Category Archives: life lessons
A Father’s Side: Melanie’s Birth Story (written by her Dad, Raf)
At 8pm on Wednesday, May 1st, I was sitting in my parked car with Lyia’s stepfather, Joe sitting behind. Lyia was on her way to the car with her mother, Lizette. She was standing just behind Lyia’s door and noticed … Continue reading
Melanie’s Birth Story (written by her Mom, Lyia)
“Being pregnant and giving birth are like crossing a narrow bridge. People can accompany you to the bridge. They can greet you on the other side. But you walk that bridge alone.” – African Proverb Labor started on Wednesday, … Continue reading
Jonathan’s Birth Story, Written By His Mom, Cassie
December 11, 2011 It was somewhere around the 28 week mark that it finally sank in that I was about to give birth. My most recent sonogram hit me between the eyes like a 2×4, and I realized at some … Continue reading
The Birth Of William (a planned doula assisted hospital birth to a first time mom whose husband was deployed) written by his Mom, Meredith
I never thought I would actually go into labor on my due date. Everyone said I was still carrying very high so I had anticipated Will arriving sometime over the weekend. However, in the middle of the night on Nov … Continue reading
The Bay Area Birth Community Center to Open November 1, 2011
(Please Note, since this entry, we have changed locations. We are now located at 728 Elizabeth Street Suite 2, Corpus Christi, TX) Bay Area Birth is expanding! We are opening up the Bay Area Birth Community Center on November 1, … Continue reading
Oliver’s birth story written by his mom Danielle
Ok I had strong but painless Braxton Hicks all day on the 9-12-11, some sporadic, some I could time 3 hours apart. Didn’t have those much during pregnancy so I kinda felt like I was warming up. They picked … Continue reading
Birth in Utopia
I have your attention now, don’t I? We all know that there is no perfect in life or birth, but often things do come close. The definition of utopia is an imagined place or state of things in which everything is … Continue reading
Why Would a Woman Want to Choose a Midwife?
Last night as I sat at the foot of a client’s bed, who was having a miserable bout with acute morning sickness, we talked, and as she was beginning to feel better, she said “Why wouldn’t every woman want a … Continue reading
At the Right Place At the Right Time
If there is one thing I’ve learned about natural childbirth, it is that there is nothing coincidental about it. Everything about the birth of a child, especially when left to God’s and nature’s timing, seems to happen just at the time and … Continue reading
Pregnancy/ Childbirth Thanksgiving, Tells us for What You are Thankful
In Honor of Thanksgiving this week, I would love to hear the things from previous births and/or pregnancies of yours personally or as a birth professional for which anyone out there is thankful. I will start. As the business owner of Bay … Continue reading
