I trust you and I trust your intuitions. When I enter your birth space, it is with respect, awe, and gentleness. Do not expect me to sweep in and “save the day”. I will not come in and take control. This is your birth and you are in control. To be on your birth team is an honor and a privilege, and the impact I might have in that moment is not something I take lightly. With that in mind, know that I am 100% tuned in. I am listening intently to your breath, your moans, your words (I write this...

As I continue in my second full year as a birth doula, I have been contemplating my values as a birthworker. The most important value for me is physiologic birth. The ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association) defines physiologic birth as a birth where the baby is birthed vaginally following a labor which has not been modified by medical interventions. I wholeheartedly believe that God made women to instinctively know how to birth our babies. I also understand that medical...