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Intuitive Birthing, Guelph, ON (2026)

10/25/2023

Just a few spooky things that have been said... 👻😱🤡

09/12/2023

Your partner is an important person in your journey but their fears should not be yours and shouldn't be the deciding factor in your birth choices.

Your partner should trust in your intuition.
Your partner should trust in your connection with your baby and body.
Your partner should be doing his own work to relearn birth.

Your partner shouldn't be shaming you, second guessing you, or denying you the experience you deserve and so innately desire.

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Pregnancy is a transformative experience and journey that only a woman will experience fully and deeply. She should be the driver of her experience and everyone and their fears should take the back seat. It is not a woman's responsibility to make others comfortable with what she wants, rather it's her responsibility to seek out and find the team that will support her.

Don't let anyone else be in control of your experience.

09/05/2023

You shouldn't just listen blindly. You check in with your intuition.

Intuition; an inner voice that we oftentimes choose to disregard or not listen to as a means to appease others feelings, priotizing them over ourselves.

If you've ever had a gut feeling or your intuition screaming, you know what inner voice I'm referring to - that's who should be leading your pregnancy and birth experience.

Conversations with care providers, partners, family members or friends could be influencing your choices, it's important to step back and remember what's important to you and invite only those who respect and trust your choices into your space, both mental and physical.

For the woman who is looking for that deep & transformative experience that birth can be, you need to be so strong in your beliefs and desires about birth and follow your intuition. She will guide you.

What does it do everytime you disregard your intuition?

Every time you listen to someone else and do as your "told"; you turn off the connection with yourself, lose a little bit of power and control each time, and eventually won't even be able to hear your intuition speaking to you.

Who is making YOUR decisions?

08/14/2023

Investment of time✨
Investment of your energy✨
And some financial investment✨

Birth is a transformative time in your life and you can enter that space prepared or you can go in trusting and be left traumatized thinking "what just happened? And why?"

Investing your time and energy on figuring out how you want to feel after your baby emerges, and then work towards learning how to get there! Learning what's your hard-nos are! Learning about how your environment will support your hormones, etc.

Decorating the nursery is amazing, but they won't sleep there for a bit! All the baby gear that will make it all easier is great, but it won't help you process what happened.

Investing your time, energy and finances on actual support and education that surrounds birth, early postpartum, breastfeeding, and the realities of the first few weeks will be the best investment of your pregnancy journey!

06/28/2023

Throwback to 2014 - (Almost) 1 year anniversary with this amazing man and father-to-be and 5 days overdue with Grayson ❤️

Feels so long ago, yet like it was yesterday 🥺

This time of the year is always so special to us as we celebrate our anniversary and the birth of our son. Always a beautiful reflection of how far we've come, how much we've grown, and all that we've learned.

Love you Bev & our babies that give life purpose💚💛❤️

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06/21/2023

These ideas and phrasing mostly surfaces when I am working with clients who have Midwives.

✨ When you're preparing for your homebirth, prepare for your homebirth! You don't need to have a "Plan B" just in case! This is preparing your mind that most likely something will happen, or you won't be strong enough to cope with the pain, etc. But instead of preparing this way - you rephrase this by saying, there doesn't need to be a plan b. Be confident in yourself and your choices. And quite possibly, rethink who you're talking to - if they're not supporting, encouraging and uplifting you - don't speak to them. Protect your mental space, that's way more important.

✨ The idea of packing a hospital bag "just in case" is one that exists only for homebirths - there is no other time that we are told/advised to do this.
❓Do you have a "just in case" bag in your car in case you're in a car accident?
❓Or maybe you're just walking outside - do you have a "just in case" bag?

Most likely your answer is no! So why would you at birth? Preparing for a homebirth means preparing your mind and body - not planning for transfer. That has been placed in your mind by your Midwife. Birth is normal, it has happened for hundreds and thousands of years, and only for the last 100 have we been "packing hospital bags".

✨ Preparing your birth plan is more about yourself - it's about figuring out your research, what works for you, what you want, etc. BUT being so intentional with your birth plan to have it in the back of your mind that "things might change" is not the mindset you should be carrying when entering your birth phase.

