Today I want to tell you the story of a woman named Kate. Kate’s story, unfortunately, is not unlike the stories of millions of women all across the country. Kate was interested in a home birth, and was investigating her options for having her first baby at home. But without a solid understanding of the […]
In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about what you need to know about Gestational Diabetes. Here are just a few of the things I discuss… Why higher blood sugar levels are actually NORMAL for pregnant women. How Gestational Diabetes got its name. (HINT: It was about money.) The biggest risk of Gestational […]
In this episode of Taking Back Birth, I talk about how to have an Indie Birth! What an “Indie Birth” is and how to plan one! Why mid-pregnancy (or really anytime!) is the time to learn about the way birth works. How MOST births are interfered with in some way; even homebirths. How you can […]