I believe in a midwife model of care, where women are fully listened to, and their provider gets to know them as a person, beyond the numbers on a chart. Where they have continuity of care throughout pregnancy and postpartum. 

In midwifery school, when I learned that Ob/GYN visits were 5-10 minutes and only 1-2 postpartum visits, I knew that our system was broken. 

I realized that women were piece-mealing their pregnancy education, community, and support.  They were looking for answers in popular, but flawed, pregnancy books, advice from family and friends, and hoping that their childbirth education class would fill in all the gaps that they were experiencing.  

They were creating community in yoga classes, moms groups, and childbirth education classes.  Forever looking for a curated group of women who they could lean on through all of the ups and down of pregnancy and through postpartum.  Always seeking the right fit, but not quite finding the place where they could be completely open, honest and vulnerable.  

Your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are not one-size-fits all.  That’s why asking your pregnancy questions on blogs, websites, and in groups never feels quite right.  Friends, family, and the internet all have opinions, but you need individualized, expert-advice without all of the fluff.