Preparing for birth sometimes means cutting out those that are negative and only share bad or scary stories. Preparing for birth means filling your cup, mind and days with beautiful stories, supportive conversations, and a supportive birth team who doesn't fear the process.

06/12/2023

When I was 41+5 days pregnant with Grayson, I went into labor, so naturally I assumed I'd be starting my second labor process around the same time. I was wrong; I was pregnant for another week! When I reflect back, I can see the lessons that I could take from both pregnancies.

✨Patience
I was challenged so much that those last few weeks of pregnancy are uncomfortable, then add going "over" with constant messages, it can test patience! But everyday I reminded myself that there were two people on this journey: my little girl and I, and she knows when the time is right for her.

✨Trust
I learned to trust in myself and intuition more and more as those around me, including my Midwifery Team, doubted that it was normal to carry past 40 weeks. Her presence actually stressed me out rather than empower and encourage me, as a soon-to-be laboring woman should be. I trusted that it was better for my mindset to not engage with her often. A woman who is about to labor needs support, encouragement and positive reminders, not mistrust and projection of others' fears.

✨Prediction is impossible
There is no algorithm, chart or equation that will accurately figure out when you're going into labor. No ultrasound can predict the size or when baby is coming, no cervical exam can predict "how much longer", and definitely not research from the 1800s with a small sample of women is going to tell me what is accurate or not because it's just simply not predictable.

✨Surrender
To simply surrender to the unknowns of this journey. My baby decides when the time is right and she is fully developed, who was I to intervene with the process? I repeated this over and over to remind myself. The mental battle of those days are challenging; the battle between the deep messaging you received of birth throughout your life and the re-learning of what birth can look like, have a way of ebb and flowing. This is why surrendering to your journey is important. You are not in control, no one is.

06/05/2023

Breathe
Read that again.
Close your eyes and really take it in.

Because, this is the truth.

Birth has existed since the beginning of time...

✨We would not all be here if it wasn't for birth in its most natural form.
✨We would not all be here if it wasn't for the power of the woman's trust and her body.

The truth is, women and babies weren't dying at homebirths 150 years ago, this narrative was marketed that way by men in white coats who needed more clients to make more $$!

You must focus on what it is that you are looking for from your birth. Then narrow down which support team works best for you.

In a system where you are treated like a number, misunderstood, disrespected, treated so poorly that can result in negative outcomes.

Or you can birth outside the system where you are in control and the dominate voice.

You are the leader.
You are the authority.
And those that are privileged enough to witness and stand by your side will respect, love and understand the desires that you have.

When you are in the driver's seat; everything shifts.

05/05/2023

What does an overnight Postpartum Doula do?

This looks different for every family!

But mostly, I come and care for your baby. However you are feeding your baby, I will follow your schedule (and baby's) and handle the in between stuff....soothing and changing the baby.

On down times, I will empty our your dishwasher or fold your laundry - depends what you want!

Overnight support help everyone catch up on sleep so that you can be ready to tackle the day to come. It's an investment in the wellbeing of yourself and family; you truly won't regret it!

05/02/2023

This one's for the Dad's!

You have a very powerful role during pregnancy and birth of your baby. And yes, "we are pregnant" but your experience spiritually, physically and emotionally differs greatly than hers and her desires and birth wishes should be respected and supported.

She will experience discomfort - it is not your job to "feel bad" for her, it's your job to remind she is powerful and can overcome it all.

She will be vocal - it is not your job to "quiet her", it is your job to support her as she works through each surge, especially as they grow in intensity and frequency.

She will doubt herself - it is not your job to doubt her as well, it is your job to remind her as many more times as needed that she's got this.

A woman experiences an array of emotions and feelings during labor; support her as she goes through, don't allow your discomfort to take over her experience.

She is in the driver seat. Don't make her second guess her intuition, trust her as the Mother of your children.

04/30/2023

A physiologic birth takes as long as it takes!

I had long labors. They are daunting and have you questioning your ability to go on, but you always can. A physiologic birth will not fail you. There are periods of rest. Your body will not fail, it won't give up halfway through and you will be able to push out your baby!

The idea that long labors are dangerous is one created by a system that is designed to profit from your birth. Think about that when your midwife or OB are scaring you that you've been in labor for a long time. It's a variation of normal.

Women and babies are not machines or robots and don't work on deadlines.

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