I've been really sitting with a passage from Hope Deferred by Rev. Dr. Serene Jones. I wanted to share it with you today, Holy Saturday, as I and others commemorate the time between Jesus's death and resurrection.
Tag: birth
Book Review: The Women Who Caught the Babies
The Smithsonian exhibit on Black midwives you can visit from your living room
I’m a certified doula — again!
I'm excited to announce that I have earned my birth doula certification with DONA International! I've been a certified birth doula for a while, but I wanted to earn the DONA International certification for a couple of reasons: First, DONA International is a part of all of the national and state-level conversations about insurance coverage… Continue reading I’m a certified doula — again!
Small Business Saturday is all about support
Terms Explained: what’s Vitamin K?
Protected: Handout for my talk at the DONA International Summit 2022: Pearls of Wisdom
DONA International Summit 2022: Pearls of Wisdom
The “Cars” quote that best explains cervical checks
6 ways to progress in labor
You've probably heard about measuring progression in labor through dilation ("6 centimeters now!", or "Ugh, I was 1 centimeter at my last appointmet" – that kind of thing). But did you know that there are five other important steps that we expect to see happen during labor? Here's a handy breakdown of the six main ways people progress in labor.