*Note: When necessary (direct quotations from articles or studies), the word woman has been replaced to more accurately reflect our...

A few months ago, I was approached by a virtual magazine about doing an interview with them regarding doulas, why I became one and why...

Hello, friend! After six years of supporting families you can imagine just how many shifts and changes my work has undergone! I wanted to...

*NOTE: some quotes use gendered language. Let us remember that women are not the only birth givers. Trans men, non binary folks and...

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...