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I am Joy, a happily married mother of two waterbirthed babies. I am a DONA trained doula, a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, and I've worked as a midwife's assistant at a freestanding birth center. In May of 2010, I attended my first birth as a doula and have since had the pleasure of serving over 50 mothers with their births. I also spent over a year teaching a weakly childbirth class based on the Birthing From Within method. I love serving laboring moms and I enjoy teaching birth education. I use this blog to write about it all - my life, my children, and my passion of all things childbirth.
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Recent Posts
- Guess Which Car My Midwife Drives
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 25, 26, 27
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 24
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 18, 20, 21, 22
- Because I Love Her | The Need for Change in Homebirth Care
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 16 & 17
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 12, 14 & 15
- The Birth Interview Project | Jody’s Homebirth
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 9
- To My Son, On Your First Birthday | A Mother’s Understanding
- Daily Fashion Choices | Day 8
- My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 7
- The Birth Interview Project | Simone’s Surprise Unassisted Homebirth
- My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 6
- My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 5
- My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 4
- My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 3
- My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 2
- In Which I Motivate Myself By Posting Pictures of My Daily Fashion Choices | Day 1
- Breastfeeding Quote and Image
- Vintage Photo of a Midwife
- The Birth Interview Project | Heidi’s 3rd VBAC – home waterbirth
- A Woman’s Intuition
- Motherly Wisdom
- The Birth Interview Project | Rachel’s Homebirth
- The Birth Interview Project | Rachel’s Unmedicated Birth Center Birth
- Photo Quotes and Fun Stuff
- To My Zoe, On Your Third Birthday
- In Reflection: a year since my last birth as a BA
- A Poem About Childbirth That Wrecks Me
- The Strength of a Woman
- The Birth Interview Project | Tracey’s Medically Indicated Hospital Induction w/out Epidural.
- The Birth Interview Project | Alison’s Birth Center Birth
- Inspiring Motherhood Quote
- Valerie’s VBAC | An Israeli Birth Story
- 15 Fun Facts About My Kids
- The Birth Interview Project | Meredith’s Birth Center Birth
- A Lesson In Breastfeeding From My (almost) 3-Year-Old
- The Birth Interview Project | Ruth’s Attempted HBAC w/Transfer
- Reflections on Noah’s Birth. Part 4 (finally)
- The Birth Interview Project | Beth’s 3rd Birth Center Waterbirth
- I Encapsulated My Placenta | Pictures Included
- Sleep Training Confession
- I Have FTP And Now I Will Tell You EVERYTHING
- The Birth Interview Project is on Facebook
- The Birth Interview Project | Beth’s 2nd Birth Center Waterbirth
- Postpartum Hair Regrowth Is Here
- The Birth Interview Project | Beth’s Birth Center Waterbirth
- The Birth Interview Project | Beth’s Medicated Hospital Birth – 8 Years Ago
- Breastfeeding Mom Look
- How To Convert a Regular Bra Into a Nursing Bra
- The Birth Interview Project | Beth’s Hospital Birth w/Demerol. 13 Years Ago
- The Birth Interview Project | Mary’s Natural Birth in a Stable. 2000 Years Ago
- The Birth Interview Project | Marylois’ Natural Hospital Birth – 34 years ago
- The Birth Interview Project | Beth’s Hospital Birth of Preemie Twins
- The Birth Interview Project | Alissa’s Induced, Natural, Hospital birth.
- The Birth Interview Project | Tracey’s Natural, Birth Center Birth
- The Birth Interview Project | Sarah’s Birth Center Transfer, C-Section
- The Birth Interview Project | Destiny’s Traumatic, Natural Hospital Birth
- The Birth Interview Project | Meaghan’s Natural, Birth Center Birth
- A Poem About a Woman Wearing a Red Dress
- How to Help a Woman in Labor
- Without Internet, Sometimes I Read Poetry at Night
- The Walls of My Home
- In Which We Move to Chicago
- To Clear Away the Cobwebs
- Radio Silence
- My Daily Goals
- Noah Luke’s Birth Story. Part 3.
- Noah Luke’s Birth Story. Part 2.
- Noah Luke’s Birth Story. Part 1.
- Bruised Motherhood
- Announcing Noah Luke
- Five Reasons Why I Would Never Take a Hospital Based Childbirth Class
- Is There A Difference?
- My Baby Shower
- Breastfeeding Education
- Lamaze Childbirth Educator Training Seminar
- Zoe’s 2nd Birthday Party
- Happy 33rd birthday to me! I’m pregnant!
- To Zoe, On Your 2nd Birthday
- My Heart Knows You
- My Favorite Pregnancy Products – Part II
- My Favorite Pregnancy Products – Part I
- Worry is the Work of Pregnancy
- The Importance of Hand Holding
- The Spirit of Comfort
- It’s a Boy!
- Binsi Prima Mama Birth Skirt Winner Announced
- You Might be Wearing The Wrong Size Bra
- My Childbirth Question
- Binsi Prima Mama Birth Skirt Giveaway
- Art Exhibit: The Birth Project, Amanda Greavette
- A Little Something About Me
- The Poison Tree
- How to Tell if it’s Labor & Other Tips
- Join in the Birth Story Bash
- Nursing: Getting a Perfect Latch from the Start
- My Fears Got Mean Fingers
- I Massage Uteruses For a Living
- 12 Weeks Pregnant
- I Clamped an Umbilical Cord!
- Making Room For Love
- Birth With Photos
- I’m famous. Kinda.
- Beautiful Breech Birth (Part III)
- Beautiful Breech Birth (Part II)
- Beautiful Breech Birth (Part I)
- So, You Want Natural Childbirth?
- My First Birth As A Doula
- Why I Love Texas
- A Lesson Learned
- The Doula High
- Doula Training, Day Three
- Doula Training, Day Two
- Doula Training, Day One
- My Cup Runneth Over
- Rocks in a Tin Can
- A Letter To My Girl
- The way Kathy Lee needs Regis, that’s the way I need Jesus
Archives
Breastfeeding Resources
Childbirth Resources
- Easier Chilbirth with Fetal Positioning
- European Doula Network
- Inanna Birth and Women's Care
- Is pain in childbirth necessary?
- Lamaze International
- Postpartum Depression Resource
- Practical Ways to Comfort a Woman in Labor – PDF LINK
- Printable Handouts on Pregnancy, Labor, Breastfeeding and Newborn Care
- The Birth Muse
- Why choose delayed cord clamping?
