How do you envision birth? While preparing for natural childbirth, you may have already visualized how your birth may go. If you close your eyes and imagine your baby being born, are there bright lights and people …Read more
Childbirth
Are “Natural Induction Methods” truly Natural?
I know those last few weeks of pregnancy are hard. Your body is worn out. You're more tired than you've ever been in your life and you can't get any sleep between needing to pee and trying to find a comfortable position …Read more
Mindful Birthing: The Stages of Labor
When preparing for natural childbirth, like preparing for any new experience, it can be tremendously helpful to educate yourself on what to expect. If this is your first baby, or if you are planning to experience labor …Read more
A Due Date is an Estimation, not an Expiration
The final weeks of your sacred pregnancy often seem to drag on. You’re heavy and tired. You’re eager to meet your baby. You feel like you have been, and will be, pregnant forever and… ugh. Then you feel guilt for feeling …Read more
Is Natural Birth Possible in a Hospital?
(Photo by Kelly Jordan Photography) It seems most birth stories these days involve an induction followed by a cascade of interventions that almost half of the time ends in a c-section. Mothers-to-be often express a fear …Read more
How to Plan for a Gentle Cesarean
Approximately 1 in 3 babies is born surgically; making cesarean sections the most common surgical procedure in the United States. Many new moms who have given birth by cesarean section feel cheated, disappointed and may …Read more
How to Host a Blessingway: Preparing for a Sacred Birth
“Whatever happens here on Earth, must first be dreamed.” – Navajo saying Incorporating meaningful rituals to honor our rites of passages throughout life was always something our ancestors did. These rituals help us to …Read more
Preparing for an Unmedicated Birth with Hypnosis
You've heard the stories and seen the films. Modern media and society don't often portray birth in a positive light. As a population, we are conditioned to think of birth as an experience to be feared but you know …Read more
Birth Story: Beautiful Birth of Hazel Rose
By: Sian Maria Pilkington The spring and summer of 2014 marked a time of great transition in the life that I call my own. My menstrual cycle eventually returned, 19 months postpartum, to the tumultuous time of the …Read more
10 Tips for Having a Natural Childbirth
(Would you rather watch this post? See below for the video version) With the continual rise in cesarean sections and the often inaccurate, frightening images we are shown of labor and birth in the media, it’s no wonder …Read more