Welcome to our new blog!

My first attempt at blogging.

I know, I sound so old-fashioned, and honestly, I feel it sometimes: the internet, social media, networking and twitter and facebook, oh my! But in order to keep up, this is what I gotta do, so here goes!

About this blog and Beautiful Beginnings. This is a journal for our doulas and others to contribute to with thoughts, ideas, ah ha moments, etc. We hope that you will check back often and comment as needed. We hope you enjoy our new website and the information that we are providing the San Diego community.

Beautiful Beginnings likes to think of ourselves as the “biggest little doula group in San Diego”. Our goal is to be completely local: the ‘Farmer’s Market’ versus Trader Joes, so to speak. Local doulas, local resources, local links, non-medical or even controversial, just a comfortable site for everyone who enjoys information on parenting, childbirth, doulas, and wellness for pregnancy!

As far as my “ah ha moment” for my first blog: I was recently at a home birth…my first to witness as a childbirth educator and doula. I am constantly amazed at the strength of women, the normalness of birth when left on it’s own, and the power to allow both to happen. And when it does happen that way for the parents, how wonderful a choice it was for them to make.

I am also keenly aware of knowing what’s important to the woman: her birth experience, her memory of her birth, who was at the birth, how it unfolded, what was said and done and what choices she made for herself and her family. That is powerful also. Follow what is important to you, and you will find the power in your hands, your words and your choices.