The Natural Birth Blog

My personal journey of feeling my baby's first movement as a mama and trained midwife

There is something quite extraordinary about the first time you feel your baby move. 

For me, that first moment came at 14 weeks and 6 days.

It was so exciting and I'm gonna share all about it below.

I also want to explore what we actually know about "normal" fetal movements in this blog post? How much of the current maternity advice is supported by research?

Because I believe women deserve information, not just instructions. We deserve to understand the reasoning behind recommendations, and how to make informed decisions about our care.

My first encounter with my baby's movements

I remember it with joy :).

I was 14 weeks and 6 days pregnant. I had gone to bed and was lying down, getting ready to fall asleep, when I suddenly felt something happening inside my womb.

It wasn't a flutter or a little bubble. It was a few distinct somersaults.

I could actually feel my baby turning and moving a...

My Pregnancy Diaries – First Trimester

By 7 weeks, the pregnancy symptoms were definitely becoming more noticeable.

And one symptom in particular was beginning to take over my life.

The tiredness!

Oh my goodness, the tiredness.

I had expected nausea to be my biggest pregnancy challenge, especially being such a highly sensitive person who feels everything going on in my body.

But instead, it was the exhaustion that was becoming all-consuming.

And along with it came bloating, burping, brain fog, mood changes, the blood sugar drop and instant starving mode activated, the incredible thirst that has been intense my whole pregnancy and this very interesting state of simply existing.

Not thinking much.

Not doing much.

Just being.

And strangely enough, despite some of the uncomfortable physical symptoms, I felt deeply harmonious (except for the 24hrs of spotting at week 8, I'll get to that further down).

The Exhaustion Was Taking Over!

The tiredness had gone from being somethin...

My Pregnancy Diaries – First Trimester

So here I am, almost 6 weeks pregnant!

And I'm here to share my first signs of pregnancy with you.

I Knew I Was Pregnant Before Taking the Pregnancy Test!

I actually knew I was pregnant before I even took a pregnancy test! 

A part of me was hesitating even doing the test and just waiting and seeing and letting life and nature unfold.

But then a part of me wanted to be able to send a picture to family and friends sharing the news with a cute visual (see my socials for the little video of the preggo test and a baby onesie)

Around the time my period was due, around 4-5 weeks pregnant as my period tend to come around day 28-32, I started experiencing the lightest nausea.

It began the day before my expected period was supposed to arrive and continued over the following days.

And at the same time, I was experiencing quite strong period pain sensations.

And I was absolutely convinced my period was about to arrive.

Every morning I was expect...

The day my baby was welcomed into my womb, on one of the most magical and fertile days of the year.

The Beginning of My Pregnancy Diaries

This is the beginning of a very personal series of blog posts where I want to take you along on my journey through pregnancy, birth and motherhood.

Not just from the perspective of a former midwife and holistic birth educator, but from my own lived experience as a woman becoming a mother for the first time.

I'll be sharing the beautiful, the challenging, the magical and the very human parts of this journey.

Because pregnancy isn't just about growing a baby.

It's about becoming a new version of ourselves.

And my journey began on Valborg, at the threshold of Beltane.

A celebration of fertility.

A celebration of life.

A celebration of new beginnings.

And the day I welcomed my little baby into my womb.

April 30th, 2026.

A date that will forever hold a special place in my heart.

The day I welcomed the possibility of new life into my wo...

A Heartfelt Guide for Expectant Mothers Wondering Whether Doula Support Truly Matters

If you’re pregnant and wondering whether having a doula is actually worth it, you’re not alone.

Many women ask this question.

It can be difficult to know what kind of support will truly make a difference until you’re already deep inside the experience.

Is the investment worth it? Do I really need extra support beyond my partner?

What I want you to know is this.

A doula is not a luxury.

She is often the missing element, whether you're planning a hospital, birth center or home birth.

A doula is the one person in your birth space whose entire focus is you.

Your emotional safety. Your experience. 

She is ALL for You.

Everyone else has a different job.

Midwives care for your emotional safety and want the best for your birth experience but is also (depending on birth setting) focused on clinical safety and following protocols and guidelines.

Doctors & nurses have a pathological lens and their f...

