Last summer I had clients who were expecting their child and used this book like a textbook to prepare for the birth of their son.

When you’re expecting a child, especially your first child, you are inundated with more information and tons of unsolicited advice about just how to go through pregnancy, labor, and childbirth.

If you’ve had a conversation with me about books, you’ve probably heard me proclaim my love for the Columbus Metropolitan Library system.

Peggy Vincent’s Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife was the first birthy book I read where things really began to click into place for me and I started to believe that birth could, and likely would, look really differently for me whenever my time came.

It’s been so great to partner with Ivory this month! Today she’s sharing the benefits of prenatal yoga and the community aspect. Being pregnant during a pandemic is the pits. That’s news to no one and Ivory lived that first-hand.

If you take a class as part of the Nurture: Prenatal Yoga & Wellbeing series that my Community Partner is launching later this month, it certainly won’t be your ordinary yoga class.

If you’ve never done a yoga practice before, I understand that aspects of it could seem intimidating. Much like what it can feel like to embark on something new and unknown, beginning a yoga practice can be met with an assortment of feelings and thoughts.

I’ve been wanting to feature this month’s Community Partner for a long time and I’m really grateful she said yes to my request! I first met her through an online group when her daughter was a newborn.

In 2015 a group met to start making plans for the first-ever World Maternal Mental Health Day. They decided that the event should be held each year on the first Wednesday of May, close to Mother’s Day and Mental Health Week in many countries.

Featuring Green Living & Wellness this month has been such a joy. I’m really thankful that my path crossed Kellie’s when it did and that Columbus families have the chance to benefit from her expansive knowledge, warm compassion, and infectious smile.

My work wouldn’t be as successful as it is without this man's love, support, patience, and understanding. Truly. Matt Blinn. Friend, partner, husband, co-parent, lover, cheerleader. He’s really great.

Breastfeeding is one of the most natural and rewarding experiences a new mother can have, but it can also be one of the most challenging. That's why prenatal breastfeeding classes are so important.

A birthing person’s psychological experience of childbirth matters. Every story matters. Whether someone labored unmedicated for 36 hours or they scheduled an elective cesarean or something in between, there’s great importance in making space for birth stories to be shared, truly listened to, and validated.

When I learned that there was a Stress Awareness Month it made me feel… a little stressed! Sometimes it seems like there’s a new awareness day/week/month every time I turn around and I can hardly keep up!

Week two with my Community Partner Kellie of Green Living & Wellness. She’s got loads to share on the topic of what to do when breastfeeding doesn’t go as planned.

Black Mamas have always been the guide and bridge for families, communities, movements, and waves of change. The time is now to invest in the advancement of the movement for racial and birth justice.

I think I could touch on the significance of this year’s Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) theme, Our Bodies Belong to Us: Restoring Black Autonomy and Joy, for many posts to come.

Launched by BMMA in 2018, Black Maternal Health Week is a week-long initiative held from Tuesday, April 11th through Monday, April 17th that amplifies Black and Black women-led efforts across the U.S. and globally to improve and advance maternal health, rights, and justice for Black mothers and birthing people.

I’m soooo excited to feature the lovely Kellie Green, founder of Green Living & Wellness! She is a certified and licensed Speech Pathologist and Lactation Counselor who specializes in infant feeding at her private practice clinic in Columbus, OH.

For this month’s final feature from my Community Partner, we talk about thinking beyond baby showers and how things like a Mother's Blessing can support people on their journey to parenthood. Featuring Marina and Stardust Standard this month has come with such ease and joy.