Here's What I've Learnt This Week
Now let me tell you something, there’s something about buying a car - or trying to return one - that reveals exactly how women are expected to behave.
Be agreeable. Don’t question the expert. Don’t push too hard. Don’t be difficult. And whatever you do, don’t raise your voice.
This Time Five Years Ago…
That first birth experience - bringing him to my chest in our living room - completely changed the course of my life. He reminds me every single day why I chose to leave the old path behind and do this work. Because every woman I have the joy, honour and pleasure of supporting deserves to feel this powerful…
The Power of Doing Very Little
While this work is never about me, births like this are always a quiet nudge – a reminder that my value isn’t in the doing. It’s in the being. It’s in the gentle text that says “I’m here if you need.” It’s the calm, steady absence that whispers: If my doula isn’t pressuring me to come, she must really believe I can do this.
Even I Took a Pregnancy Test This Week
I know how hormones work. I understand the dance of ovulation, the subtle signals of the body, the timing, the probabilities. I could probably walk you through a conception timeline in my sleep. And yet… I still found myself standing in the bathroom, test in hand, waiting for that little window to reveal an answer I technically already knew.
When I Got Told I Couldn’t Present Freebirth as an Empowered Choice
Reflections on how the narrative shifts when women make choices that don't always align with the medical model of birth.