Conviction is Necessary for Birth birth motherhood pregnancy Oct 25, 2021

 

Long before I became pregnant I knew wanted a homebirth. As a doula, I had seen everything from hospital births to birthing centers, epidurals to unmedicated births. Through this first hand...

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The Birth of My Son birth motherhood pregnancy Aug 24, 2021

 

This is the story of my son, Amadeus Prince, and our journey to get here.

 

I have been wanting to share this story for months but the truth is, I am still grappling with it.

 

I...

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The Power of Acknowledgement motherhood rie Feb 28, 2021

To be acknowledged is to feel seen, heard, understood and validated.

It doesn’t mean to pacify, fix, entertain, distract or even make better.

When it comes to our kids, usually the first...

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How Boxing + Birth Overlap birth motherhood pregnancy Feb 28, 2021

Do you know I used to be a competitive boxer?

For six years, I trained and worked my ass off to become a champion.

 I think about that chapter of my life often and realized boxing and birth...

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Real Life Respectful Parenting motherhood rie Feb 28, 2021

Now that I covered the principles and key components of RIE®, I wanted to share my personal experience with it. I think it can be easy to know and teach the concepts but integrating and...

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The Bar for Birth is Too Low birth motherhood pregnancy Feb 28, 2021

The common mantra in our society is to have a "healthy mom and baby."

 And while OF COURSE that is what we all want, it's actually code for a mom and baby that end up alive after it's...

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Mothering with Consistency motherhood rie Feb 28, 2021

One of the final pieces of the RIE@ approach is consistency. We all know that babies and children thrive when expectations are clear and consistent. By establishing defined...

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Play Spaces for Uninterrupted Play motherhood rie Feb 25, 2021

The next two pieces of RIE@ go hand in hand with each other: a safe, challenging and predictable environment and time for uninterrupted play.

When following the RIE@ approach, it is...

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Caretaking IS the Relationship motherhood rie Feb 22, 2021

The next piece of the RIE®  approach is involving the child during care taking activities. This may seem strange because you’re probably thinking that of course the baby is...

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How do you define Self-Love? motherhood womanhood Feb 22, 2021

What is self-love?

How do you define it?

 Is it...

Regard for your own well-being?

That which makes you happy?

 An inherent sense the being is enough?

And worthy?

 Is self-love...

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Do you ever observe your child? motherhood rie Feb 22, 2021

 Sensitive Observation IS the RIE® Method. Grounded in respectauthenticity and trust, the manner of which we come to understand our infants’...

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What is a Doula? birth motherhood pregnancy Feb 22, 2021

A doula is usually a female caregiver that provides a laboring mother and her partner with continuous, nonjudgmental emotional and physical support throughout pregnancy and birth. 

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