Snow Baby: Our Birth Story
We were so nervous and excited before you were born. I was nervous about labor and delivery- about pain and uncertainty- and forgot to be nervous about bringing a new person home with us from the hospital.
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | May 25, 2021 | Birth You Desire Blog
We were so nervous and excited before you were born. I was nervous about labor and delivery- about pain and uncertainty- and forgot to be nervous about bringing a new person home with us from the hospital.
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Dec 15, 2020 | Birth You Desire Blog
Birth is unpredictable. I now know this is true.
My daughter was born on November 26, 2020, Thanksgiving Day, at 40.2 weeks.
by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | Jun 26, 2016 | Birth You Desire Blog
BYD Blog I can’t believe I have an almost one-year old. It feels like I was just pregnant yesterday, but suddenly my baby is an independent toddler. As I’m sure many women do at this moment in their postpartum journey, I find myself thinking a lot about when Stella...by Ashley Medley | May 15, 2016 | Birth You Desire Blog
A Doula’s Reflections on a VBAC Melissa and I met about 3 months before her estimated due date. She came to me with the goal of a vaginal birth after a previous cesarean (VBAC) emotional about her 3 year old daughter’s birth which she described as traumatic. She...by Ursula Sabia Sukinik | May 7, 2016 | Birth You Desire Blog
Unlike many doulas, midwives, and healthcare providers I did not have a calling to medicine. I did not become a doula to fix a wrong or right the world. I simply fell into it. Literally, I fell into it.