My Birth Philosophy
Your birth experience matters.
Birth is the ultimate adventure.
Birth is beautiful, holy, sacred, powerful & challenging.
Physiological birth works.
Every birth is a unique & new, no matter how many times you’ve stepped into the birth space before.
Honoring & advocate for the mother/baby dyad.
A mother’s intuition should be the #1 voice. Mothers are wise, capable, strong & intuitive.
Pregnancy, childbirth & postpartum should never be walked through alone.
Every mother has a birthright to the birth of her dreams.
Your birth is up to you & not up to luck.
It is within your being to have a blissful & ecstatic birth.
Every mother who wants birth support, deserves birth support.
Mothers do not need saved from their births, either by a doula or a medical provider.
oak /ōk/
A strong, hard wood tree that bears acorns as fruit - in Celtic tradition, the oak tree and acorn symbolize the interconnectedness of all life and the cycles of nature. The oak tree represents strength, stability, and endurance. The acorn represents fertility, renewal, and the promise of a new beginning. Childbirth is an oceanic portal to a brief destination inside a women’s soul. She embarks on the exploration of her own capacity and comes out transformed and powerful. She is strength, stability, and endurance. She is renewed and has brought forth the new beginning of life. She may waver, but she will not move. She is an oak tree, as strong as they come.
olive /ˈäləv/
A small, greyish-green, oval fruit - symbolizing peace and hope. It signals a time of integrity and peaceful power when one is asked to own the decisions that they have made. Each mother deserves to walk into her birthing space confident, empowered, and with a sense of ownership. Each mother deserves to have sovereignty over her birth, which brings a deep sense of peace over what is to come.
“Whenever and however you give birth, your experience will impact your emotions, your mind, your body, and your spirit for the rest of your life.”
Ina May Gaskin