Sep 7, 2016 | Ask A, Motherhood
It’s been almost a year and a half since Issa was born, but I still have conversations on a regular basis about our experience with home birth, midwives, doulas, the whole bit. The questions are almost always coming from a place of sheer curiosity. It’s as...
Jul 8, 2015 | Issa Brooke, Maternity, Motherhood, Under the Influence
Of all the differences between Cora’s birth and Issa’s birth, one of the best changes was adding a birth playlist for Issa’s home birth. I thought it might feel a little forced to have the candles flickering, peaceful music playing, and dim lights,...
Oct 22, 2014 | Maternity, Motherhood, San Antonio
If you’ve read Cora’s birth story (Part One and Part Two), you know that she was born in a birth center. If that’s an unfamiliar term to you, it’s essentially a happy-medium between a home birth and a hospital birth. We had a midwife, I was...
