Nona Birth Education & Counseling

03/20/2026

Personhood laws.

In light of the recent forced cesarean section in Florida, it feels like it is again time to discuss the horrifying impact of anti abortion and fetal personhood laws.

Pro life people often believe that these laws protect fetuses but when they are carried out, they end up forcing women to lose their own rights. One area I think people don't realize this is happening is in the birth room. These laws go way beyond abortion, but that is where they start.

States that have personhood laws can call a judge and force a woman to have a cesarean section against her will if her doctors think she should. We all know that medicine is subjective. Doctor's opinions are biased, and we see this play out in the way that intervention rates vary from hospital to hospital, state to state, and region to region. Culture shapes beliefs about birth, and that has an enormous impact on care. Given that many birthing people don't get to have their doctor of choice, this can get very ugly, as it did in Florida.

Imagine being in active labor and being forced to do a video conference with a judge, then being forced into surgery. Disgusting. Horrifying.

Imagine wanting to be pregnant, experiencing a miscarriage, and then being prosecuted for it.

But folks, this is where anti-abortion movements are going. It won't stop at abortion. They want to make birth control illegal. If this continues, we won't have agency in the birth room anymore. It will be worse for people of color and people with less economic power.

No matter how you personally feel about abortion. We must keep it legal and accessible. We cannot accept personhood laws that remove the rights of the people carrying them.

https://www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/legal-landscape/

https://www.acog.org/advocacy/abortion-is-essential/trending-issues/issue-brief-personhood-measures

https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections #:~:text=Florida%20Courts%20Ordered%20Them%20to,It's%20too%20traumatizing%20for%20me.%E2%80%9D

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/pregnancy-us-women-crimes-study

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/02/law-pregnancy-california-ohio-georgia-alabama

A recent arrest in Georgia highlights the criminal suspicion that surrounds pregnancy loss in several states, experts say.

03/15/2026

3 spots left. Starts April 2nd

www.nonabirtheducation.com/nonaprenatalyoga

03/07/2026

www.nonabirtheducation.com/nonaprenatalyoga

03/07/2026

New Nona Prenatal Yoga Session starts April 2nd!

Join me in my home studio for this 6 week series, offered just 3 times per year. Each class is 2+ hours of themed discussion, childbirth education, mindful meditation, gentle prenatal yoga, and deep relaxation. This course is designed to help you build community, develop resilience, and practice mindful coping skills for birth and early parenting.

Share this with your pregnant friends!
Learn more and register here: www.nonabirtheducation.com/nonaprenatalyoga

03/05/2026

Join me for the next Nona Prenatal Yoga & Support series April 2nd - May 7th.

This is a 6 week series of 2+ hour classes incorporating discussion, education, yoga, and deep relaxation.

Offered 2-3 times per year. Learn more below:

www.nonabirtheducation.com/nonaprenatalyoga

03/04/2026

Join me for the next Nona Prenatal Yoga & Support Series April 2nd - May 7th.

Offered just 3 times a year, this 6 week course integrates birth education, community support, gentle yoga, and mind-body approaches to working with the intensity of birth. Classes are kept small for ease of discussion and reflection.

Learn more and register at the link below:

www.nonabirtheducation.com/nonaprenatalyoga

03/03/2026

New Prenatal Yoga & Support Session is scheduled for April 2nd - May 7th.

In-person sessions include access to the asynchronous online course and online community. Both are accessible through the website or on the new Nona Birth App!

Register at this link: www.nonabirtheducation.com/nonaprenatalyoga

02/28/2026

New look. Same deep roots.
After 25 years as a childbirth educator, and prenatal yoga teacher, Nona got a rebrand. ✨

The catalyst? Developing Birth Coherence™, a framework that finally gave language to what I’ve been practicing and teaching all along: that a birthing person’s sense of safety is physiological, relational, and central to how labor unfolds.

That clarity shaped everything: the name, the visuals, the direction.

Nona Birth Education & Counseling is a home for parents preparing for birth AND professionals who support them. Trainings, classes, counseling, yoga, all grounded in nervous system science and 25 years of clinical experience.

Welcome. So glad you’re here.

02/28/2026

Things are changing at Nona! Have a look at our updated branding!

https://www.nonabirtheducation.com

10/25/2025

Learn more about Birth Coherence™ and what it makes possible for parents, partners, and professionals.

Birth Coherence™ is a Nona Birth concept that explores how the mind, body, and support work in sync for emotionally safer, more connected, and adaptable birth experiences. Learn how this neuroscience-informed framework shapes labor support and birth preparation.

10/24/2025

I’ve been teaching and supporting families through birth for more than two decades, and over that time, my approach has evolved.

What I’ve seen again and again is that birth is a conversation between the mind, the body, the environment, and the people offering support. When those systems are in sync, birth tends unfold more efficiently, outcomes are better, and parents feel more confident and capable, even when it’s intense.

This observation has become the foundation of my work, and now it has a name: Birth Coherence™.

Birth Coherence™ is a practical framework for understanding how awareness, physiology, and relationships work together during birth. It helps parents and professionals recognize what supports safety, adaptability, and connection in real time for each birth.

You’ll start seeing this framework woven through all Nona classes, professional trainings, and future resources, including a certification, licensing, and train the trainer program. It’s the thread that connects everything I've been teaching for the last 25 years and now it's time to expand.

Birth Coherence™ : when the mind, body, and support are in sync.

10/07/2025

Comfort measures and mantras can be beautiful tools, but they don’t always work the way we intend.

When we start to see labor as a physiological dance of safety, threat, and protection, we realize that timing, tone, and attunement matter more than any single technique.

This isn’t about throwing away what works. It’s about understanding why it works, and what’s happening when it doesn’t.

Birth work is evolving.
Are we evolving with it?