I am so grateful when friends allow me to share their stories on my website. This is part one of my soul friend Brittany's story. In it, she shares about how important it is to have a team surrounding you that you trust and who trusts you and your choices. She poses some questions at the end that I hope you'll really think about and consider while you prepare for your birth. 

I am so honored to share Ashley's story with you. She is my lifelong best friend and being so far from her during her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period has been so difficult for the both of us. Ashley gave birth to Eleanor January 15th, 2018. She is 8 weeks postpartum and in this blog, she shares about her struggles with breastfeeding and finding the right lactation support person. 

As your doula when we sit down to discuss your birthing options, like an epidural or pitocin, we discuss the risks and benefits for those interventions and then I step aside and give you space and respect to make the choice that is right for you. When it comes to routine infant circumcision, I would argue, and so would many others, that it's not the parents decision to make.

If you live in a city like mine, when you google doulas in your area you will get A LOT of results! Every one of those doulas is different. We all have different personalities, we all have different philosophies on birth. You can find doulas who specialize in home birth, and doulas who specialize in planned cesarean birth. So how do you choose the right one for you?

Ya'll, I am so excited to share this blog written by my internet friend and FAM influencer, Megan McNamara. She was the first person I knew who charted not to prevent or achieve pregnancy, but just for her health and I think she has great information to share! Thank you so much, Megan for sharing this perspective to my readers!

There are many many things a breastfeeding mom is given before and after baby comes. Nursing pillows, fenugreek, nipple cream, breast pumps, lactation cookies. So many things to help them with breastfeeding, but often women are still unable to reach their breastfeeding goals.