Last year, I took a 20 day break from FB in October. I came back feeling unattached and refreshed. I found new inspiration in how to support, love and inspire women through Birth Without Fear. One day, in December, I felt prompted to share this… December 28, 2012 at 9:00am · I am strong because I had 2 surgical births…
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Triplets Then and Now {I Am Strong}
Again, this image was stole, altered (our watermarks cut out). Here is the original and wow, what a mom! Here is her story… Meet Kylie Chloe and Cayden. When I was 19 I found out I was pregnant. At that time I was partying and worried about no one but myself and my boyfriend. At 7 weeks pregnant my jeans…
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Cancer and Triplets
This was recently shared on our Facebook page. It didn’t take long for it to go viral with at least 9 million viewing it and thousands of shares. It’s not surprising as this family is amazing. The mother’s words and the picture we shared were stolen and used on a spam page (as their own) along with other copyright infringement…
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Walked the Baby Right Out {A VBAC Story}
(I requested my hospital records and added details in brackets to my story from those records) ~Goldie My first born son, Rafi, was born via c section after 36 hours of back labor and 3 hours of pushing in August of 2009. Rafi was in the occiput transverse position (facing my hip) when they pulled him out, and the reasons…
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Loving Everyone Else While Hating Myself {Updated}
I haven’t done a blog post in a while. Between speaking, planning our first conference, emails, Facebook, the blog, starting Instagram, other social medias, networking, being a mother to 5, and business owner……takes deep breath…..you get the point. But something happened recently and I feel inspired to share. At the beginning of the year I blogged about how we share all…
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VBA2C becomes an Amazing Family Centered Cesarean
Hi ladies of BWF, Thank you so much for all the wonderful work you do and the inspiration and courage you bring to all the pregnant mommas out there. I am a birth doula and a birth photographer in New Jersey and I have been meaning to email you a few times. But recently I have attended an extraordinary birth…
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‘Bubble’ Caul Baby
I want to share my birth pictures of my caul baby. These were taken by one of my midwives. The pictures show the progression of my daughter coming out with a bubble of amniotic sac coming out before her head. My midwife broke the sac once her head had emerged and we pulled her up to my chest together! After…
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I Am Strong {Story of Preterm Birth & Loss}
I am strong. I am strong because I moved at 5 months pregnant from Germany, back to the States, for my husband’s job. I am strong because after arriving to Colorado I was excited to finally have a home again and welcomed the sight of my air mattress on the floor. I am strong because when I woke up and…
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Don’t Wait to Be the Parent You Want to Be, Do it Now
This started as a FB update and just took off, so I put it into a blog post. Going to share a raw moment with you. Last night I was looking for a picture and you know how that goes…you end up sitting for an hour or two looking through old pictures, even after you’ve found the one you needed.…