Not getting your desired home birth experience can be soul-crushing. Planning and preparing for something that is so deeply important to you, and then having it fall apart, is something that takes time to heal from. Birth experiences are not some willy-nilly thing we get to “do-over” or just a “better luck next time” type of scenario. Conceiving a baby, gestating a baby for months, birthing them, and then integrating a new human who will be yours for your entire life is not a light choice. ...

There are so many ways one can prepare for their homebirth experience. Diet changes, supplements, Spinning Babies, herbs, birth courses...the list goes on and on. As a mother of three and a home birth nerd who binges physiological birth information, there is one method of learning that surpasses all the others. It is the art of storytelling. Hearing other women's birth stories is the most ancient, powerful method that is free for all to develop a deeper understanding of birth & the major...

I attempt to work through unpleasant symptoms in the most gentle way possible and then work my way up as I see fit. That being said, I...