Setting Intentions

After my unassisted pregnancy and birth, I realized that the internet community can compensate some advice and support lacking in my own community.  A great deal of my first pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and elimination communication experiences were supported through reading books, articles, and blogs for advice.  Although I am grateful to have access to such information, none were culturally relevant. I felt bonded with these natural mamas, but the added element of colonization left a divide between us that was never addressed.  Motherhood can be lonely.  As a doula, I intimately council other women of color. But what if I could reach the women who had no one to relate to as a sister?  Struggling to raise your family against colonialist ideals is a uniting experience for all women. I hope that sharing my experiences provides refuge, advice, encouragement and a healing space for Indigenous mothers like me.  

My seeds, my precious boys and I.