Category Archives: Inspiration

Blessingways Part II

My original post is here with ideas on Blessingways. Yesterday I hosted a blessingway for a dear friend and fellow birth professional. We were able to surprise her with it by scheduling a “doula brunch” (which is something I do … Continue reading

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Birth Inspiration – Believe

I am reading (and loving) The Gift of Giving Life: Rediscovering the Divine Nature of Pregnancy and Birth. Though I’ve heard this quote many times before, reading it in the context of this book about birth really struck me: Until … Continue reading

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Inspiration

A repeat of one of my favorites to finish off our summer of inspiration! We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. -Laura Stavoe Harm

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Your Birth Story

During each birth I try to take notes on my phone – funny comments made, where and how mom labored, when she started pushing, the first nursing session, etc. Then after the birth I type up that timeline and add … Continue reading

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body. – Elizabeth Stone

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I love these little people and it is no slight thing that they, who are so fresh from God, love us. – Charles Dickens

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Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Before you were conceived I wanted you, Before you were born I loved you, Before you were here for an hour I would have died for you. This is the miracle of life.

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A new baby is like the beginning of all things – Wonder, Hope, a dream of possibilities. – Edna J. Le Shan

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