Aware Birth & Beyond

04/29/2026

04/27/2026

Swimming season is coming! Be safe!
See if you can get your kiddos into swimming lessons. 🐠🐟🐠

04/15/2026

Freedom of choice, baby! 😎

You absolutely have the right to labor at home as long as you need to before arriving at the hospital, or your birth center, or stay at home, if that’s what you want.

You also have the freedom to choose to come to the hospital early if that’s where you feel safest.

What matters is that you are aware of your choices and empowered to choose what fits your values and needs for yourself and your family.

If we had a system that respected women’s right to make medical decisions for themselves, then women might not feel the need to avoid and wait until the very last moment before arriving at the medical facility. Just saying. 😉

04/15/2026

It was a great day to be outside!! ☀️

Sometimes we need to take our vitamins and get a little sunshine to get out of a funk.

That can help, but more than anything we need each other. ✨People need people.

Four years ago we made a big move across the country to my husband's new job in Alabama. We have four kids, and my youngest was six months old at the time.

I didn’t have any local connections to speak of. I started struggling with some postpartum anxiety/ depression.

I’m grateful for the steps that led me to finding my kind of people. 💕 The last four years have been so full of kind and loving people and friendships!

Today I am grateful. I am well. I’m not alone.

If you were having a rough day… please remember
You are not alone.
With support you can be well!