This frustrating statistic is one that most of us are familiar with, so I’m not posting to tell you something I think you don’t already...

If you are or have been pregnant, chances are good that you’ve experienced a myriad of changes in your body. The hormones of pregnancy...

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Introduction On January 21, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Snohomish, Washington. Now, nearly nineteen months later,...

Whether you're giving birth for the first time or the fifth, sixth, and so on, discovering that labor has started releases a myriad of...

As healthcare has become more modernized and bodily processes more medicalized, so too has the natural physiological experience of...

This is the sacred beauty of “The Golden Hour.” Those precious first moments after birth when mothers and babies, bathed in oxytocin and...

Third trimester of pregnancy is often the time when the realization of labor and birth finally becomes real. Forty weeks of gestation...

There are so many important decisions to make before, during, and after pregnancy. Many people find themselves feeling overwhelmed and...

So many times, I hear women say things like: "My doctor won't let me go past my due date. He/she says I have to be induced." "I want to...

Yes, they really can! Many studies have demonstrated the benefits a doula can have on labor and birth, both for mothers and babies! They...

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Making the decision to hire a doula is just as important as selecting your caregiver and where you will give birth. The doula you choose...