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Celebrating National Breastfeeding Month with SunMum Breastmilk Bags

Today I joined SunMum Breastmilk Bigs and Buds and Blooms for an FB Live Lactation Class. Thank you, Lorin and friends of Tiny Buds, for...

VBAC BIRTH STORY: Anne Jayme

Do you love stories? My children and I do. Every night, as part of our night-time ritual, we would tell stories or read tales of...

VBAC: Your Questions Answered

Have you heard of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean or VBAC? Did you know that more and more women in the Philippines who had a caesarean...

VBAC BIRTH STORY: Jennifer Tamayo, Part 2

My VBAC On the 38th week of my pregnancy came the labor signs. It began with light pain--like menstrual cramps. There was a bloody...

VBAC BIRTH STORY: Jennifer Tamayo

Stories from fellow women are the best way to learn about birth; and it is positive birth stories that we need to hear to lift our...

My Visit to Lamaze HQ in Washington DC

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 2019 I had the privilege of traveling to Washington DC with my family in the winter of 2019. Even with so many...

Training to be a compassionate doula in Eat, Pray, Doula

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 2017 It has been a year since I attended my official doula training in Bali, Indonesia under the Eat, Pray, Doula...