by Carrie | May 7, 2013 | Blog
I became a doula because I want to support women on one of the most important days of their lives. Like any other day, the day you give birth should be a day where you’re treated with kindness and compassion, a day where you feel respected and heard, no matter what...
by Carrie | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog
(Steer clear if you don’t want Downton Abbey Season 3 spoilers) Here’s a compendium of birth-related links I’ve recently found interesting. I poke around in the internet birth community quite a bit, so I’m hoping to make this a semi-regular...
by Carrie | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog
“There is a secret in our culture and it is not that birth is painful but that women are strong.” Click for a fascinating and unexpected perspective on this common quote about birth. via Midwife International
by Carrie | Dec 9, 2012 | Blog
Transforming Maternity Care has an amazing online database of statistics, numbers, and graphs pertaining to pregnancy, birth and maternity care in the US. I poked around a little bit over there this morning; it’s so interesting to see this kind of information...
by Carrie | Dec 5, 2012 | Blog
Did you catch the December 4th episode of The Mindy Project? Because it was all about midwifery and it didn’t portray the profession in a positive light. At all. I’m so disappointed with what I just watched and I’m not the only one who found the...
