This is a beautiful video of an elephant giving birth. It is graphic (meaning it shows everything and is an accurate portrayal of a real birthing event). It gets a bit dramatic after the baby is born, as she’s not breathing right away. The mother’s love is evident from the very beginning.
I wish they […]

A new report out by Consumer Reports is confirming what many of us already knew - women need CARE in their birth experience, not machines.
Don’t get me wrong - I love technology. I’m a bit of a technophile, in fact. But not when it comes to women and birth. Not when it overrides Nature and […]

I have had an amazing week. I got to work with four clients, and each experience was very different. One mama was still in the hospital when I got her capsules finished, so she could start taking them before she even got home. One client had her baby at the new birth center with a […]

Tonight I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of expectant parents, who were going through a childbirth education course offered by Hypnobirthing Las Vegas. It was the final class of a 5-week course, and the topic was postpartum. Among many other topics discussed by the fabulous facilitator (and doula) Sherry Hopkins was a […]