My first birth was at the Horton MLU. It was incredible but there were moments that have stuck with me where I didn’t feel great. Moments where I wasn’t taken as seriously as I’d liked. These feelings are engraved in my memory of my first birth and while I always say it was incredible, there…
A letter to Lila, one year later. Sitting down to reflect on your birth story is like having the opportunity to step back in time. I think about how it felt to feel your movements before you were earth side and can’t help but compare those tiny flutters to the confident 14 month old who…
This was my second pregnancy, and it was very different from my first. With Henry, I was practically Mother Earth, with minimal symptoms and an easygoing pregnancy. For both births, we decided to keep the gender a surprise, and motivator for the big day. This time around, I was far less earthly—I had nausea in…