More about me & my passion…
I started my career as a Registered Nurse in Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum. Over the course of two years, my eyes were opened to the pushback pregnant, laboring, and new mothers receive. It was disheartening watching the women I was caring for struggle with advocating for themselves. I also felt as though they were not receiving all the evidence based information they should have. I watched as many women’s birth plans got pushed to the side and everyone received the same standard care without consideration for mom’s wishes. I received so much flack from providers set in their ways and not willing to try new things that were backed by research. Unfortunately, I had to step aside from bedside nursing as it didn’t correlate with my morals. I wanted more for my patients.
I did successfully breastfeed all my children, which was very empowering for me after my birth experiences. However, I wish I felt more empowered throughout my whole pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. When this opportunity arose to become a birth educator, I knew it was the perfect calling for me! I want to give women all the information to feel empowered. I want those women to know they are making informed decisions.
With that, I started the process of becoming a Certified Birth Educator through the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA). I will continue to learn through evidence based research articles and continuing education classes. I am so excited to give you all the tools you need to have a wonderful birth experience, even if things don’t go to plan!
I took a couple years off from bedside nursing because, in my eyes, healthcare turned more into a business than actually caring for the people that needed it. In the meantime, I had our beautiful daughter, Blakely, and our miracle twin boys, Connor and Dawson. My birth experience with both deliveries was pretty traumatic. With my daughter, I had to fight to get the providers to test me for Preeclampsia. I was brushed off more than once, until it got more severe and they finally induced me. My induction was a long and painful process that could have went very differently, however, I was too afraid to speak up. With my sons, my water broke at 31 weeks and I had to be rushed into a C-Section. My boys spent 6-7 weeks in the NICU which was also physically and mentally draining. I felt as though all of my baby’s births were robbed from me.
