Honeyleaf Birth & Baby

02/05/2026

This week I attended a birth for one my class clients. It was a beautiful unmedicated hospital birth for a first time mom. I have been feeling the call to attend births in some capacity for awhile now, and afterwards I was trying to explain to my husband how good it felt.

I told him it was hard work but not difficult, natural, and just made me feel so good. What was this feeling? He said, “honey it’s called feeling fulfilled. This is your life’s passion.” I had forgotten, I guess!

It felt so good that I’ve decided to offer more doula births. But I need back up because my availability is not 24/7, so I’m partnering with Delaney .doula in the form of a doula collective. This is a model where we attend births together primarily but also can offer individual birth support.

Looking forward to sinking into this role and retuning to the birth world in this way.

02/04/2026

I attended a birth (for the first time in 3 years, but more on that later) and my client thought of the best birth set up I’ve ever seen for our local hospital. They used a Thai massage pad on the floor with a waterproof cover, and their own comfy pillows and blankets from home. But you could use any kind of blowup or roll up mattress.

This was an absolute game changer to allow for freedom of movement and to decrease the feeling of being medicalized. My client took a deeply relaxed, much-needed nap on it, confirming what I teach in my class which is that if you are well supported, you can actually be snoring (literally) asleep in between contractions.

I’m going to recommend this for hospital births from here on out! Anyone else ever seen something like this?

08/22/2025

Think outside the pouch. My daughter Remy is ready for solids so we chose foods from our garden to be her firsts: cucumber, tomato, peach, and ribeye steak (ok, not from our garden, but fresh and good nonetheless). My Babyled Weaning class is so so good - and here I am practicing what I preach. Class coming up, Sept 18.

07/01/2025

Come see me and baby Remy at this free event on July 12th, 10:00am at Pybus! Every year this event gets bigger and better as our community expands with resources.

06/21/2025

My postpartum classes weren’t set to start until August, but I just had my first group birth class since returning from maternity leave and the group loved the class and wanted to see if they could get a postpartum class on the books. Here it is if anyone else would like to join! Amazing for July, August, and September due dates.

04/29/2025

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04/27/2025

Coming up! ☀️

04/06/2025

My 2025 childbirth class schedule is up! I decided to just schedule out the whole year since I’m already getting emails for due dates as late as September and October.

I want to ease back into working so I will still only be offering the postpartum/newborn care class privately and will wait to schedule a babyled weaning group class.

03/12/2025

It ain’t pretty, but here’s what a midwife keeps by the bed for postpartum care. I am super strict about bed rest - it’s day 5 and I’ve only been up to go to the bathroom, take two showers, wander into the kitchen once, and sat on the front porch for 5 minutes. Everything I need has to be easy to grab.

Everything in arm’s reach. See the green cabbage leaves in the trash? 😄 They actually do work for engorged breasts! And I’m a enthusiast.

In my basket I have easy snacks - beef sticks (I eat probably 2-3 a day), protein balls and bars, dried fruit bars.

LMNT, Ibuprofen and Tylenol (I had an unmedicated birth, no need for an unmedicated postpartum 😂), and my tinctures. I take Motherwort and Lavender for mood stabilization and Afterease for afterpains. Homeopathic Calms Forte if my mind starts to race at bedtime.

Tons of reusable ni**le pads (I like bamboo and wool). A portable, dim breastfeeding light. My favorite lip balm, and lanolin. I really like the super thick consistency of lanolin but a thinner ni**le butter works well, too.

My supplement box - I take a magnesium complex, cod liver oil, probiotics, sometimes beef liver, and my placenta pills.

Both my postpartum experiences so far have felt really successful, but following Remy’s birth I’ve been feeling particularly good. I have family support intermittently, a husband who is completely on board with doing every diaper change, all my meals taken care of and brought to me, probably 30 frozen meals and a meal train. I am so privileged to be able to have a postpartum like this, but it was also completely intentional and planned out. You can create a nurtured postpartum experience by having a plan in place and making sure everyone knows their roles.

And mamas - be open to receiving help and being taken care of. Everything else can wait. Stay in bed, let yourself heal.

03/11/2025

I did it! On March 7, I gave birth to Remy Simone at home. 6lbs 11oz. I can’t wait to share my birth story!

02/24/2025

02/03/2025

That’s it! My final group classes (back to back this weekend!) before my own birth next month-ish. Thank you to everyone who took my classes this year. I will be starting back up again in early June!