Hi! I’m Audrey, and I made a podcast
I started a podcast!
With women, not a system
This is my official statement. I am with women, not a system.
Breastfeeding after Reduction
My original intention was to revamp old breastfeeding blogs after reviewing them.
I can’t do that. I’m honoring who I was when I wrote the original blogs, and I need to write another one honoring the growth and wisdom I have gleaned since those experiences.
The Sister Wound
I was “reported” by a “sister”.
Someone who sat in circle with me, someone who witnessed my deepest intimate shares.
I was “reported” by a “sister” to a “sister”.
Pregnancy, Music, & Altered States
Have you wondered why music had such a hold on us from our younger years? Why nursery rhymes are so easily still recalled in your 30’s as we teach them to our babies?
Boundaries
It’s such an interesting conversation to navigate as every family is different, read for my recommendations that I suggest to the families that I work with!
My Relationship with My Body Pt. 2
After three years of trying to conceive, I booked an appointment with a fertility clinic. I was considered “obese” at that point and the nurse politely told me that the doctor would want me to lose at least 15lbs before we started any kind of treatment. He suggested I go on a low-carb diet (Keto). I was a size 8 at the time.
My Relationship with My Body Pt. 1
I grew up hating my body. I grew up seeing every female in my life hating their body. I grew up during what I consider to be the most toxic of times during the “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” 90s diet culture.
WE MOVED OUT OF THE 5TH WHEEL
Retreat, Rest, Recoup…
“We weren’t meant to work in December. We were meant to hide from wolves, drink, and pray our autumn harvest will last us through the dark months.”
“Unexplained Infertility - My origin
“Just relax and it will happen” “Go on vacation! It will happen!” “Stop trying, that’s when it will happen” “You guys should just get trashed so you can’t stress about it - that’s when it’ll happen!”
2+ Weeks with no BM
It wasn’t until I was closer to 18 that I noticed that my bowel movements had shifted from “irregular” to at my absolute worst going 14+ days without a bowel movement. At that point, I told my mom that I needed to go to the doctor to have this tended to because this pattern had continued for months at this point.
Breastfeeding…My Second Time
Drop the breastfeeding cover, and let others see you use your breasts for what they were designed for. Talk about it! Join a support group, be around other breastfeeding women - especially if you are pregnant for the first time / never breastfed!
Happy 3rd Un-Birthday, Olive
I have no doubt that you would have been mischievous and others would have to keep up with you. Your brief life is an example of that… we’ll catch up to you one day.
Winds in the East…
“Winds in the east, mist coming in, like somethin' is brewin' and bout to begin.”
Dear Orange Blossom,
Three years ago you were not our first choice for a new house. You checked the majority of boxes we needed - closer to Zach’s work, a pool, a larger yard for Luna to run around, open concept, etc. We by no means fell in love with you.
Happy Birthday Olive
Evie has been talking about you more lately and still insists you were her little sister and I think she’s right.
THIRTY
I feel like I have been racing towards this age forever.
Dog Labor Support
Dogs just know. They can feel the energy in the room and know when to be still, calm, and can bring such a peace into the birth space. I am forever grateful for these memories captured of my little (and not so little) ”dog doulas”.
Our Birth Story- Atlas Wade
I started instinctually swirling my hips. I told my midwife that I was feeling the urge to bear down and asked if I was OK to go ahead. She said if your body is telling you to then go ahead.