The birth story of our third baby — Jonah Lee! Our rainbow baby made his debut at 41w2d after a 14 hour labor. Born in the same bathtub as his big sister and into my hands.

Ask a doula what their journey was to becoming a doula and chances are you’ll here a different, unique story every time. This is my journey of how and why I chose to become a doula!

I think every mom should be able to feed their baby in whatever way is best for them without judgement or opinions. So if breastfeeding is how you’d prefer to feed your baby, I hope this post can serve as a resource to help you not only prepare, but to enjoy, your breastfeeding journey.

A birth center water birth. Supported by an amazing birth team: my husband, my mom, my midwife, and my doula.

I want to thank you. Thank you for choosing a profession where your work might be undervalued or overlooked. I want to thank you for having a heart to serve — a heart to face the hard, exhausting, emotional, sometimes gross, and sometimes grief-stricken job that you go to every day.

The story of my firstborn’s birth. A hospital induction with an epidural. 12 hours later, and our daughter was here! Born with a cleft lip and palate, it was an emotional and healing birth after months of fear and worry.

The story of how we found out our daughter would be born with a cleft lip and palate.