musings from a mom

a drop of estrogen in a sea of testosterone

2 months ago…

It became official! I finally signed up to start my doula certification. It’s been two months… And I’m approximately halfway done with my training! So far, I have LOVED my experience with Childbirth International’s Birth Doula Training. Everyone I have had contact with both via phone and internet/email has been great. There’s a fantastic Yahoo [...]

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Thu, July 22 2010 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment

It’s official!

FINALLY!!!! I’m officially working towards my certification as a birth doula! I can not even begin to tell you how giddy I am! I am loving CBI for a ton of reasons (another post for another time!) I’m loving the pregnancy portion of the materials as it’s helping me figure out what I really want/don’t [...]

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Sat, May 22 2010 » Uncategorized » 4 Comments

The Top 5 Reasons I Had a Doula

(for the lack of a better title, lol) I’ve had more than enough people ask why we chose to have another person in the room with us for B’s birth (it ended up being another two people, and I’m sure many more that I was unaware of!) I’m sure I’ll never be able to list [...]

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Fri, August 28 2009 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment