The Start of Something New

We all have to start somewhere, right? No one just finishes something they never started. So then if we must start somewhere the question becomes, where do we start? Beginnings can be daunting, but they don’t have to be. As a small child learns to walk there is almost always someone there holding out a helping hand, offering encouragement and support along the way. What a beautiful way to learn! What if childbirth education was like that? Not an over-copied informational hand-out given to you at your first prenatal appointment-the one that only lasted 5 minutes. Not a robotic voice repeating the same speech from when your mother was giving birth. What if instead you learned from other’s who are giving birth now, in the same season as you.

We all have the list of things we wish someone had told us. That’s where the Joys of Birth podcast and blog idea originated. Each pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experience is unique and yet they all have incredible similarities. Here in this space we want to share our joys and our hardships surrounding birth. We are glad you are here and we hope you will stick around as we continue to grow our original content, share birth stories, and offer childbirth education classes.