It can be patient. It can be supported. It can be evidence based. It can be tender, sensitive. It can be empowering as you work with your body to bring your baby into your arms. It can be uninhibited. It can transform you, it can reimagine your world into one that centers around a new beginning. Birth can be this. For you.
this is what birth can be.
When I started this journey in 2016, I had no idea what I was signing up for. Truly. I thought I knew birth because I had been through it. I witnessed a homebirth. Then a few more. Then VBAC stories and primary cesareans and second trimester loss. I started learning that everything I thought I knew was so narrow.
So I began again. I began a doula program through Birth Arts International, I devoured anything and everything birth: from podcasts to research studies to books to birth stories shared by family and friends. I submersed myself into all of it. Now not just my own experiences shape me. They shape me as a doula, as an artist, as an advocate. Whether you’re ready to start your journey with birth support and documentary art yet or not— I’m here for you. Have a question? Just ask.