The Heal & Rise Blog

Feb 20, 20238 min read

11 Things I Wish I'd Known Before My Homebirth

With our son's first birthday this week, I've found myself reminiscing with disbelief that it's been an entire year already since...

Feb 13, 20233 min read

Consent. The understanding that we have a right to bodily autonomy is a crucial one for our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual...

Jun 27, 20223 min read

I sat, stunned on the floor and tears came to my eyes. Baby Leo lay beside me on his play mat as I sank deeper into my knees and ankles...

Mar 21, 20226 min read

Continued from Leo's Home Birth Story (part one). 11:40PM on 2.22.22. He was beautiful, absolutely perfect, but he was completely limp in...

Mar 7, 20228 min read

"After all of this, are we going to have a baby on the twenty-third?" our midwife, Dawn, casually asked between pushes... knowing full...

Jan 17, 20223 min read

You ever have someone influential show up in your dreams? Perhaps someone you know personally, an ancestor or spirit guide, or a...