podcasts transcript

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk with my longtime friend, Stephanie Vuolo, about what I call “nutrition for the new paradigm.” Learn more about Stephanie here. Download this podcast transcript here

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In this episode of Taking Back Birth, hear the freebirth story of a woman who ignored “everyone” but herself. Download This Podcast Transcript

I’ve been asked about this a few times recently, since I am not so secretly disappointed that the community I live in is not as supportive and enthusiastic about the ideas and implications of physiological birth as I wish they were. This is a nice way of saying, I whine a lot about people choosing […]