2018: doula, birthkeeper, and beyond

2018 - - it was a big year for our family, and for me. We moved. I turned 40. We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. But there was SO much more to 2018 than just those events. 2018 was a year of understanding pieces.
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In 2017 I attended my last handful of births as a doula after recognizing that me being away unpredictably no longer worked for our family and that how I practiced as a doula – a birthkeeper really – was not in line with what those who hold the power in our culture expect or allow. I was still committed to being part of the birth world, and thought of myself as a doula on a long-term sabbatical. I was going to continue to learn and grow and contribute, just not IN the birth room until some future time when it worked again for our family. I tossed around the idea of co-creating a prenatal class, of building a substantial blog, of writing a book, of creating online courses.... 

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