Cesarean Awareness Month
Do you know what all these women have in common? You may have already guessed that they are all women who work in birth. This group includes a Unit Director, Clinical Specialist, Midwife, many Labor & Delivery Nurses, Unit Secretary, Test Nurse, Unit Assistant’s to our inpatient and outpatient facilities and a NICU Nurse. But…
Claire
Pre & Postnatal Educator, Founder/Host of The Natural Mama Podcast New Orleans, Louisiana I had mastered the whole living abroad thing, fully identifying as a “Forever-Expat,” with no vision of returning home (United States) anytime in the foreseeable future. Well, then comes baby… and “Pregnant-Expat” isn’t nearly as fun as the jet-setting, island-hopping lifestyle I…
Rebecca
Founder of Iris Doula Care, Birth Doula Griffin, Georgia I knew from a young age that I wanted to be involved in birth work. At age 10 years old I was able to witness the birth of my younger sister. It was not the plan for me to attend. My mother’s quick labor, lack of…
Sam
Registered Nurse Midwife, Calmbirth Childbirth Educator Sunshine Coast, Australia I was a newly graduated midwife when I became pregnant with my first baby. Becoming pregnant straight away was a bit of a shock as I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). I had been told it would be a long and difficult journey to conceive. We were…
Care
Founder of The Birth Education Center, Certified Doula, Certified Childbirth Educator San Diego, CA On our second date, dining on the largest shrimp cocktail of my life in Salt Lake City, my now ex-husband casually asked me, “What do you think about having kids?” He must have seen the stunned look on my face, so…
Gracie
Labor and Delivery RN Wayne County, Georgia I’ve known that I’ve wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse since I was 10 years old. I was fascinated with the pregnancy and birth process. The fact that I am able to see it just about every single day is a dream come true. Though this…
Kim
Labor and Delivery Nurse, Founder of Real Life Birth Workers This is my first personal story that I am sharing on the site. This is the series of events that led me to becoming a Labor and Delivery nurse and one of the reasons I am the nurse I am today. The story of how…
Vicky
Founder of The Birth Trauma Coach, Hypnobirthing Educator, Birth Trauma Practitioner Clare, United Kingdom I have worked in the birth world for almost eight years now and I am still as passionate about it today as the day I stepped in. I wasn’t someone you would have thought would have ended up working in birth.…
Heather
Labor & Delivery RN, Founder of A Life in Labor, Co-Creator of Loving Your Labor Academy Riverside, California I became a labor and delivery nurse fresh out of college with almost no experience in childbearing or motherhood. But as I encouraged and assisted new persons to bring their babies into the world, my passion for…
Jasmin
Jasmin Founder of More Than Maternal, Masters in Business Administration Wilmington, North Carolina Pregnancy was never part of the equation, at least not at the time it wasn’t. My life was in the ultimate transition when we found out that we were pregnant. I was a new graduate student who was newly moved, newly employed,…
Angela
Founder of La Luna Counseling and Wellness – Master of Arts, Licensed Professional Counselor Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey I gave birth to my son in August 2017. I had a magical idea of what childbirth would be. As most seasoned mothers would know, we can’t control everything that will come, and I was mistaken. I was…
Jasmine
Labor & Delivery RN – Perinatal Loss Certification (in progress) Concord, CA I’ve always been someone who finds joy in helping others. Especially with accomplishing goals that they aren’t able to do alone. After I had my twins via a scheduled cesarean section, I was left wanting more. Baby A was breech, so surgery was…
Taylor
New Graduate Labor & Delivery RN Riverside, California I graduated school and became a Labor and Delivery nurse during a global pandemic. I finished my final semester of nursing school in June 2020. My last term was conducted on Zoom. Clinicals were cancelled, rescheduled and moved around daily. My instructors scrambled to help us finish…
Whitney
Founder of Nurture Birth – Birth Doula Newport Beach, CA Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would build something that has become so impactful for the women in my community. I am the founder of Nurture Birth. It all began with the birth of my first child over ten years ago.…
Therese
Birth and Postpartum Doula – Former Preschool Teacher – Former Nanny Lomita, California Some people know what they want to be and have as a career from the time they are young. For me, figuring out my life’s calling wasn’t so apparent. I struggled to find what really set my soul on fire. Being an…
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