Birth for Joy

10/22/2015

This weekend! Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 1-4. Cash only!

10/08/2015

Wanted to share this event that is happening one week from today to remember our babies gone too soon.

08/28/2015

To produce breast milk, mothers melt their own body fat. Are you with me? We literally dissolve parts of ourselves, starting with gluteal-femoral fat, aka our butts, and turn it into liquid to feed our babies. Before and after giving birth to my daughter 10 months ago, I was inundated with urgent di…

03/23/2015

Sometimes I feel like this!

11/15/2014

11/12/2014

Welcome to our new "likes"!

07/08/2014

Attended an amazing birth last week. Such a joy and honor to be invited into such a sacred space.

06/05/2014

Absolutely! If you breastfed your multiples, please share your tips!

"Unfortunately, although the incidence of twins is increasing due to fertility drugs and treatment, many mothers are discouraged from even attempting to nurse two babies." -Valerie Lavigne, DC, IBCLC

Did you breastfeed your twins (or higher multiples)? What tips do you have for new moms?

For more information, visit: http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Breastfeeding/breastfeeding-twins.html

06/05/2014

The web site is undergoing a face lift and getting new content. It is currently unavailable but will be back soon!

06/04/2014

If you’re reading this, it’s because I care about you, and I want you to rock your birth. I believe you deserve the best. If “rocking your birth” sounds like something other people do, and you just want to “get through it” with a healthy baby—girl, raise your expectations. You’re both too valuabl…

06/04/2014

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.
~ Robin Lim

05/19/2014

"The wisdom and compassion a woman can intuitively experience in childbirth can make her a source of healing and understanding for other women.” ~Stephen Gaskin

05/16/2014

05/11/2014

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's and Mommies to be!

02/17/2014

Awesome stuff!

As I had never used this animal before I looked up it's symbolic meaning after I painted the mandala and I was so pleased this matched KJ so perfectly (in my eyes).

01/14/2014

Oh my!

Jessica Escobedo gave birth to her third child, Melanie, without a hitch on Dec. 10 at Oak Bend Medical Center outside of Houston. But the next day, when a nurse brought in a baby who was supposed to be hers, Escobedo was horrified to discover it was not her little girl.

01/12/2014

"Childbirth is a time when a woman's power and strength emerge full force, but it is also a vulnerable time, and a time of many changes presenting opportunities for personal growth."

ANNEMARIE VAN OPLOO, Janet Schwegel's Adventures in Natural Childbirth