Safe & Sound Births

10/26/2025

Besides the baby, some day these warm blankets are the best part 😆

10/22/2025

Breech is a variation of normal. 💪❤️💪

🚗 Will travel for Breech — Births and Workshops! 💫

We recently traveled to Carroll County to attend a vaginal breech birth for a family that had been planning a hospital birth but were only offered cesarean as baby persisted in his breech positioning. It was an incredible and successful vaginal breech birth — and this week we’re traveling for breech again… this time to New York!

We’re headed to a breech workshop with Kristine Lauria and Nicole Morales, two incredible CPMs whose experience and wisdom continue to shape the way breech birth is understood and supported. Continuous learning is such an important part of this work, and we’re always grateful for the opportunity to refine our hands, hearts, and minds.

We’ve had births that have challenged us deeply — moments that have taught us more than any textbook ever could. Those experiences are exactly why we continue to learn, grow, and show up for families. We believe in informed choice and in supporting those who feel called to a physiologic breech birth with safety, skill, and transparency.

When one of our own clients has a breech baby, we support a full range of options: continuing a planned vaginal breech homebirth, pursuing an external cephalic version (ECV), or supporting a hospital planned vaginal breech birth or cesarean (we especially appreciate the supportive providers at GW).

We’re also honored to assist families who:
💫 Were planning a homebirth with a midwife who does not attend breech births and want additional support.
💫 Planned a hospital birth but are seeking a team experienced in physiologic vaginal breech birth.

We’re happy to travel beyond our usual service area to support these families, knowing how limited breech birth options are in Maryland — because every family deserves access to skilled, respectful care.

Every birth deserves to be met with knowledge, calm, and trust.

10/18/2025

Amazon sent me the wrong pelvis! I wanted the movable one! But it's lovely I came home to this box on my front steps. Good thing no porch pirates saw it! 🤣🙃🤣 🏴‍☠️☠️

10/16/2025

When you're teaching HypnoBirthing and you want your students to take you seriously.

10/16/2025

Trigger Warning!

October is crisp mornings, beautiful colors, and fun. But October is also Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month. This is a cause close to my heart. I have supported a mom with seven previous losses have her first live birth. I've held the hands of so many women meeting their rainbow babies. I've been there when no heartbeat could be found and a sleeping baby was birthed. It is absolutely the hardest part of my job, but I am grateful I could be there with the families who needed my support during those impossible times.

Tonight, join The Wave of Light to remember all those babies lost. I'll never have a Halloween go by without wondering what Tyler or Margot would have dressed up as. Ill never forget them. Sending so much love to all the families affected by this.

10/10/2025

Come on out tomorrow for The Climb on Saturday, October 11th (9–11 AM) at Discoveries: The Library at the Mall.

This PSI event brings parents, professionals, and support services together to raise awareness for perinatal mental health.

You’ll find:
👶 Babywearing experts
🤱Lactation consultants
🤰 Doulas & midwives
🧠 Mental health providers
🚗 Car seat safety (CPST)
🧎‍♀️And stay after for a free yoga class 11:10! BYOM
🌿 Because every parent’s journey is unique; and no one should have to climb it alone.

see event page here - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17LN7Tv6oz/

10/08/2025

WooHoo!! I am officially CARROT approved! If you're not familiar with CARROT, it's a women owned company that offers financial support with your IVF journey, including birth doula reimbursement! Reach out today with any questions. I'm happy to talk birth anytime!

10/04/2025

This is why I teach each of my birth clients Spinning Babies techniques 👏👏👏

We’re excited to share the findings of a new report published in the European Journal of Midwifery on the Spinning Babies® approach and its role in promoting fetal head rotation during labor.

Key Findings:
✅ Women whose babies began labor in occiput-posterior or occiput-transverse positions, 93.3% of those who used Spinning Babies® techniques experienced rotation to the anterior position by delivery.

💡In contrast, only 63.6% of women in the control group (who did not use Spinning Babies®) saw that rotation.

✅ Use of Spinning Babies® was associated with a 45% increased likelihood of achieving anterior positioning (RR = 1.45; 95% CI: 1.23–1.72), after adjustment for parity and analgesia.

What does this mean?
While the study is retrospective and further research is needed, these results suggest that Spinning Babies® techniques may help support more optimal fetal positioning during labor, potentially making the birthing process smoother for many women. 🫶

We’re thrilled to see clinicians and researchers beginning to examine what many of us in the birth-work community have long observed. ❤️

Read the full report at https://f.mtr.cool/txpuhaopbz

09/30/2025

Shout out to this teacher's room at Severna Park Middle School 😂 my daughter's dance class is held there and I couldn't pass this by without sharing.

09/28/2025

Had a wonderful day at the park! ❤️ Thanks for stopping by and talking birth with me!!

09/27/2025

Pasadena peeps! Come out & see me tomorrow. Let's talk birth, baby!! ❤️😍❤️