I was privileged to be called on for your birthing time, Melanie. For the birth of your 3rd child, you had decided to look into the help of a doula, and I was ecstatic. Each pregnancy, you had desired an unmediated birth but, every time, you had opted for an epidural. I promised I would [...]
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Welcome Tres!
Posted in Hospital NCB, Obstetricians, Shoulder Dystocia, Unmedicated on April 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Baby Born
Posted in Hospital NCB, Obstetricians, Shoulder Dystocia, Unmedicated, VBAC, tagged Doula Story on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
L and MA. What a ride, what a journey. L, the day I ‘met’ you online, I coveted becoming your doula. You were full of passion, a desire for a healing birth, and an aura of strength and wisdom that I did not often see in my mommas. You had previously had a cesarean with [...]
C’s Birth
Posted in Hospital NCB, Obstetricians, Shoulder Dystocia, Unmedicated, tagged Doula Story on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a journey, what a ride. Let’s start a few months prior. When I first met you, B, and you found out what I do for a living, your first words were ‘You’re crazy’. As time wore on, though, and your belly began to blossom and grow, your interest began to pique. Bee, your mom, [...]