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Birth Services

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Birth is beautiful and my birth philosophy is to allow a woman to do what her body intended while also empowering her during one of the most magnificent times of her life. I am a strong believer in natural childbirth and truly believe that our bodies are designed perfectly to s afely birth our babies.  I have 2 different options when it comes to my birth services.   General Labor Support This option will include two prenatal visits where we will build a relationship, establish a birth plan, go over your wants/needs for comfort and address any fears or concerns that you have regarding labor. I will also be available for text/phone calls.  I will be on call 24/7 two weeks before and after your due date. I will also provide 24/7 phone/text support. I will remain with you during your entire labor where I will utilize your preferred comfort measures, of which we discuss at our prenatal visits, including but not limited to use of birth ball, aromatherapy, gentle touch/...
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The Plague, Flexibility, and Starting Courses!

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I've been doing a lot of healing after the stomach bug decided to gracefully take out my entire household. I started taking activated charcoal in order to beat it when Roman got sick. Then the baby got sick and I took one dose and it hit me. LUCKILY I wasn't vomiting, just had a really touchy stomach for a few days. Since I try to look on the positive side, at least it helped me cleanse all of the crappy food out of my body that I had been eating previously! I lost a whole pound (hey, anything counts right?) and I finally got some energy back so I decided to try out some relaxing yoga. My flexibility has improved immensely within the past few weeks, and I'm honestly pretty proud of myself for sticking with this. I've done some form of yoga every day for quite a while now. The gym on the other hand, I've been super sucky with. I've gone about once a week instead of the 3 days I had as a goal. But I have been doing a lot of HIIT workouts at home to make ...
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I have been busting my butt (literally) trying to get back to my fitness regimen. Most of you have known about that because I post about it all the time on Instagram. It's been really hard work, and after Thanksgiving, I'm back to my same weight that I've been at. *sigh*  But I've recently been working hard at my yoga practice again. I quit for a little while as my depression kicked in and it was really hard on me, physically and mentally. It's so nice to be back at it but also somewhat discouraging because I lost so much flexibility.  I started just following along with Erin Motts again on Youtube doing her Original 30 Day Yoga Challenge. It's by far my favorite on there because it's calming but extremely effective. In fact, I finished today and my arms were ON FIRE. I know they will be worse after the gym tonight too.  Of course, you know me. I'm trying to do way more than I'm capable of right now because I'm stubborn. I...
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Tree Nut Shea Body Butter

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If you have heard of Influenster, you know you can get some great products in their VoxBoxes! Well, I got this amazing Shea Body Butter in my Harvest VoxBox, as a complimentary product and OMG do I love it!  First of all, I hate it when I put on lotion and it leaves this nasty oily residue all over me. Not this stuff! It rubs in really easily and keeps my skin smooth. Which is needed right now as the cold weather hits. NOT my favorite time of year, that's for sure.  So, in a nutshell, I highly recommend this body butter for anyone looking for a more natural product to use this winter for your dry skin. This was a life saver!
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Tea Time

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Tea over coffee today because I feel a cold coming on and ain't nobody got time for that!
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Support Systems Are Important

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      Last night I was sitting on the computer doing some research and my husband comes and throws his debit card on the table and says, “Happy early Christmas.” He tells me to buy my books I need for my first doula course plus one more. Then as we are sitting there watching “Friends” on Netflix later on, he tells me I’m going to be such a great doula!       I can’t express how amazing it feels to have such a solid support system. I have been through so much in the past 5 years that I would have never gotten through if it weren’t for him. He truly is my rock, and some days I can’t even believe he picked ME of all people!        So many times people comment on my photos and say, “Your husband is a lucky guy!”… No, I’m the lucky one here. For real, I can’t say it enough. It drives me nuts that luck is based off of looks. But that’s a totally different blog post. :P        But yeah, I am getti...
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My Calling

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      Over the past 5 years I’ve done a lot of “finding myself”. It took all those years for me to figure out that I’m not a model, I’m not an actress, I’m not a direct sales mom, I’m not a crafter, I’m not an artist, etc. Throughout the course of this journey to finding my calling, I’ve tried all of those things, and some, and nothing made me feel whole. All I knew is I wanted to help people. I want to do something meaningful. Something that is genuine and appreciated, as well as fulfilling for myself.       A year ago I got to experience the home birth of my 3rd son. It was my first home birth and I was excited, scared, confused, but mostly excited. I had really come to love the natural lifestyle and had become pretty spiritual. Long story short, my home birth was AMAZING! I got to experience the most beautiful, exciting, painful, and surreal birth I’ve ever experienced. My doula and midwife were the most perfect teammates and I knew from that p...
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