Los Angeles Manual Therapy

Los Angeles Manual Therapy Inclusive Care for Reproductive and Pelvic Health

Mother and child are born.I can't find poetry for this post. The simple facts are poetic enough, and words can't jump hi...
04/13/2026

Mother and child are born.

I can't find poetry for this post. The simple facts are poetic enough, and words can't jump high enough to reach how I feel anyway.

This is Petra. She's two weeks old now. We didn't know she was a girl until about five minutes after I guided her little body from my womb to my chest.

The effort and trust it took to bring her here were the biggest challenges of my life, but somehow still simple. Without any medical assistance, without a doula, without anyone but the steady and remarkably trusting presence of , I allowed birth to unfold.

Just ALLOWING is the hardest work.

I enjoyed the exciting and easy beginning of labor with a dip in the river, and sustained through the painful days (yes, days) with patience and tears.

I am deeply proud of myself. Proud of my confidence, my intuition, my body awareness, and my fortitude. I'm proud of my daughter- this beautiful and sweet small human, so strong and so vigorous from the moment she touched down.

Holiday photo dump. Stepping into my third trimester with a full heart, nourished by family visits, holiday meals, and a...
12/30/2025

Holiday photo dump. Stepping into my third trimester with a full heart, nourished by family visits, holiday meals, and a little desert air 🌵

11/19/2025

NUTRITION: You'll have a much higher hill to climb once you're pregnant.

11/07/2025

Preconception planning y'all!

Everybody is on their prenatals but nobody understands that your whole ego and purpose can shift once you step into pregnancy.

It's easy to consider your parental leave policy, but this tension between hustle culture and pregnancy is so much more than that. Especially if you're deep into work, competitions and productivity before pregnancy, what happens when all of a sudden you're growing a placenta and you quite literally have to lie down for two hours every afternoon? What does that do to your sense of self, not to mention your actual ability to keep up the pace you had before pregnancy.

Fertility prep and preconception is SO MUCH about this spiritual shift- anticipating the unknown and being open to the possibility of change.

End rant 😮‍💨

Swipe to the end for a surprise 👉This has been the last 16 weeks of life. 1. The day I knew conception had happened, hig...
10/06/2025

Swipe to the end for a surprise 👉

This has been the last 16 weeks of life.
1. The day I knew conception had happened, high up in the Sierras, after seeing implantation spotting
2. A month or so later with my beautiful mom, the weekend we told my family.
3. On a hike at 11 weeks, a rare pause in the full-spirit fatigue of first trimester.
4. A few days ago at 16 weeks, showing off what is still about 90% bloat, 10% baby.

When I began opening the door to motherhood, I was most interested in the radical transformation I knew it would offer. Even as a birth worker, having witnessed many shed maiden and step into mother, I feel shocked at how quickly that transformation is happening and also WHAT it's looking like.

Its been something akin to ego death. It's jarring, fascinating, and tbh a little scary. I don't know who I am, really. All the little pieces that make up my identity- music, hobbies, goals big and small, work- all feel very very far away from me. I'm feeling myself pulled deeper into the depths of some world that is far away from daily pitter patter of tasks, plans, and projects.

Sure, I can talk about the physical changes, (which are BONKERS, yes) but what we need more conversation around is this spiritual transformation of pregnancy that FOR SURE happens before the birth portal opens, even though labor and birth is the 'rite of passage' that gets all the attention.

Right now I hate social media. I can't keep up. I can't see the point. I can't believe it's necessary for my businesses to thrive.

Right now I only want to be feeling the changing seasons, drinking river water, and being attentive to the deep mystery of my growing baby.

I knew to expect this conflict of capitalism and parenthood, I just didn't know exactly how it would manifest and transpire once I became a parent.

It's the fourth full moon 🌕 of my ten moons with this baby growing, and I am seriously feeling my heightened sensitivity, my openness and spiritual delicacy. I don't know much about my baby, except for how much they are changing me.

This is the transformation, as I'm finding out.

Bleeding in the Woods? 🏕️🩸Messy? Maybe.🌲🩸A Surprise? Not if you're cycle tracking.🌲🩸Medicine? Always.🌲
05/19/2025

Bleeding in the Woods? 🏕️

🩸Messy? Maybe.🌲
🩸A Surprise? Not if you're cycle tracking.🌲
🩸Medicine? Always.🌲

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