Why a birth blog?

I am a nurse, a doula, and an aspiring midwife.

Most importantly, I am a 30 (almost 31) year-old woman.



Now if that does not qualify one to create a birth blog, the cows must be sitting down under a sky of flattened clouds. Or something like that.



Actually, this is much more than a ‘birth’ blog, but I wanted you to find me so now here we are.



This blog was created from a conversation I had with a dear, also 30 year-old friend of mine. She, freshly returned from her Australian honeymoon, and I, estatic about my recent acceptance into a nurse-midwifery program, dove headfirst into our mutual new obsession -- fertility. We discussed interesting facts and supplements id discovered through personal research (I am my own nutritional guinea pig). We shared in the comically emotional upheaval of our feminine 30s. The synchronicity of our thoughts and feelings concerning the mysteries of fertility and the wantedness of maternity was divine, yet human and ordinary. My friend suggested I begin a blog in order to share my apprenticeship with birth.



This might work out to be an aesthetically pleasing forum for me to share my growing knowledge of fertility, conception, birth, and midwifery with my own women friends. Or it might expand to reach you, an interesting new friend with your own circle of ladies and wealth of experiences. My intention is to provide useful information in a poetic manner, an interactive midwifery journal of sorts.



I believe every woman has pondered the intricacies of motherhood in her own unique way. All stages of this journey are rich with precious lessons to be shared. May we enjoy a sense of community in these wild times as we dive into a thoughtful exploration of our own power to birth. Thank you for joining me. I look forward to the ride.