Sacred Reflections
More than tips and to-do lists — this is a soft landing place. A mix of stories, reflections, poems, playlists, and gentle invitations back to yourself. Rooted in evidence, intuition, and transformation, this offering is for anyone who believes birth is a rite of passage and wants to explore it with reverence and curiosity.
Where did you even learn that?
We have a question for you.
What is your very first memory of birth?
Not your first pregnancy or the first birth book you read. Not the first childbirth class you took. But your very first memory of being introduced to the concept of birth.
Maybe it was a movie scene with a woman screaming in a h...
Jul 10, 2026
Our take on freebirth
We've been watching the conversations surrounding the recent death of Stacey Werneke, and before we say anything else, we want to acknowledge that regardless of the circumstances, a woman died and a family is grieving. Whatever conversations come from this tragedy, that reality deserves to stay a...
Jun 30, 2026
Is that evidence-based?
We hear the term "evidence based" all the time in the birth world, and for good reason. We love research. We read studies. We think having good evidence is one of the best tools we have when we're making decisions about pregnancy and birth. It improves the standard of care (albeit slowly) within ...
Jun 23, 2026
Your body doesn’t need convincing.
We've been seeing a lot of posts lately from pregnant moms looking for ways to naturally induce labor.
"What should I start taking?"
"Should I be drinking raspberry leaf tea?"
"Is it too early for evening primrose oil?"
"What about dates? Walking? Pumping?"
Just this week we saw someone who was 3...
Jun 19, 2026
Can a doula help with a planned c-section?
Even though most first-time parents do not plan to have a cesarean, the reality is that around 30% of births end in a cesarean. There are a lot of reasons for this, and some rich history about how we got to this place. (If you’re curious, there’s a great book on the topic called Invisible Labor: ...
Jun 05, 2026
We trust women.
Why do we think preparing for birth is so important? Why, as doulas, do we believe women often benefit from a doula even more in the hospital than they do at home? Why do we get so fired up about the language around birth, like being "allowed" to do something?
Because as a society, women are deep...
May 29, 2026
Medicaid coverage for doulas - yay or nay?
Leslie here đź‘‹
I recently had the chance to sit down with HeHe Stewart from The Birth Lounge Podcast, and we had an absolutely amazing conversation about something that, on the surface, sounds like a great idea, but that I have some serious concerns about.
The topic? Medicaid coverage for doulas.
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May 22, 2026
Thank God you were in the hospital…
Birth in the hospital is not the same thing as undisturbed, physiologic birth.Â
We feel the need to say that because when conversations around home birth, midwifery legislation, and "birth safety" come up, this feels like one of the biggest missing pieces that people do not understand.
We hear th...
May 15, 2026
You don’t need more childbirth education
This might sound a little backwards coming from someone who literally teaches childbirth education, but here it is anyway.
Most people don’t need more information about how birth works.
If you know how the baby got in, and you have a general understanding of how the baby is going to get out, you ...
May 07, 2026
Let’s tell the truth
Today is International Day of the Midwife. We celebrate all midwives, but today we want to tell the brutally honest truth you may not already know.
Midwifery as it exists today is not what midwifery has been historically. Traditional midwifery practices didn’t fade away because they were unsafe. ...
May 05, 2026
The missing stage of labor
There’s a stage of labor that is completely missed in the medical model of care. In fact, it is so widely missed that most providers, even some home birth midwives, will intervene to bypass it completely. But it’s something that Whapio talks about in her model of the holistic stages of birth, and...
Apr 30, 2026
Medicaid is covering doulas… but at what cost?
More states are covering doulas. Awesome, right?
Nebraska just advanced a bill that would require Medicaid reimbursement for doula services.Â
A lot of people are celebrating, and I understand why.
Across the country, more states are adding Medicaid coverage for doulas. This is becoming the new mo...
Apr 10, 2026
Sacred Reflections