How partners can show up consciously, with presence, devotion and grounded support

Pregnancy and birth are not only physical events.

They are spiritual journeys that reshape a woman from the inside out.

They require softening, surrender, courage, and deep trust in the body’s wisdom and the great mystery of the universe to be honest.

And for many mothers, the presence of a conscious partner is one of the greatest anchors she can have along the way.

But conscious support is not passive.

It is not sitting in the corner waiting to be told what to do.

It is an active, embodied presence.

A willingness to step into the masculine container that holds, protects and stabilizes the space while the feminine opens. 

This blog is a guide for the partners who feel the call to show up in that way.

For the ones who want to support not just physically but emotionally, spiritually and energetically.

For the ones who want to be part of the birth, not a bystander to it.

Send it to Your partner ...

This is one of the most common questions I hear from women who have not had babies themselves

And one that often hides a deeper layer of self-doubt.

“Can I really support women in birth if I’ve never birthed myself?”
“Will they trust me?”
“Am I good enough?”

I hear you.
And I want to tell you, yes, you absolutely can.

Some of the best birth workers I know do not have children themselves. 

The Calling Comes First

It begins with a deep fascination with birth, a curiosity about what women’s bodies can do, a longing to be part of something sacred, ancient and real.

Some of the most gifted, intuitive, and transformative birth workers I’ve met have not given birth themselves.

Their strength lies in their ability to hold space, to truly listen, to witness, to trust the innate wisdom of women and birth, without projection, without comparison, without personal agenda.

Actually Not having given birth gives them the advantage of not projecting their own experience onto a woman.

Of co...

Inside the Birth Portal: A Sacred Birth Worker’s Story

It’s 3 a.m. when the call comes.

Through the quiet of the night, I hear my phone ringing.

On the other end of the line is a partner’s voice, trembling, charged with anticipation, excitement and uncertainty. In the background, I can hear a woman’s moans, deep, primal and rhythmic.

“She’d like you to come now,” he says.

“I’m on my way,” I whisper back.

I get out of bed, moving gently through the darkness, turning on gentle soft lights to wake me up and guide my way.

The world is silent, suspended between night and day. It appears timeless. 

I make coffee, prepare some sandwiches and snacks to bring with me, splash cool water on my face, and gather what I might need in a bag; a change of clothes, a rebozo, essential oils, combs, little sacred trinkets.

Mostly, what I carry with me is presence.

My gift is my hands & my heart.

When I step outside, the air is cool and clear.

The stars glimmer. The land is sleeping.

I always ...

When a woman is pregnant the first time she stands on the threshold between who she has been and who she is becoming.
Between the Maiden and the Mother.

Birth is the moment the Maiden must dissolve and the Mother must be rise.

This transition is not only biological, it is emotional, spiritual, cultural and deeply archetypal.

It asks a woman to die to the old self, to release the illusion of control, and to trust the primal intelligence that lives within her bones, her blood, her womb.

Remembering What Birth Truly Is

Birth is designed to Show Woman her Power. 

It's a ceremony, a weaving between worlds, where the veil is thin and she meets all her fears and is pushed to her limits.

In this sacred act, a woman not only brings forth new life, but she is births her new self.

As the Mother.

But in our modern world, we have largely forgotten this truth.

We have medicalized the mystery.

We have replaced ceremony with clinical routine and procedures.

And in doing so, many women...

They say a Beloved Child has Many Names & the Placenta has been Revered & Honored throughout the Ages.

An organ created for the sole purpose of nurturing and protecting the baby. This blog post is here to honor and bring focus to this most Sacred Organ.

For nine months, it nourishes, protects, and sustains life.
It is the first altar, where mother and baby meet in the quiet intimacy of the womb.
And yet, in modern birth culture, it is treated as medical waste.

Thrown away.
Discarded.
Forgotten.

But in many cultures, past and present, the placenta has always been honored as the Tree of Life, a bridge between earth and heaven, between ancestors and descendants, between the seen and unseen.

I'm here to remind you of this...

... if you have forgotten.

The First Mother

The placenta teaches us the blueprint of mothering.

She Exists Only for the Baby.

Selfless giving, the constant nourishment & the sacred protection.

In her form, we can see the patterns of nature itse...