My son’s birth

My son’s birth

Today is my son’s 10th birthday. It feels surreal that ten years has passed so quickly. It seems like just yesterday we welcomed him. I have decided to share his birth story to honour this day. It was 2009 and I was due on July 9th. It was hot, I was big (baby was estimated […]

When is the right time to start Prenatal Yoga?

When is the right time to start Prenatal Yoga?

Congratulations on your pregnancy! If you are reading this you are probably thinking about starting some healthy lifestyle changes or adjusting your current activities now that your body is going through some massive changes. If you are unsure about how prenatal yoga can benefit you and your baby, see my previous post “Why Prenatal Yoga?”. […]

Dear Motherless Mom-to-be, I SEE YOU. Love, a Birth and Postpartum Doula

Dear Motherless Mom-to-be, I SEE YOU. Love, a Birth and Postpartum Doula

At the age of 26 I was in a committed relationship, living abroad with a stable career and dreaming about someday soon becoming a mother. Then I lost my own mother to cancer. All of a sudden the thought of navigating the unchartered territory of parenting seemed much less appealing. Like many other women, my […]

Oh Baby it’s cold outside! – How to entertain a toddler at home.

Well, what can we expect from a Canadian winter right?! Truth is we have been lucky this season so far with some mild temps and now the cold, frigid winter wind is here. When my kids were much younger there were definitely cold days when I didn’t want to take them far. We would hunker […]