Vancouver Home Birth May 2016
“There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” ~ Laura Stavoe Harm When you feel the waves of contractions days and weeks before your…
“There is a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” ~ Laura Stavoe Harm When you feel the waves of contractions days and weeks before your…
Last week I got to spend this sunny spring day witnessing two people becoming parents. It was a beautiful peaceful home birth. Their baby was brought into the world surrounded by love from his maternal grandparents, doula, and midwives. This…
Sometimes first births go really fast. This was my first birth of 2016, it sure started the year off with a bang! I joined my clients at home, within an hour I could tell it…
Two years ago in Vancouver, BC I attended a beautiful fast home water birth that was quick and powerful. I was contacted about 8 months ago to document this families second birth. There is nothing better…
In the womb the placenta feeds your baby and removes waste. During birth it becomes natures built in resuscitation device. It continues to feed our babies oxygenated blood, immediately after birth, so your baby's transition from living in water…