Abundant Life MIDWIFE

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!! How about Thrush and Tongue Tie and mouth burns and Raynauds and....OH MY FUCKING GOSH...is this some kind of sick joke?! Insert laugh crying and sob face emoji's here. You don't realize how much you rely on emoji's until you're going to write a blog and there are no emoji's to be had. Anyways...lets get back to the nitty gritty. DESPAIR AND SELF LOATHING 5 days after the worst day of my life my sweet girls mouth is looking SO much better t

So something that women don't tell you is that they are SUPERHEROS!!! And I don't say this lightly. During my early postpartum weeks, I soon learned that women are even more incredibly strong and resilient than I already believed. I also learned that we go through sooo muuuuch shiiiit and really no one is talking about it. Just me? I dont know, I figured i'd have a good grip on what women were going through as it was my day in and day out. But no...there is a secret underworl

Its World Breastfeeding Week! From August 1st-7th we get to celebrate, honor, encourage and learn about the miraculous benefits of breastfeeding. We will see so many beautiful photos of breastfeeding women all over the world and advocate for the importance of this natural and amazing food source for our children. I too will be posting photos of Junie nursing. Yes to advocate for it, but mostly because I am beyond fucking proud and full of joy that we have reached the place we