Photo Credit: RendonPhoto My doula the volleyball player has turned into doula the soccer player all in the same season. Last year the high school soccer coach attended one of my daughter’s volleyball games. The next day he stopped her in the hallway at school and asked her to come be his goalie. He wanted
Serenity Life Doula
Doula the Volleyball Player
My daughter just finished her 5th club volleyball season. From January to July we have a pretty intense schedule with practices, tournaments every other weekend and travel. We spend hours upon hours and miles upon miles in the car, in the gym and on a plane. By the end of the season we are worn
Birthing In The Zone
6 out of my 8 Doula clients in 2016, birthed their babies nothing but natural. Each birthing mom found her birth zone to achieve her desired natural birth. As her Doula, I helped her get into her birth zone and helped her maintain it to bring her baby to her arms. Watching her find her
Your Pelvis Is A Jigsaw Puzzle During Birth
Love when my Doula clients inspire me to write a blog to educate other mommas! I was called in at the wee hours of the night to her home birth. Her birthing environment was very peacefully and quiet. She was so comfortable in the comfort of her own home and labored wherever she desired.
Birthing With Midwives
Unaware of my birth options, I used an OB to birth both my babies in a hospital. Being a certified birth Doula for the last 3 years; I am more educated about all the different birth options in Texas. If I only knew then what I know now, I would have chosen different birth options for
Birthing At Home
Watching a woman have a baby on TV these days can give false ideas about what birth actually can be. How does TV portray birth? Water breaks, woman starts screaming, frantically she is taken to the hospital, commercial break and then she’s holding her baby. So far NONE of my Doula clients have had a
Nothing But Natural Birth
A woman’s body is created to birth her baby. After witnessing the birth of 23 babies over the last 3 years, each and every time I am purely amazed!! A woman’s body and her baby work together in unison from the start of pregnancy and beyond. Your body has the ability to birth your
Postpartum, Breastfeeding, Mothering
My first Birth Preparation 101 class went so well at Babies R Us, I held my first Postpartum, Breastfeeding, Mothering class the following week!! The first time moms were very tentative and ask some really great questions. It really makes me happy to see first time moms educating themselves about this soon to be new
Birth Preparation 101
Over my last 3 years of being a birth Doula and supporting couples through their life changing birth experience, EDUCATION is the key! My couples that have had through childbirth education have a much easier time through labor and are able to make decisions easier due to being knowledgeable. When the registry manager at Babies
Why I Needed an Olympic Doula
As I sit here watching the Summer Olympics, I wonder how many of these athletes could benefit from a Doula? These athletes are trained to peak at their most gifted, innate athletic ability during this special opportunity. Looking back on it, I know I would have benefited from a Doula just trying out for the