Believe in Birth

12/04/2025

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Oh My❤️😭 • there’s an ethereal quality to the world in those first hours after birth…a soft, shimmering vulnerability where everything feels suspended between worlds.

this new piece comes from one of my favorite parts of midwifery: the immediate postpartum. the tender things no one writes about in textbooks. those first moments when someone is away from their baby, separated for the first time in 10 months.

helping a mama wash her hair because she still has an iv, supporting her rise from the postpartum bath, drying her legs with gentle hands, brushing her hair back, pulling on the postpartum underwear, cooking food and bringing it to her bedside.

there’s something holy about caring for someone in that vulnerable, powerful in-between.
to tend. to witness.
giving people a gentle, loving container to land back into their bodies after searching the stars for their babies.

this will forever by my favorite part of birthwork 🧡 birthwork postpartumsupport postpartum midwife homebirth

11/27/2025

Grateful for the tender beginnings ♡

The first cries, the shaky legs, the quiet postpartum moments that show a mother’s strength in its rawest form.

Grateful for every birth, every mama, every breath that ushers new life into the world.

Happy Thanksgiving ♡
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11/26/2025

Hire the birth photographer aka ✨me✨

Our husbands do their best but unfortunately— this is their best lmao

Why my next pregnancy I’m hiring a photographer…

Because THIS… me, throwing up into a hospital puke bag with a catheter in is the ONLY picture my husband took during my 2nd labor & delivery. The only one. Besides a couple videos of me completely out of it.

Out of the entire miracle-of-life, woman-warrior, “I am literally bringing a human into the world” experience… this is what he chose to capture. 🤦🏼‍♀️📸

And listen, I love this man. Truly. But if I do this again, I’m bringing a hype woman. A designated photo-taker. Someone who knows the difference between “capture the miracle” and “capture her absolutely unhinged in a hospital gown.” Because moms deserve proof that we did more than vomit and sweat through the most intense day of our lives.

But hey… at least it’s authentic. Raw. Real. And a beautiful reminder of how motherhood starts: with humor, humility, and a man who thinks he did something because he held my water cup 💀

11/12/2025

Birth is sacred. It is a space where strength, surrender, and peace all meet. ♡

If you’re preparing for birth and wondering what support might look like, I’d love to connect.
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🕊️ The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. — Exodus 14:14

11/09/2025

“We’ve known this for decades.

Evidence Based Birth was publishing this data before social media existed. Cochrane has been screaming it for forty years. Every midwife who’s ever worked in a home environment knew it from experience — every advocate who held the line inside the institutions - we knew- not because we read it, but because we saw it.

Because if the institutions can’t deliver a breech, can’t identify fetal position by hand, can’t attend a physiological third stage, and can’t support labor without a monitor, then the problem isn’t the mothers.

It’s the system.”

It's a bit of a joke, we've been saying this for years. Not impressed.

11/05/2025

Pregnancy • Birth • Newborn ♡

Every stage deserves to be remembered 🥹

The quiet anticipation, the sacred strength, the first moments earthside.

Whether you’re announcing, waiting, birthing, or soaking in those first days — I’d be honored to help you remember it just as it was.

Now booking pregnancy, gender reveal, birth, and newborn sessions. ♡
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11/03/2025

Such a fun session full of surprises and smiles! This sweet boy brought all the giggles, snuggles and energy! ♡
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