What are the Differences Between Home and Birth Center?
Once upon a time I owned a gorgeous birth center here in LA. It was a dream of mine as there were no birth centers open in LA at the...
Why My Best Friend is Planning to Lose Her Uterus
Over the last several months I have been supporting my best friend and client with her devastating discovery that she would not only not...
Weekend Adventure -Midwives in Maui
Last week my hospital client delivered at 40 weeks and 3 days. Meaning I had a week before my next client was in her due window (37-42...
Aunt Flow and The Trash Heap
Ok admit it...I picked this photo for shock value. I've never have poured my menstrual blood into my plants. But I have heard its quite...
Heart-filling testimonial in my in box...
I woke to this in my inbox and a hummingbird right out side my door as I opened it this morning...off to a beautiful start!!! "I had the...
Why Are We Asking Doctors if Women Should Have Midwives?
A recent article asks. Good point, why are we asking doctors what women need in childbirth? This article fittingly titled Birth...
The End of a Chapter
Today we officially announced the closing of our birth center The Sanctuary. Here is a part of the letter I wrote for our website. "To...
The wound is the place where the light enters you...
This is one of the hardest post I have ever done... The day I thought we would be married I said: what about my eyes? God said: Keep them...
School Work
So yesterday I took my first official test in my new midwifery school. So happy to say after the very emotional week that I have...
Shedding the skins that keep me from you...
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me, Threatening the life it belongs to And I feel like I'm naked in front of...