Ten Ways to Prepare for Birth
Here is an amazing article you MUST read. It’s entitled Ten Holistic Ways to Prepare for the Intensity of Birth written by Virginia Bobro of Birthing From Within. The link is a pdf so you can easily print it out. I know I’m going to print out copies of it for my childbirth classes. Enjoy! (I think [...]
I’m Officially A Birthing From Within Certified Doula!
Last week I got an amazing email from Birthing From Within letting me know that I am officially a Birthing From Within Certified Doula. How cool is that? At this juncture in my life, I’ve attended 30 births so it’s about dang time that I became a legit certified doula. Technically, since 2007 I have [...]
Birthing From Within Childbirth Class – March 7th – Tallahassee, FL
The next Birthing From Within six week childbirth class will begin on March 7th. Classes are held at The Birth Cottage in Tallahassee, FL and are from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. For more information please visit this page. To hold your spot please contact Lindsey by filling out the contact form here, or calling 850*339*2606, or emailing lindsey@motherrisingbirth.com [...]
My Pregnancy Photo Shoot – May 2009
I had the privilege of having Lindsey of Llore Photography (Tallahassee, FL) take amazing pictures of my husband and I when I was about 33 weeks pregnant. We had so much fun! These photos are priceless to me (I even used two of them for my business logos) and am so happy we decided to have that [...]
3rd Trimester Swelling
Facebook was helping me reminisce today of the past six years of my life. 2009 nine was a year of epic proportions (in my life anyways) because my son, Gabriel, was born. Of the photos in 2009, I found two to make me laugh aloud. Please join in the giggles… The toes on the left are [...]
Where’s the Writing on the Wall?
I’ve gotta have a laugh at myself. You see, I spend hours and hours working with parents in my childbirth classes talking about how pregnancy, birth and parenting is a step into the unknown, and you can influence, control and plan some things but in general you can’t plan or control birth. However, I went in to my [...]
Lions and Birth Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
My head is spinning! At first I was very relieved to have a diagnosis. I was happy to have something to work with and to have a plan. However, the unknown of my future potential birth(s) seems to be looming around the peripheral of my mind. Ya’ll, I have serious birth tigers (a birth tiger is a fear [...]
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