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The birth story of Yemaya Laluna

The story of my first child’s birth and my birth as a mother cannot be separated from the death of my own mother. She died on my due date, the 26th of December 2014. Of course it was tragic but fortunately it was a gradual process, and I was prepared for this event over manyContinue reading “The birth story of Yemaya Laluna”

The birth story of Sol

My wish for the birth of my second child was to experience physiological birth, what I believed would be safest for me and my baby, but also because I didn’t get that experience with my first child. I sensed the best place to support this would be at home, and I found a beautiful midwifeContinue reading “The birth story of Sol”

Wild Birth

I was recently motivated to share this photo. I am at my most bare, most powerful, most wild. Although I planned for a calm birth with a focus on relaxation, I was shocked at how I literally had to come undone. To do the things I never thought I would, screaming, wailing, shaking, to allowContinue reading “Wild Birth”