During our second pregnancy and delivery, we put our all into The Bradley Method® of Natural Childbirth and found success and peace.  My labor was so surprisingly short that our fourth child was accidentally born at home in only 4 1/2 hours.  It is still one of the most joyful memories I have ever had in my life and the main reason you are reading this now.  Besides being a doula, I am now qualified to teach natural childbirth education through The Bradley Method® as well.  Please see my dedicated sight:  http://www.bradleybirth.com/ndweb.asp?ID=I037 and let me know if you would be interested in taking this wonderful class.

With our third pregnancy, we attended a HypnoBabies (www.hypnobabies.com) course for added support and accountability.  It was a great method for keeping my attitudes and faith about birth in the right direction.  Our daughter was born at home, this time on purpose, in less than an hour and a half.  Although I have chosen homebirth for my family, I sincerely believe that every woman should give birth wherever she feels the safest and most supported for her.

I have since, with the assistance of that baby, learned the art of Infant Massage (www.infantmassageusa.org)  and I am now qualified to teach that to parents.  Infant massage is designed to be used from age 0-12 months (and beyond), so if you are interested in better bonding, better sleeping, better digestion, and overall better health for your baby, please let me know.

I have a Bachelor's Degree from Brigham Young University in Family Living, and I am working on my Master's goal to become a midwife when my children are older.  Growing up, I thought I wanted to become an obstetrician.  I gave up on that goal because my future family was too important to me to spend so much time away.  Through the process of becoming a mother, I have learned that I can and want to return to that goal, but with a twist.  I have since learned the midwifery-model of care (www.cfmidwifery.org) and as a doula and childbirth educator, I am on a path again to that goal of helping women during such a  momentous time in their lives.  I have a passion for life and the gifts we are all given, both physically and spiritually.  I want to help others tap into their own source of power and potential.

When I'm not busy homeschooling my children, I enjoy quilting, scrapbooking, reading wholesome books, singing, and dating my husband.  Oh yea, and I also collect elephants and dolls!