Coaching with Audrey

Coaching with Audrey I’m a midwife turned life coach with a passion for guiding people through life’s most meaningful transitions.

Whether you're pregnant, a new parent, or stepping into a new phase of life, I provide space to explore what’s next.

I worked with someone who had three babies before. She had never pushed for more than 30 min. All her kids had been born...
09/11/2026

I worked with someone who had three babies before. She had never pushed for more than 30 min. All her kids had been born in a semi-reclining position. She expected this one to be the same.

After an hour, we knew something was off. It wasn’t her pushing effort - she was doing great. We checked and the baby was sunny side up (OP).

I suggested a position change. She said no. This position had worked three times before, it wasn’t going to fail her now. I offered a manual rotation. No.

She was beyond frustrated. But wasn’t ready to try something different. She was still holding onto her belief of how things would go based on her previous births. So I did what I could, which was sit with her while she pushed.

She started talking. She told me about how she and her husband had always wanted a big family. How her 3rd pregnancy was hard and how exhausted they were with 3 kids under 5. So they waited a little longer to have another one. How excited she was to meet this kid - if only they’d come out!

Finally she said she was ready to try a different position. So we turned her onto her side and in 3 pushes her baby rotated and was out! Later she said, “I guess this one wanted something different.”

If she had tried something different earlier, would her baby have been born sooner? Maybe. But only if she had done the work she did in her last hour of pushing along with it. Because that emotional piece can’t be bypassed. It has to be done at some point.

Want to deepen you connection with this new baby, while developing a flexible mindset no matter how birth unfolds? Begin with my free guide! DM me for the link.

And if you’re holding onto something from your last birth, and you’d like to process it with someone who knows how to sit with and hold space for you, ask me about Birth Story Processing.

I’m headed out of town this weekend to hang out with my aunt and sister!But don’t worry, Prenatal Yoga The Abundance Col...
09/10/2026

I’m headed out of town this weekend to hang out with my aunt and sister!

But don’t worry, Prenatal Yoga The Abundance Collective is still on! You’ll be in great hands with Sofía Lara Carbone, MPH Sofía teaches pre- and post-natal yoga as well as workshops in Oakland and SF.

Thank you Sofía!

You know it’s going to hurt. Everyone says it’s the worst pain you can be in. You know the stages of labor, and that con...
09/08/2026

You know it’s going to hurt. Everyone says it’s the worst pain you can be in. You know the stages of labor, and that contractions will start out like period cramps and then ramp up.

But ramp up to what?! How will you handle it? Sure you’ve learned some positions and some breathing exercises but will that be enough?

If you’re prepping for labor now, my Still Scared of Contractions? Workshop Mama Roots Collective will take you deeper as you prep for contractions.

In addition to practicing physical and visualization techniques to help you work with your contractions instead of white-knuckling your way through them, we’ll also explore the emotional aspect and your beliefs around pain.

Next workshop dates: Sept 19, Oct 17. Go to mamarootscollective.com to sign up.

If you’re someone who has high expectations and often feels like you didn’t do enough or needed to try harder when thing...
09/04/2026

If you’re someone who has high expectations and often feels like you didn’t do enough or needed to try harder when things don’t go as planned, the unpredictable nature of labor can be rough.

Because those voices that tell you that you should have done more, or picked something different don’t go away when you’re giving birth.

So if know you have these tendencies and want to feel like you did enough, that YOU were enough, during your birth, the time to explore these beliefs and start working through them is now.

A good place to start is my free guide - The Hidden Beliefs Shaping Your Birth (the birth prep that often gets skipped, but matters most). It walks you through a 20-min exercise that will help you more than 100h of birth books. You’ll find out what birth prep you really need to do and begin your journey toward a more confident birth experience.
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And, in case you’re wondering where I landed with all this: As a recovering good girl and perfectionist, I can tell you that feeling worthy despite my “failures” and unraveled plans is an on-going process. It still shows up a lot in my parenting, but I’ve gotten a lot better at not beating myself up too much and moving forward even if I didn’t stick the landing. ❤️

You’re hearing all this stuff about cervical exams - how they cause infection, they’re painful, you don’t need one, etc....
09/02/2026

You’re hearing all this stuff about cervical exams - how they cause infection, they’re painful, you don’t need one, etc.

But you’re also hearing that they’re “required” in certain situations, that it’s the only way to tell how your labor is progressing, etc.

You don’t know who or what to believe and whether or not an exam is right for you. And you’re starting to feel this way about a lot of things related to birth.

Not all cervical exams are bad. And not all of them are necessary. Sometimes they provide really useful information. Sometimes they’re offered as routine, or worse, are done without consent.

There are lots of scripts about how to navigate this type of conversation in labor, which, frankly, is hard to do while you’re contracting every 3 minutes.

So how would it feel to have thought about this beforehand? To feel informed and prepared and know when you’d say yes, when you’d say no, and when you’d change your mind going in?

If you’re curious about how that might feel, let me know! I’ll send you a link to book a free call and we can talk through something specific that you feel like you’re getting mixed messages on. You’ll walk away more knowledgeable and with a tangible next step to take toward feeling more trust in the decisions you make.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Birth plans are conversation starters. Do I think sometimes people write plan...
08/24/2026

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Birth plans are conversation starters. Do I think sometimes people write plans that are too rigid and are setting themselves up for disappointment? Yes. Do I think that sometimes members of the care team are dismissive and condescending about someone’s birth plan? Also yes.

I think there’s a lot of distrust (both ways) that contributes to the tension around birth plans, but maybe that’s a post for another time.

For now, let’s start a conversation - why don’t you want x intervention? Why are you worried z will happen? What’s the something deeper that’s going on underneath?

Whether you don’t fully know, or you’re too afraid to say it out loud to other people, I’m here for all of it and want to help you feel seen, heard and like an actual participant in your birth - not someone who has things happen to them.

What’s something in your birth plan? And why? Let me know in the comments!

We make this mistake as providers, too. We want to help and think that if we keep offering more information, it’ll help ...
08/17/2026

We make this mistake as providers, too. We want to help and think that if we keep offering more information, it’ll help you come to a decision sooner. But most of the time, even with all the answers, we can’t bypass our own processes. So much of birth prep advice teaches you to “ask for more time,” when an intervention is proposed, and sometimes there is time to give. But other times the situation evolves and becomes urgent before someone has fully processed what’s going on. Sometimes that’s unavoidable. So in addition to advocating for more time in the moment, what if you gave yourself more time now?

If you have something you’re worried about happening during your labor and want some time now to talk about it, I’d love to hear from you. Even if that thing doesn’t happen, we can still help your prepare for the unexpected thing that inevitably does. DM me PREP to book a free call.

If you’re getting plenty of these iron rich foods in your diet now is a great way to prepare for
06/17/2026

If you’re getting plenty of these iron rich foods in your diet now is a great way to prepare for

I also want to know how you’re sleeping! That we we can talk about normal newborn cycles and strategies to help you get ...
06/08/2026

I also want to know how you’re sleeping! That we we can talk about normal newborn cycles and strategies to help you get a little more rest!

DM me “beliefs” and I’ll send you the link to my free guide, “The Hidden Beliefs Shaping Your Birth.” It takes 20 minute...
06/05/2026

DM me “beliefs” and I’ll send you the link to my free guide, “The Hidden Beliefs Shaping Your Birth.” It takes 20 minutes and will change how you approach your birth prep

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