About Me
Hi! I'm Maggie, a birth doula, birth photographer & graphic designer. I live in the Kansas City area with my husband, two young children and dogs. I'm very passionate about all things birth and making sure that you not only have a more supported birth experience, but also the memories to last a lifetime! I love to incorporate aromatherapy into the birth-space. I bring multiple essential oils to your birth, catering to your individual needs. Essential oils can help with emotional grounding, confidence, energy, & progressing labor. I also provide you with an oil in late pregnancy to help prepare your body.
The doula I had at my child's birth inspired me to become a doula myself. I was overwhelmed by the amount of support and comfort she provided that I went on to attain my doula training few years later. Every birth looks different, and I believe that every birth deserves more support, no matter what kind of birth you have to have or end up having. Support comes in physical, mental & emotional ways for the birthing person as well as her partner. This is a big day for your partner as well, and they deserve to be present for it too. It is my job to have the laboring mother and her partner feel supported, comfortable, and confident.
Preparing for birth can be so important – mentally & physically! I am Spinning Babies trained and feel its a great resource for preparing your body and helping to best position your baby!
3 things you might not know about me:
1. I am level 1 reiki certified & my daughter and great dane love when I practice on them!
2. I have taken a level 1 prenatal yoga teacher training. While I haven't actually taught much prenatal yoga, it frequently surfaces in my job as a doula & I practice yoga all of the time!
3. I was always scared of blood and needles and would always faint in doctor's offices as a child!
![I have a birth story to tell about a very strong mother. With her permission, I am using her own beautiful words. I want to share all of her birth story, but it is a long one, so this is just part of her story she wrote. I wish I was able to show the true strength and beauty in all aspects of her birth, but all I have are words and photos, and that doesn’t quite feel like enough sometimes. She dreamed of a twin home birth, worked hard to prepare for it, & labored with ease for a long time. But when she realized her body wasn’t wanting to continue, she had to make a hard decision.
“The moment that I had to surrender my birth plan, I felt relief and so much grief. That last check where the midwife told me nothing had [changed] I realized I had to let go. I had to do what was best and safest for my babies, and that meant I had to give up my dream birth that started the day before. I made the decision and when I told Ricky I didn’t have any more in me, we held each other and cried. He knew how hard I worked to try to give my babies the best birth imaginable. Months of strict diet, every tea, tincture and supplement imaginable. Months of discomfort but still pushing myself to go to the gym. Days I was so swollen I couldn’t bend my legs. Days I couldn’t stand or sit and was bed ridden. Weeks of pain. Days of labor, no sleep, pushing myself with every exercise. Months of clinging to what I thought was best for my babies. Becoming a shell of myself. All of it building to a point of immense surrender. My body was done, I could not go any longer. Everyone quickly started preparing for the move while I watched everything I worked for slip away. The pool drained and deflated, bags packed, cars being loaded. It didn’t feel real. It felt like I was out of my body watching everything from a mile away. I slowly made my way to the car for one of the toughest car rides of my life. My baby boy had been inches from the world for days and it felt like I was sitting on him the entire time.” [continued in the comments] #birthstory #twinbirth #twinbirthstory #kansascitydoula #kansascitybirth](https://scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/500071726_1373764420532974_7794983590690466712_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=Aebhd8Y8PVsQ7kNvwEMeGzP&_nc_oc=AdlF9GRKh4HOvWbpadITT0TswhaDvwg1CTTWS6GMJxuJd3G-p6HoHz7XpIqxsuQLNU0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-den2-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=HmDTVEFb1vnwvRnnbw8-xA&oh=00_AfiDlt9mWtRdqMPWgQU4BbqzH2JLZLBGfQ2GG3leKAX-9Q&oe=691D94AE)
