Bring your whole self to birth.

Honest, well-researched help for a healthy pregnancy, an empowered birth and a gentler postpartum, from a Dayton doula who has done it five times herself.

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We don’t dress like everyone else or eat exactly what others eat. Why would we give birth on an assembly line that doesn’t honor who we are?

Hi, I’m Bethany.

I had my five babies at home and have spent nineteen years as a doula in hospitals, birth centers and living rooms around Dayton, Ohio. I read far too much about birth, and this blog is where I put it all down for you: what helped me, what the research actually says, and what I wish someone had told me the first time.

Birth is never a breeze. But it can be yours.

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Wherever you are on the path

Start with the season you’re in. Every post is written by a mom who has been there and a doula who has seen it a few hundred times.

  1. Pregnancy

    Feel good, eat well and get your head and heart ready for the day.

    All pregnancy posts

  2. Birth

    Know your options, practice your calm, pack your bag, and walk in strong.

    All birth posts

  3. Postpartum

    Heal, rest, feed a baby and find yourself again in the slow weeks after.

    All postpartum posts

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Having a baby near Dayton, Ohio?

I take two doula clients a month, so every family gets my full attention: visits before the birth, steady support through all of labor, and a calm voice when you need one. Hospital, birth center or home.

Serving the whole Miami Valley: Dayton, Beavercreek, Centerville, Kettering, Springboro, Yellow Springs, Troy, Xenia and nearby.

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