amyobrienApr 24, 20209 minGetting Your Head In The Game For A COVID-19 Birth [mindset shifts to walk you through]You, beautiful mama, are navigating some pretty uncharted territory by approaching birth in these times.
amyobrienJul 23, 20195 minA Calm and Supportive IVF Embryo Transfer DayEmbryo Transfer Day. This is such a big day. I get tingles just thinking about the courage I see in women on this day. All the possibilit...
amyobrienMay 20, 20193 minBelieve HerAs a society, when a woman speaks her needs, we just don't listen. Instead we encourage her to push through. To stick to deadlines and pi...
amyobrienMay 7, 20193 minThe Joy and Power of Midwifery Led Continuity of Care in Pregnancy, Birth and beyondImage of me - my first babe tucked inside, almost halfway through our pregnancy. *** We transition from maiden to mother via the demandin...
amyobrienApr 28, 20191 minAnxiety : A LessonI grapple with anxiety. It is a foe and a friend. Sometimes it stops me from being in the present moment. Other times it is the very reas...
amyobrienMar 19, 20191 minWe Are The Goddess RisingI penned an Ode to International Womens Day recently. It haunts me in the best kind of way. So I want to share it with you here. Try sile...
amyobrienFeb 28, 20196 minHG Part 5: Standing in AweSometimes it's not about lightening the load. Sometimes it's about repacking it. Moving the heavy stuff around. Turning things over. Givi...
amyobrienFeb 27, 20192 minHG Part 4: Unease, she lingersThe nausea dissolves within hours of birthing my precious babe. The relief of many lifetimes. I assume HG has left. And indeed, the physi...
amyobrienFeb 11, 20192 minHG Part 3: Holding the divine'Amy feeling a bit emotional. Feels she has been pregnant forever. Just wants it over. She is sick of feeling sick. Reassured her it will...
amyobrienFeb 11, 20193 minHG Part 2: It peaks in an instantWarning: this post contains details of hard days with HG. It’s terribly confronting. Possibly triggering. And I have battled with what pa...
amyobrienFeb 11, 20195 minHG Part 1: It begins in an instantWarning: this post contains details of hard days with HG. It’s terribly confronting. Possibly triggering. And I have battled with what pa...
amyobrienFeb 6, 20194 minHyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) UnfoldingHyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. It is generally described as unrelenting, excessive pre...
amyobrienJan 21, 20194 minThe Final Weeks of Pregnancy: Interacting with the Outside WorldAs well as Creating Sacred Space, it's also a great idea to filter what's coming at you in this truly unique period. You really have to w...
amyobrienJan 20, 20194 minThe Final Weeks of Pregnancy : Creating Sacred SpaceIf there is ever a time to make conscious choices around where you're energy and attention flows, this is it. This is time for Sacred Spa...
amyobrienDec 16, 20182 minMeeting Power and GraceI met Power first. At least I thought. I controlled every thing. Held firm. Aimed for perfection. Inflexible and stubborn. High distincti...
amyobrienDec 14, 20181 minI didn't enjoy pregnancy. I'm okay with that.I didn't particularly enjoy being pregnant. I felt huge gratitude. But I didn't enjoy it. As multi-layered women I believe both things ca...
amyobrienDec 3, 20183 minNavigating postpartum Part 2: keeping the things that bring you homeThis is one of the most useful things we can do in pregnancy: to explore what brings us home. Because chances are, they always will. To i...
amyobrienDec 2, 20182 minNavigating postpartum Part 1: releasing the limits we think we haveWhen we step from maiden to mother a lot of things change. Fast. I have spent the last few years thinking about how we can possibly care ...
amyobrienNov 23, 20182 minMy friend Overwhelm : Rewriting a familiar narrativeI've been dancing with a flighty feeling of overwhelm. Each cell of my body like its own untethered helium balloon. Suddenly, it feels th...
amyobrienNov 22, 20183 minHow to be present with a woman breastfeeding in publicI didn't know how to show up for a woman that was breastfeeding in public before I had kids. I was so uncertain of what I could offer as ...