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Dilation Hesitation: When your cervix hasn’t caught up with the rest of your body

by Scarlett | Oct 25, 2018 | Birth, Doula, Uncategorized

Labor is hard. We all know that. The most challenging aspect of labor, aside from the intense sensations and the obvious intricacies of getting a full sized baby out of a woman’s body, is that it’s unpredictable. It’s impossible to know how long any labor will last...

Gestational Surrogacy & Loving Birth Enough to Do it All for Someone Else’s Baby

by Scarlett | May 1, 2015 | Birth, Doula, Surrogacy

Hi, I’m Scarlett.  I’m a mother, wife, childbirth educator, birth doula, and last year I added one more title to my list: gestational surrogate (or gestational carrier). Gestational Surrogacy means that the carrier becomes pregnant with an embryo (or embryos) that are...

Fear in pregnancy and labor: A mindfulness perspective

by Scarlett | Jan 12, 2014 | Uncategorized

By Keely C. Helmick, LPC and Doula With the onslaught of stories, experiences, blogs, and tweets it is no wonder there is so much fear surrounding birth. Whether it’s the fear of pain, fear of Cesarean, or fear of “freaking out” and losing control,...
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