[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Dear Amazing, Pregnant Woman: Respect yourself and your intuition. Respect that you know what is right for you and for your baby. Respect the once-in–lifetime duo that is you and your baby; motherbaby. Respect your physical body, […]

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.4.9″ text_font=”Cardo||||||||” text_font_size=”19px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Talking about licensing midwives lately is drawing on my patience. I do feel it is divisive among midwives and wish in many ways the discussion would cease and maybe the mothers would stand up and […]

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I take a close look at how to approach early pregnancy. Here are just a few of the things I discuss… How to set the stage for what your pregnancy is going to be like. Why early pregnancy is such a sacred time and some suggestions for how […]

In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I take a close look at prenatal care. Here are just a few of the things I discuss… What really IS prenatal care? It’s got to be about more than charts and numbers… and it is! Why looking for prenatal care from the wrong sources can affect your […]

It’s been a rough couple of months here in birth work (and in life in general for many of us) and I wanted to share with you some major things I have learned. Some of it old, some of it new, some due to karma and circumstance and self-analysis and some due to the support […]

Normal. What does that mean anymore? normal (nôrˈməl) adj. Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical: normal room temperature; one’s normal weight; normal diplomatic relations. adj. Biology Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies. (http://www.wordnik.com/words/normal) The status quo-AND/OR-“biology functioning in a natural way”. […]

What makes birth “safe”? The answer to this depends on so many things…who is answering, what their beliefs may be and how they see the world. It’s that controversial; and the answers to this question have created fear in some women, empowerment in others. It is the question that has led to the licensing of […]

December, 2012 To the Assistant to the Attorney General of Arizona Director of the Arizona Dept. of Health Arizona Office of Special License-Midwife Licensing And to all the women that are concerned about their birthing options…. Two years ago, I served a wonderful, passionate, loving woman whose dream it was to birth at home after […]