Gerda Scheepers3 minWhat on earth is a "doula" and why would I need one?Maybe you are asking this question right now… or maybe you asked it, gave birth with a doula in the room and now know exactly what the...
Gerda Scheepers2 minReceiving a child in this world is a sacred giftAnd a humbling experience. From the moment new life has been conceived, the parents become responsible to create and hold the space for a...
Gerda Scheepers3 minWhy “feeling safe” when birthing your baby can change the world for everybody"How we are born and how we birth impacts on a massive scale who we are as human beings. When a mother is able to birth her baby in an...
janabelter6 minJana's Birth Story - Baby #2Ava arrived a week before her due date. She had been hanging out low since 34 weeks and didn’t seem to have any plans of shifting again....
janabelter4 minJana's Birth Story - Baby #1Even before I fell pregnant I knew that I wanted to have my baby at home. Hospitals have always been scary to me & I see them as a place...
Gerda Scheepers5 minGerda's Birth Story - Baby #1Birth. When I grew up, it was clouded in mystery… in the same way that nobody talked about how the baby got there in the first place....
Gerda Scheepers4 minGerda's Birth Story - Baby #2Being pregnant with baby number 2 was a whole different experience for me. Not only was there a very energetic and fun two-year old...
Gerda Scheepers4 minGerda's Birth Story - Baby #3It took a while before I started longing to have a newborn in my arms again. To be exact – when baby number two was about to turn four, I...