Pregnancy is an exciting journey, but let’s be honest—those early weeks are often full of questions. Every little symptom can make you wonder if everything is on track. If you’re […]
Birth Stories
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How to cut your odds of having a cesarean when you don’t really need one? In North America, including both Canada and the US, approximately 34% of births occur through […]
What is the secret to getting you feeling incredibly confident about giving birth? I’ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of women to give birth more easily and successfully, […]
Are you having trouble figuring out how best to share your pregnancy news with a friend struggling with infertility? Generally telling family and friends you’re pregnant is a joyful event. […]
With Shannon’s first birth – she felt overwhelmed by the contractions of labour. She told me that if contractions are like waves, then that first time, they were pulling her […]
Immerse yourself in positive birth culture with stories like this, and feel the trust in your body strengthening. Here is Jill’s experience… Labour got started for me much later in the […]
My husband and I are pretty private people, but I wanted to share my story so that it will help other mamas as they prepare. My positive birth story Resources: […]
Everett Robert was born a little earlier than expected at 37 weeks on Feb. 21 at 743am. He weighed a whopping 5 lb. 10 oz. Lol. We are all doing […]
Our birth story… What I learnt throughout this birth of our first child Émanuel (Manu for short), was that for the rest of my life starting now, things may not […]
Our cultural narrative around birth is scary and negative. But positive births do exist and each time you read one, you build trust in your body. In that spirit, here is […]
Only between 4-6% of babies are both on their due dates! So it’s much more likely that you will have your baby on some other day. That’s why I prefer […]
“The birth was the most beautiful and empowering time I will ever have in my life.” ~Laura England Myla Grace Myla Grace entered our world at 10:51am on April 3rd. […]
There were a few different ideas of when our “due date” was. According to the pie chart at the doctor’s office – the one that calculates a due date based […]
I went to sleep Thursday night feeling really restless. I had a bit of cramping and uncomfortableness but ended up finally falling asleep around 3am. My husband got up to […]
I woke at 5:00 am on July 8th with regular surges, nine days past my guess date. I was very excited that things were finally starting, but I still tried […]