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amyobrien
  • Apr 24, 2020
  • 9 min

Getting 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.

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amyobrien
  • Jul 23, 2019
  • 5 min

A Calm and Supportive IVF Embryo Transfer Day

Embryo 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...

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amyobrien
  • May 20, 2019
  • 3 min

Believe Her

As 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...

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amyobrien
  • May 7, 2019
  • 3 min

The Joy and Power of Midwifery Led Continuity of Care in Pregnancy, Birth and beyond

Image of me - my first babe tucked inside, almost halfway through our pregnancy. *** We transition from maiden to mother via the...

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amyobrien
  • Apr 28, 2019
  • 1 min

Anxiety : A Lesson

I 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...

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amyobrien
  • Mar 19, 2019
  • 1 min

We Are The Goddess Rising

I 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...

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amyobrien
  • Feb 28, 2019
  • 6 min

HG Part 5: Standing in Awe

Sometimes it's not about lightening the load. Sometimes it's about repacking it. Moving the heavy stuff around. Turning things over....

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amyobrien
  • Feb 27, 2019
  • 2 min

HG Part 4: Unease, she lingers

The nausea dissolves within hours of birthing my precious babe. The relief of many lifetimes. I assume HG has left. And indeed, the...

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amyobrien
  • Feb 11, 2019
  • 2 min

HG 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...

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amyobrien
  • Feb 11, 2019
  • 3 min

HG Part 2: It peaks in an instant

Warning: this post contains details of hard days with HG. It’s terribly confronting. Possibly triggering. And I have battled with what...

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amyobrien
  • Feb 11, 2019
  • 5 min

HG Part 1: It begins in an instant

Warning: this post contains details of hard days with HG. It’s terribly confronting. Possibly triggering. And I have battled with what...

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amyobrien
  • Feb 6, 2019
  • 4 min

Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Unfolding

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. It is generally described as unrelenting, excessive...

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amyobrien
  • Jan 21, 2019
  • 4 min

The Final Weeks of Pregnancy: Interacting with the Outside World

As 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...

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amyobrien
  • Jan 20, 2019
  • 4 min

The Final Weeks of Pregnancy : Creating Sacred Space

If 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...

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amyobrien
  • Dec 16, 2018
  • 2 min

Meeting Power and Grace

I met Power first. At least I thought. I controlled every thing. Held firm. Aimed for perfection. Inflexible and stubborn. High...

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amyobrien
  • Dec 14, 2018
  • 1 min

I 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...

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amyobrien
  • Dec 3, 2018
  • 3 min

Navigating postpartum Part 2: keeping the things that bring you home

This 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...

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amyobrien
  • Dec 2, 2018
  • 2 min

Navigating postpartum Part 1: releasing the limits we think we have

When 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...

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amyobrien
  • Nov 23, 2018
  • 2 min

My friend Overwhelm : Rewriting a familiar narrative

I've been dancing with a flighty feeling of overwhelm. Each cell of my body like its own untethered helium balloon. Suddenly, it feels...

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amyobrien
  • Nov 22, 2018
  • 3 min

How to be present with a woman breastfeeding in public

I 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...

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