Birth Doula

Oh the beauty of childbirth, regardless of location

October 25, 2012 By Erika Zane

Beautiful and peaceful are two descriptors I never really expected in the same sentence with “I attended a hospital birth”….
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As Promised: Littlest Man’s Birth Story

April 4, 2012 By Erika Zane

The menstrual-like cramp rippled through my body. “Could this really be it?” I woke up with a start around 8:00…
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Home Birth Preperation: where’s my brain?

February 21, 2012 By Erika Zane

I feel like I’m on another planet these days. My to-do list is so long, I’m having difficulty staying present….
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Sometimes, all the dots connect.

November 16, 2011 By Erika Zane

Every once in a while I have one of those moments where I feel this spark light up inside me….
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Doula Love

October 24, 2011 By Erika Zane

Going into this weekend, the weekend of my DONA birth doula training workshop, I was both ecstatic and nervous. I’ve…
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Hello and welcome. It’s been a while. For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media. Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives. I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it. I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past. But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here. Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through. Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often. Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here. And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest. There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers. Come on over if you want to process with me.