muddyfingerprints

As a mother of two and a natural childbirth educator, I want to share some of my favorite videos in hope to inspire your birth choices. Looking back at my birth experiences, I realize that transformation within my husband and myself occured from day one of attending natural childbirth classes (The B

This insightful 13 minute video explains brain development in early childhood and how empathy develops through giving interactive attachment through parenting. This is an eye opener to how important quality parenting skills are to our youth. Practicing attachment parenting provides children with sel

Just think about that...borning your baby in a place where emergencies happen? It simply doesn't make sense. If we are low risk, why would we put ourselves in such a dangerous place for such a beautiful, natural, normal experience?Hospitals have policies. Things like continuous electronic fetal moni

Welcoming Mason. The Birth Story of my beautiful boy.It was Fathers Day 2011, my due date. I woke up from my nap around 2:00pm with tiny contractions. Excitedly, I mentioned to my husband Sam that I thought today might be the day baby Mason arrived! We continued our day as usual, and that evening I

Mason was born on June 20, 2011 at 8:49pm at Breath of Life birthing center as a beautiful waterbirth. Here is the post from our midwife right after he arrived: FACEBOOK POST: "We're joyously welcoming an adorable and peaceful little man this evening. He was gently waterborn at 2049 and promptly

I’m working on my becoming a Bradley Instructor and plan to begin teaching natural childbirth after the summer. When I look back I realize why it took me so long to complete college (I was 30 years old). It wasn't that my job(s) caused the delay; it was that I love learning new things and growi