Earthside Studios - Birth + Postpartum Doula Support

12/29/2025

One of the most common questions I’ve received as a doula is, “do you work with my insurance?”

Until now, I’ve been stuck in the process of waiting for my certifying doula program to become approved by the Minnesota Department of Health’s list of approved doula certification organizations. But this week I received great news from my doula program instructors at Birth Becomes You and I am one step closer to being able to work with families insured through Medicaid!

I still have some additional steps to take to get everything set up on my end but pending individual approval through the state’s Doula Registry, just know that good things are coming soon! 🤩

I look forward to updating everyone soon!

12/12/2025

This is exactly the training and collaboration that needs to be happening regularly in our communities to improve birth outcomes and overall perceived birth experiences! 👏

12/04/2025

A rare spot is open for homebirth with Wildflower Midwifery Care if you’re due in late April or early May!

I have one spot open for an early May 2026 due date. If you are due between April 28-May 12 and are interested in homebirth, please reach out and let’s chat! Serving 75 miles around Zimmerman MN with offices in Zimmerman and Buffalo and also offering all in-home visits within 40 miles

11/03/2025

I’m mortified to have just discovered that all of the contact form submissions from my website have been going into my spam folder for who knows how long (at least the past month). 😖

If you tried to contact me via my website and did not get a response, I am SO SORRY! If it was longer than 30 days ago when you sent it, my email account automatically deleted them before I ever saw them (ugh)—if you’re still looking for support or have questions, please submit a new contact form via my website or reach out to me directly at earthsidestudios@Gmail.com or text/call (320) 224-8677.

For now, I have resolved the issue and contact form submissions should be going into my inbox moving forward.

Signed, an embarrassed Saralicia Waugh 🫠

10/29/2025

Labor can sure be unpredictable sometimes!

Did you have a precipitous (fast) birth? Share your story below!

10/13/2025

A new addition coming to Earthside Studios: Pregnancy Loss Support/Bereavement Photography Services 🕊️

As some of you may know, I lost my dear son, Andrew Liam, at 15 weeks and 6 days on March 23rd, 2025. I had the greatest honor of receiving the absolute best support from our church family, friends, and loved ones, which opened up a new perspective for me. I was so inspired by the overwhelming support my family received that I’m being called to help others who are going through similar struggles of loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, NICU babies who aren’t expected to make it, and infant loss within the first year of life.

At this time, I am not currently offering birth/motherhood photography services, however, I am making an exception for bereavement photography. I have recently been led to bereavement sessions for families, and bereavement photographers in Central MN are extremely hard to come by. These photos are crucial for families to help process the loss of their child and have something tangible to remember them by. I’m helping families gain access to true documentary style imagery to keep their child’s legacy going.

If you or someone you know is experiencing pregnancy loss at ANY gestation, I offer my bereavement/remembrance photography sessions in hospital or at home at no cost to our community, in honor of my sweet boy, Andrew Liam. Pregnancy loss doula support is also offered to you before, during, and/or ongoing after birth at no cost (families can choose whatever services best fit their family’s needs: photography, doula support, or both).

My goal is to make sure no family ever feels like they have to suffer in silence and that they can grieve in a healthy way with access to resources and adequate support. I get it, I see you, I hold space for you. 🤍

Please share this post with any family who is currently navigating or has recently been through pregnancy/infant loss.

10/12/2025

We don’t talk about loss. Why? Honestly, it’s a simple reason. We have become SO disconnected from death in our culture.

We no longer take care of our loved ones after they’ve passed away.

We do not prepare their bodies like we once did.

A lot of the times, we aren’t present at the time of death (when it’s an expected death and it’s possible to be with our loved one). They’re simply whisked away and you’re told coldly that they didn’t make it and you’re expected to wrap your mind around that news without seeing their body for that necessary level of closure to make it make sense.

And most of the time, we don’t even talk about death. It’s a taboo subject. There’s kind of a weird period of avoidance where people just don’t talk to you right after it happens because they literally don’t know what to say to you.

You’re expected to just “get over it” like it never happened. Like the person who’s no longer with us never impacted your life. As if their disappearance from the face of the earth never mattered. There’s no time or space to grieve—we’re just expected to keep going about our normal daily lives and keep our performance capabilities at 100%.

I say EFF THAT MENTALITY.

Why? Because people all over our country, around the world, people you’re close to, that random person you passed by in the car—they’ve all lost someone at some point. They’ve likely sat in silence and wept alone, because they didn’t feel safe to talk about it with someone. They didn’t feel safe to ask for the support that they desperately craved but didn’t have access to.

If you’ve gone through the loss of someone close to you, why should we expect parents who have lost their babies to suffer alone, when you know good and well how insurmountable grief can feel?

Yet, we live in a culture where a large percentage of parents are too SCARED to announce their pregnancies to anyone unless they’ve reached a made up benchmark of 12 weeks or beyond. Because if they miscarry that baby, they don’t feel safe enough to tell the world and try to gain support from friends, family, and other people in their circle. They don’t know that other people will care and help them because it’s not the norm in our society.

It’s time to change that. It’s time to reclaim our connection to death and integrate it back into our culture so we can stop suffering alone and in silence.

If you experience loss of any kind, find a trusted loved one and open up to them about it. Tell them how you feel. Don’t believe the lies that you have to grieve alone.

It’s not a flex to suffer alone. It’s a sign of a weak culture. Set aside your pride about asking people for help. You deserve to have a community to take care of you and help you pick up your broken pieces.

Next time someone close to you loses someone, don’t ask how you can help. Just start doing things for them, because honestly, most of the time they don’t even know what they need, and saying things like “let me know if I can help with anything” feels so empty and unproductive to the person even when your intentions are good. Because I can guarantee they’re never going to actually reach out and tell you how you can help them. Instead, bring them food/set up a meal train, show up to help clean their house, go over there and just BE with them—even if they don’t want to talk and you sit in silence. If you see any other areas that they need help with like childcare, dogsitting, etc. then step up and do it. Ease their burden as much as you can, and find more people in their circle to come help so you don’t take all of the load by yourself.

Things will never change if we don’t try. Let’s change how our society thinks and responds to death.