by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Jul 29, 2016 | Featured Birth Stories, VBAC
As a community of support, we love to share real life birth stories with you, our Third Coast family. We hope that these stories will encourage and inspire you! Today we hear from Cathy, Mama of two. Thank you, Cathy for sharing your story with us! What would you...
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Jul 21, 2016 | Featured Birth Stories
As a community of support, we love to share real life birth stories with you, our Third Coast family. We hope that these stories will encourage and inspire you! Today we hear from Cassandra, Mama of three. Thank you for sharing your story with us, Cassandra! What...
by Margarita Valbuena | May 31, 2016 | Community, Family, Postpartum, Real Talk Tuesday
The day I knew I was too deep into the rabbit hole of postpartum depression to climb out by myself, was the day my then 3 year old daughter said to me through worried tears: “It’s ok Mami, Papi will be home soon. It’s ok. You’re gonna be...
by Margarita Valbuena | May 24, 2016 | Childbirth, Community, expectations, Postpartum, Real Talk Tuesday, