📣 sound on // Happy #InternationalWomensDay!
I love this video so much because it's a perfect snapshot of my labor experience. Intense contractions, a supportive birth team who knew exactly when to step up and when to fall back, and THE OFFICE 😂 I'm dead. @krystalthedoula and I stayed up watching The Office for hours before my water broke and things got really real. It went deep breath, contraction, back-rub-doula-magic, and then laugh/quote something Dwight or Michael said. And repeat. 😂
Shout out to all the moms, midwives, doulas, sisters, girlfriends, besties, and women everywhere who are truly the center of the universe. ♥️
The entire ocean in a drop. 🌊
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When I posted this yesterday, I was tempted to vent about breastfeeding in public and all my thoughts around society shunning women's bodies. I have so many feelings about it. But instead of ranting, I just posted it as-is because a part of me knew I would be preaching to the choir. And what a phenomenal choir you are! 😭 Thank you for the lovely words. I feel that sometimes the hardest part is allowing myself to indulge in being unapologetically whole, and trusting that my tribe will rally around me, rather than anxiously preparing for a negative reaction. I hope we all continue to support the women in our lives, the mothers and the non-mothers, because it makes such a huge difference. Thanks for reminding me that I am allowed to enjoy motherhood, proudly and in public. 😭🙏🏽♥️ #normalizebreastfeeding
