When I was pregnant with my first I wondered a lot about what labor would be like. Would I be able to handle the pain of contractions? Would I choose an epidural? At the same time, I was feeling overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of what was about to happen and anxious about all the unknowns of parenthood.
Read MoreI had expected to come from the When Survivors Give Birth Workshop in Seattle with an overload of information to share. Instead, I find myself lost for words.
Read MoreThis is me, almost ten years ago, teaching how to write an essay to an undergraduate class. Its been a long journey from this moment - a journey that includes the birth of my two babies, a Ph.D. and the start of a new career in providing trauma-informed childbirth education and parenting support.
Read MoreToday…What can I say about today? Today, emotionally draining as it has been, has only reinforced my commitment to helping survivors in the perinatal period. Today, I spoke to medical care providers and other perinatal professionals about my experience giving birth as a survivor of rape.
Read MoreEverything changed after the birth of my two children, one in 2014 and one in 2017
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