The first few weeks and months after baby arrives can be very intense and may feel like a roller coaster of emotions and exhaustion. ...

May is International Doula Month and while I was doing a bit of research to write this post, I came across an article that confirms what...

April is Cesarean Awareness month. The World Health Organization considers the ideal cesarean rate to be 10-15%. However, in the US,...

Spring is right around the corner with warmer temps and snow melting rapidly. What a perfect time to make a regular practice of getting...

It's February and Valentine's month. While I am not a huge fan of celebrating Valentine's Day (if you are, that's great), I am all about...

A few weeks ago it was National Kindness Day and ever since then I have been thinking about this quote by Dr. Marshall Klaus: "Be very...

As if pregnancy didn't cause enough stress as it is...morning sickness; worry that baby will be ok; fear of labor and so on; now you have...

These are stressful times for everybody. Pregnancy and childbirth under normal circumstances can be stressful enough. Over the last few...

Within the last 2 weeks I have seen 3 posts on the local Helena facebook classifieds asking for the opinions and experiences of others...

It's a new year and many have made resolutions that they will not keep. I stopped making resolutions a long time ago because there is a...

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from the store. Maybe...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) made the following statement about doulas in January 2017: "The...

Last week I sat in my chair feeling mentally and physically exhausted. I just wanted to be 4 again and curl up in my Mom's lap. I longed...

My mantra for birthwork is “your birth memories should be precious”. It is appropriate for every service I provide whether it's doula...

What do oxytocin and Valentine's Day have in common? Well they are both associated with love. Dr. Michel Odent, world renowned...

It has been many years since I've made any New Year's resolutions. Resolution is defined as “a firm decision to do or not do something”....

There was a time when you would be surrounded by your mother, sisters, grandmother, aunts and female cousins during not only birth but...

“A baby shower is a way to celebrate the expected or delivered birth of a child by presenting gifts to the mother at a party, whereas...

While doing research for planning the postpartum support group I recently started, I googled “facilitating postpartum support group”....

There is a general consensus that childbirth is painful. For centuries women have been enduring the pain of childbirth. And searching for...