It’s a big day for me! I’m celebrating these three gorgeous kiddos and their rockstar parents! I‘ve been blessed to meet many doula babies. Babies that I witnessed their first breath, parents strength and love and been honored to watch those kiddos grow into such amazing little humans. As you can see here, I’ve even witnessed second doula babies a couple times over the years. But the sister of these cute kiddos is my very first, third doula baby. Wowzas! Y’all. When I say that it just brings me to tears … I’m not exaggerating. Its a BIG deal and a tremendous honor to me to be chosen to serve ..read more

Here at birth BG we're proud to bring you more resources and information for the topics that you care about most! In addition to adding the Spinning Babies® Parent Class, we're adding the option for private consultations focused on your specific questions and concerns about pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum! Our first topic .... drum roll please ... BREECH BABIES We'll discuss, things to talk about with your care provider, ways to encourage baby to flip from breech to head down, what to expect if a cesarean birth is necessary and how to plan a gentle cesarean. Things we'll discuss: Under ..read more

This 2 hour free class takes place virtually on Tuesday evenings, from 6-8 PM. Click on the photo above to view available class dates! We're excited to offer this early pregnancy class to help take of some the guesswork and mystery out of the process and set you up with the resources and information to take an active role in your pregnancy and birth. Some of the things that we'll learn about and discuss in class: How you feel about birth Different approaches to birth: Low intervention? Medically managed? Choosing your birth location: Home? Hospital? Birth Center? Choosing your care provider ..read more

Ya'll ..... Seriously .... This is what dreams are made of for me. I've waited so very long for this moment! Since the very first time that I saw Spinning Babies techniques used by other birth professionals at a birth to make space in the pelvis to help baby navigate in their journey ... I was hooked. I read and studied like I always do. Ordered books and materials to learn more and intended to learn all there is to know about the Spinning Babies approach. It still wasn't enough for me. I'd waited for what seemed like forever on a workshop that was close enough for me to attend AND worked wit ..read more

Today is #Internationaldayofthemidwife and when I began reading through the information for this years celebration, I loved the message. This years theme is "Follow the data: Invest in Midwives" YES. Invest in midwives. Why? Where do I even start?! I love research and data to the report was a dream for me! Out of all of the amazing content and research that was included in the information that you can find here, on the WHO website, the points that I'm about to share with you hit home for me. "•To achieve their full life-saving, health-improving, system-strengthening potential, midwives must b ..read more

What better way to celebrate and kick off International Doula Month than to talk about some of the benefits of hiring a doula? In order to make the decision of whether a doula is right for you, we first need to talk about what a doula is and what they do. A doula by definition is: "a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional and informational support to a birthing person and their partner before, during and shortly after childbirth to help them achieve the healthiest, most satisfying experience possible." There are numerous research articles on the benefits of hiring a ..read more

What did you think we were talking about? You have to have a sense of humor to talk about hemorrhoids and literal pains in the butt. There's literally nothing funny about actual hemorrhoids except the way it's spelled. It's hard for some folks to admit or accept, but I'm willing to make a fool of myself and have a photo of my own butt on the internet holding up a help sign, FOREVER, so that you can have a laugh and also so you don't have to suffer through without knowing the basics and how to soothe the pain in your behind. Again, we're talking about hemorrhoids, not your nosy neighbor. (If y ..read more

FREE Childbirth and Breastfeeding Basics About this Event NOW OFFERED VIRTUALLY. LINK WILL BE SENT TO YOUR EMAIL FOR ATTENDANCE THROUGH ZOOM MEETINGS! In 2019 Mary Duke of My Sunshine Birth Services and Samantha Steen of birth BG tried out a couple Free Childbirth and breastfeeding basics courses and they were wildly popular! We're happy to continue to offer these in 2021 and beyond! Childbirth: 6pm - 7pm Breastfeeding: 7pm - 8pm Optional Q&A time: 8pm - 8:30pm Tickets required through Eventbrite below! LEARN MORE Are you expecting and would like to learn more about the basics of childbir ..read more

Fun and informative, IN PERSON childbirth education course covering all the basics PLUS in depth discussion on the topics YOU want! I'm trying out a new format for in person childbirth education! We're excited to offer the choose your own adventure experience! This will be the ONLY time that it's offered for free! The class size is limited and will have room for 5 birthing people and their partner or support person! 10 seats total to allow for discussion and SOCIAL DISTANCING! This class will take place on Saturday May 8th, 2021 from 10am to 5 pm, at our downtown location, with a one hour bre ..read more

Although the announcement is running behind .. we'd like to congratulate Jamie Wilson, birth BG's newest trained birth doula! Congratulations, Jamie! Jamie joined birth BG as our office manager and she works hard every day keeping things running smoothly around here. She's been an invaluable member of this team since day one. We're so very excited to welcome her into doula work and can't wait to see what other directions that birth work might lead her in. If you're looking for a doula support, lactation support, photography or birth and breastfeeding education, give us a call to check availab ..read more