Birth requires intense vulnerability and intimacy. It has been such an honor to be invited into the room for so many precious welcomings.

Here, I invite you into the birth of my first child, Suleiman (Sully!)

A partner providing tension relief touching their laboring partners tensed forehead.
Partner wearing an apple watch providing hip squeezes for laboring partner wearing a pink night gown.
Nurse, doula, and partner supporting a laboring person while they utilize nitrous oxide.
Epidural, creating a spiral of blood on person's back.
A laboring person experiencing an intense contraction as their partner provides grounding touch.
A laboring person leaning backwards into their partner's hands as they experience intense contractions.
Two people, new parents, holding their newborn baby in the postpartum suite at the hospital.
A new mom breastfeeding her child in a hospital bed while new dad supplements milk through a syringe and tube.