When I asked Sarah Nurit Popivker, the owner of Tambourine Ma’am Doula in Cleveland, Ohio, if she’d like to share a story from her pregnancy or birth, I knew it would be a good one. Sarah is small and spritely and has birthed 5 gorgeous little boys. She has an inner calm and strength that she can’t help but bring to her birth work and daily life. I love this story for its straightforward honesty. She knew what her body was capable of and she trusted the process. Here is Sarah

February 23, 2016 Have you ever thought of birth being something powerful, something that brings excitement, joy and a fire within whenever you think about it? Something that gives you, what I like to call, special powers. Have you ever thought of birth as being one of the most wonderful and memorable experience of woman's life? Have you ever seen a mama to be and feel she is so lucky as she will soon experience the amazing thing that labor is? Many of you, my ladies, are pro

on July 13, 2016 at 2:51 PM, updated July 14, 2016 at 9:58 AM Water births pose no additional risk to low-risk newborns as compared to traditional birthing methods, researchers reported in a study published earlier this year, going against the opinions of some high profile medical groups. The study, published in the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health in January, was the largest focused specifically on water births and the first one conducted in the U.S., said lead author