I’m currently enrolled in midwifery school, pursuing a Master of Science as a Certified Midwife, and this season of my life looks very different than the one before it. I’m paying for graduate school with student loans and treating my education like the priority it is. Because of that, I’m taking doula clients selectively and sporadically, only when I have the capacity to serve them well without compromising my studies. This isn’t stepping back from the work; it’s being honest about...

How we are really doing is a loaded question. For me, how I am doing fluctuates frequently throughout the day.

Leaving The Hospital “Time to go home, yay! Wait they are letting me go home with this baby and no instructions? What exactly am I...