Hey sister, I'm so glad you're here! In this space you will find little pieces of my life, free education, birth stories (loaded with photographs), and all sorts of other things related to having babies in holistic, faith-filled style! Take a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy these love-crafted words!
"Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation. Where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body a miracle of wisdom."
~ Harriette Hartigan
Lately I’ve been seeing a real uptick in posts on social media (a place I don’t even spend much time) about water birth and all the reasons it is BAD. Here’s one and here’s another. The reasons listed for avoiding water birth are varied. Some of them make sense to me on some level and others seem absurd. But […]
The following is a guest post by the mother of this sweet baby and my sister birthkeeper, Brandy Benson of Wild & Free Birth Wellness. Enjoy her beautiful words below, paired with the photographs I was honored to make, and her video footage. At the end, you’the birth film I made for her, too. Our […]
If you’re new here, you might not know that I was a birth photographer before I was any other thing in the “birth world.” Before that I was a family photojournalist sort of photographer. The raw, unscripted, unposed stories of people’s authentic lives together at home has always captivated me, so it wasn’t too much […]
Have you had a labor that felt like it took much longer than it ought to have taken? (I’m raising my hand!) You may have done all the “right” things in pregnancy to set yourself up for quick and efficient labor: Ate the right things, diligently moved your body, did some spinning babies or other […]
Have you seen this? This peaceful, unassisted water birth on a porch at the edge of a meadow… the one where the baby received a little assistance from her mother to finish being born? It’s worth watching. And have gratitude for the brave and bold @thealliewoods for livestreaming and sharing her very personal moments with the world. And […]
Brooke Collier is a holistic doula, christian birthkeeper, and birth photographer serving Grand rapids, MI and West Michigan and offering online childbirth education and birthkeeper training for women around the world.
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