Childbirth education, birth doula, and bereavement doula services that are science-based and faith-informed
I recently wrote for FemCatholic a bit about my dissertation and doula work and what I've heard the most from parents and those thinking about entering parenthood in the past year: "I don't know if I can do this." Do you want to support them? I have some ideas for how you can do that.… Continue reading How to support moms after the COVID baby bust
For NFP week, I sat down with Johnna Wilford, a health, wellbeing, and FEMM/SymptoPro coach in Kentucky, to ask her a few questions about NFP. We also talked about curly hair and her favorite hormone. I hope you enjoy the interview!
Calling all Catholic and Catholic-curious readers: I'm hosting a rosary event for Mother's Day!
As a Catholic, do you need to name your kid after a saint? What names does the Church say are off-limits? Where can you find super-Catholic, or subtle-Catholic, names? This post gives details on Catholic teaching and inspiration regarding naming your child.
Sometimes in the midst of grief, you can't read a book or even a whole blog post. If you want to turn to your faith for a small, digestible reflection, this infographic gives you some brief thoughts to choose from.
When people ask me what it was like to have a baby during a pandemic, I have an easy answer and a hard answer.
The easy answer goes, “It was tough laboring and pushing in a mask. I’m grateful that the nurses let me take it off a lot.”
The hard answer is more complicated. It goes something like, “I feel like we had to skip parts.”
"On a September morning, clutching three positive pregnancy tests, I googled 'patron saint of pregnancy' in search of a saintly companion.
It was a man.
Even more surprising to me, it was a man whose connection to pregnant women was that his mother had died in childbirth."
Abby the Sociologist Doula 