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Welcome Anders…you are loved and lovable.

Several years ago, in my Confident Birthing Classes, I started to hand out Brene Brown's Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto as a parting gift to the parents in my classes.  One of these couples, Lisa and Tyler, happened to also be my doula clients.  I was blessed to attend the birth of their daughter Lilli in 2015 and was doubly honored to attend them again when they asked me to be their doula for the birth of their son, Anders this June. It was during our prenatal appointments for the upcoming birth that Lisa reminded me she had been reading the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto to Lilli every night since the day she was born.   I was so moved by this and asked her if she would be willing...

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Birth, Doula, Boise, St. Luke's, Baby, Sister

Welcome Baby Bibi

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A Birthday Story of An External Version and Intuition

17 years ago, my second son, Aidan, like his brother Fox before him, was breech. But unlike Fox who turned head down with just some moxibustion, a light shining low and his dad talking to him, Aidan stayed put through every maneuver I could think of (this was well before Spinning Babies was around) and even through an external version. That version was painful and I remember it vividly - mostly I remember wanting to put my hands on top of the obstetrician's hands and get him to gently rock instead of force my baby to turn. I was a massage practitioner and practiced Trager Bodywork but mostly I just KNEW it would FEEL better both to the baby and to me. But I did not put my hands...

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