Along with many other families from all over the country, you’re thinking about relocating to beautiful Colorado. I may not be a Colorado “native” (that’s the first thing you need to know about Colorado – the people who were born and raised here refer to themselves as natives. It’s a thing. You’ll see the bumper… Continue Reading So You’re Moving Your Family to Colorado
It’s so easy to become overwhelmed with all the things people say you need to do once you’re carrying another human inside of you. I assure you, everyone from your relatives to someone you bump into from high school to the guy behind you in the checkout line has an opinion about your pregnancy that… Continue Reading I’m Pregnant. What Do I Do Now?
Birth fear is something that has been handed down to us in the last few generations. Everywhere you turn, people are more than willing to tell you the horror story of their birth or their fear of dying during childbirth. It hasn’t always been this way. There was a time when birth was just a… Continue Reading Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Birth?
Excitement is in the air! Baby is coming soon and it’s time to start thinking about your baby shower! Planning a baby shower can be a lot of fun if you take it in small pieces and plan ahead a little. There are lots of things to think about when it comes to baby shower etiquette… Continue Reading Colorado Mountain Doulas’s Baby Shower Planning Tips
Twenty years ago today I became a mother for the very first time. Originally I had planned to come here and write out a beautiful birth story for him, but the reality is that his birth wasn’t beautiful. There were a lot of things that happened that affected me for a long long time. There… Continue Reading The Birth of Christopher Michael
Do you know? This is a question I get a lot in my personal life when I meet new people. The simple definition put out by my certifying agency, ProDoula is: “A trained person without emotional attachment to the family, offering supportive services in an unbiased, nonjudgmental way. This is done in exchange for a… Continue Reading What is a Doula Anywyay?
If you are pregnant or planning to be pregnant in the near future, you are probably wondering things like, “How do I find an OB in Denver,” “Are there home birth midwives in Colorado Springs?” “Can I have a midwife in a Colorado hospital?” All of these are valid things to be thinking about, but as a… Continue Reading Choosing Your Colorado OB-GYN/Midwife and Birth Location