aprilinwaiting.com

Is officially launched!!

I have been neglecting this blog because I have really been trying to get my doula / HypnoBirthing website up and running. 

I am happy to announce that aprilinwaiting.com  is ready for visitors. 

I would love it if you referred aprilinwaiting.com to all your pregnant friends looking for information and options for a positive birth experience.

Thank you so much for your support and patience with me. I am so excited.

Viva La APRILINWAITING.COM!!!!!!

Shout out to Rob Johnson for his help with my website. He is excellent to work with!

HypnoBirthing Class

Hello my friends. I just wanted to announce that I will be starting HypnoBirthing childbirth education classes next week.

Tuesday Classes:

October 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov 6.

7:00-9:30pm

Draper Herbs for Health.

12154 South 700 East, Draper

Cost for the classes: $175. That includes HypnoBirthing the Mongan Method book, two deep relaxation CD's, handouts, and scripts.

Please email me at aprilinwaiting@gmail.com to begin the registration process and reserve your spot. 

Seating is limited so hurry!

Forward this information to anyone wanting the opportunity for a gentle, peaceful birth experience. 

(This method is incredibly beneficial for everyone; no matter if you desire an all natural, epidural, or cesarian birth.)

Yeah Baby!

I spent the weekend at my Doula training. I can't even tell you how incredibly excited I am. It was the most educational, informative (not the same thing as educational), nurturing experience of my life. 

And now I am ready to be your Doula!

In fact I need to attend and assist two more births for my certification. If you are pregnant and due in the next several months and would like me to be your doula for free! And you preferrably live in Utah or Salt Lake Counties. Please contact me: aprilallyear365@gmail.com
(Also note that once I have my two guinea pigs :) I will still have significantly discounted rates for the next little while so please contact me!)

It does not matter if you are planning a natural non-medicated birth or an epidural, or a planned c-section. I am there to give you physical, emotional, and informational support throughout your entire labor and delivery. When you are in labor you are in an intensely vulnerable state (Even if your legs are numb) and having another person to be your advocate, someone to make sure you are being taken care of is such an wonderful thing.

Ultimately, I am there to help you and your spouse have a Positive birth experience, no matter the circumstances, expected or unexpected.

I have to say, I just plain love women! There is such a deep connection and bond I find with ladies, I find kindred spirits in so many different lovely women all the time.

I feel so lucky.

p.s. I am in the process of creating a website that will have information on my Doula and Hypnobirthing services along with education about herbs for the health of you and your children. That way those who don't want to read about it on this blog won't feel bombarded. 

This will continue to be a light-hearted lifestyle blog.

Thank you for reading my friends, I really do appreciate you sticking with me. 

Career Change

You may be surprised to find out that I have decided on a career change. 

Surprising? Yes. because currently I am living my dream job as a stay-at-home-momma. How, and why would I ever want to change that career?

But this new endeavor is a great compliment to being my baby's mama.

I am in the process of becoming a certified...... DOULA!

I can't even tell you how excited I am about this. 

For those of you who don't know, a doula is basically someone who provides continual physical, emotional, and informational support to the laboring mother and husband before, during, and after birth. A doula also helps the husband or birth partner assist the mother.

I thought that one would just use a doula if they had decided on an unmediated birth. But apparently doula's are wonderful no matter the circumstances even in c-section deliveries. When I thought about it I realized you have your husband but he is probably as afraid as you are, after all it's his wife and baby undergoing major surgery. So how comforting it would be to have someone there that you trusted that could talk you through what was happening, help keep you calm and relaxed.

I have to thank my friend, Jennie Taylor, she let me assist her and her husband in the birth of their baby recently . I came home and for three days that's all I talked about. Trevor finally said, "Why don't you just become a doula?" 

What? I was taken aback. 

It was so simple. 

Why didn't I think of that? 

Why don't I become a doula? 

For a few days I thought about it, discussed with Trevor what it would mean for our family. Researched what it would take to become certified. 

Then made the decision. 

Oh the incredible joy and excitement I felt. 

The birth process is, I think, the most awe inspiring thing in this world. 

It is an experience that is incredibly physical, intensely emotional, and overwhelmingly spiritual all at the same time. 

It does not matter if it's natural or with an epidural, vaginally or with a cesarian section, at home or in a hospital. 

Every woman is different, every pregnancy is different, every birth and baby is different. But each birth has the ability to bring us closer to God, our husbands, our babies, and even ourselves. 

I cannot wait to help women bring their babies into this world. If I can make the birth experience that much better for someone, what an amazing achievement that would be.