My VBAC journey came to a shining end 2 weeks ago, when I gave birth to my beautiful little girl. Like my first pregnancy, I sailed on through without any health ailments, except for morning sickness in the first few weeks. However, unlike my first pregnancy I was riddled with residual emotional issues from the birth of my son. I felt so ripped off for how that birth evolved and was still very bitter toward my obstetrician. Emotionally I had [...]

I immediately adored my first baby girl, Jade Lillian. I cried at the sight of her beautiful face; completely relieved that she was born healthy and complete. It was an hour before I could hold her. I was scared, unsure if the drugs would wear off in time for me to cradle her safely. I was alone in a sterile, ugly room. There was a nurse to my right. She didn’t talk to me…what I needed most. I needed to [...]

“If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance.” ~ George Bernard Shaw So teach myself to dance I did. I had skeletons from my previous births. The joy of gazing into all my babies eyes never became more beautiful, but the skeletons remained. My previous births were dominated by fear, lack of control and pain. I had the dance inside me, but I was yet to discover it.  You, came along, and taught [...]

Beautiful feedback …..”Reading Katrina’s book { A Modern Woman’s Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth} helped me to know that even if my birth didn’t go “to plan”, it could still be beautiful and empowering, unlike my previous births. I loved the positive affirmation cards too, particularly on days where doubts or fear crept in a little, and in those final days of my pregnancy when I was just waiting for my baby to be ready. I had them on my [...]