Grab your notebook and your pen because you will want to take notes on this one friends! 

Lets dive into the first part of a 3 part series to help you prepare for you birth journey! 

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Are your fears around birth preventing you from diving deeper? In this short episode I share an personal example of what I was avoiding and how I leaned into it anyway. 

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I don't think that you should need a birth class.. but the truth is that most of us do. In the episode I talk about why 

How trust is the biggest thing that can impact how you labor and give birth and what you can do to help rebuild that trust within yourself. 

I cant wait for you to dive in! 

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Ok so vulnerability is here today in this quick episode. Talking about whining and how that can show up for us as adults and my personal experience with this in my own home. 

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Lets talk about those pesky people that love to share how terrifying birth is.

First thing, if you have people like this in your life please know that although they mean well it is not your job to carry their trauma.

This is not their story, it is yours.

When I was pregnant , preparing for my home birth with my last baby I called the insurance company to see if they would cover any of my home birth or doula care.

What I got instead of support was a lecture on how irresponsible I was for choosing to give birth at home.

Luckily for me I could recognize that she does not know what I know. She has been fed the fear soup and drank it all up before asking what the ingredients were. So I thanked her for her concern but assured her that I feel confident in my choice as I hung up the phone.

You too my love may get negative Nancy's trying to rain in your birth pool. So how will you protect your space ?

🔆 It could be you vocalizing your boundaries of what sort of images,  stories and energy your surrounding yourself in

🔆It could be physically removing yourself

🔆It could be imagining an impenetrable bubble around yourself not allowing anyone's stories to influence the way that you feel about your experience.

Here is another example: A client of mine had been surrounded by friends that told her their bodies never dilated on their own and that they HAD to be induced in order to go into labor. Sadly her subconscious mind did fall victim to believing that too. Because not only was it friends but it was also her provider …. So at 42 weeks and no baby yet, she was in fact induced. Now who's to say why this happened. It could have been a range of different reasons , one could have been that her baby and body just didn't feel that it was safe enough to go into labor yet.

I would love to know your thoughts on this and if you have any stories you'd like to share with me ? just respond to this email and I would love to read it!

☮How do you protect your peace?

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I wanted to give you all a house up date and chat about hormone health in this weeks Breakfast Table chat! Lets dive in!

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This first time mom takes us on a journey through getting pregnant,  going through labor and giving birth to her first baby!

Sidsie is actually a TMAB graduate! So I was so anxiously waiting to hear her story! Join me as she shares her story with me for the first time.

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If you looking for some inspiration that your body is made to birth , this story will help give that to you! Kayla May is a first time mom that gave birth quickly! Barely making it to the hospital to give birth to her daughter unmedicated. Listen to how she prepared herself and her partner on this wild journey! 

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Did you catch my IG live? In not that's ok! This is the audio from it and I'm so excited to share it here on this platform with you all. 

Topics discussed 

1. people pleasing and how it can show up in pregnancy, in labor and in postpartum 

2. How you can navigate understanding if you have the "need to please" and start to open up the door to healing for you 

3. What specific tools I've integrated into my birth classes to help enhance your mind / body connection as well as deepening your partnership with your partner for birth and postpartum. 

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Wow wow wow! What an episode ! Ali Thomas aka The Embracing Doula is here to share her unique birth stories! I brought her on because you all asked for a positive hospital birth story and you got it! This episode really shows just how unpredictable labor and birth can be and that being prepared for anything on your birth journey can really help avoid trauma and help you have an empowering experience no matter what obstacles come your way.  Ali was a blast to have on the podcast! I hope you walk away with a lot more knowledge that you can take into your own birth experience. Enjoy!

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Recourses from the episode: 

The Birth Partner 

Evidence Based Birth Podcast