In my five year career as a doula, on the beautiful Cape Breton Island, I have worked tirelessly to build positive working relationships...

Content Warning: Infant Loss Portrayal This film is making the rounds in the birth worker communities and despite my initial resistance,...

So, in true Amber spirit, I have been spending some time finding the silver linings of this year and one of them is that due to the...

Perinatal mental health is a topic that always needs to be discussed more. When we birth our babies and enter the stage of parenthood, it...

Birthing during a pandemic is a constant exercise in changing expectations and staying up to date on current regulations. Some changes...

I share a lot of images of birth. Videos. Stories. Photographs. All in an attempt to normalize what I consider to be an incredibly...

I have avoided publishing this blog post for as long as possible but as the days stretch into weeks and we are entering our second month...

For over three weeks now I have been pondering when and how and what I would say about what is happening right now in our world. It is an...

Last summer I began deeply researching ADHD after years of suspecting that my eldest may have some signs of it. Interestingly enough, I...

Infant sleep is one hot topic! From books to mom blogs to mommy groups, this topic is sure to come up over and over again. I get it. Baby...

As a Registered Massage Therapist and Doula, I do a lot of Prenatal Massage! So much so that in 2019, I decided to further my training...

This time of year between holidays is always a time of quiet (I mean, relative quiet, I do have kids after all) and reflection. Over the...

The holidays are here! If you are anything like me, you started shopping early, thought you were super ahead of the game and here we are,...

I love language. I have always adored the words we have available to us to describe the wonder and awe of existence on this planet. Our...

Somehow the summer never seems to last long enough, especially for those of us on the East Coast. With long winters, non existent springs...

It is the eve of my daughter's second birthday. The story of her conception and birth are filled with so many treasures, moments of...

Let's talk about eating and drinking in labour. I have seen birthing people cry with hunger, only to be told that it is "not recommended"...

We have all had them. The days that go on forever. The ones where we are needed, and needed and needed with no space to think, to...

Life is busy with a toddler! And a business! And 2 jobs! I have been neglecting my blogging (although writing lots so prepare yourself...

(Why I love them, Why I don't and the ways in which I dream of our birth culture shifting.) I have to say that I have always been one to...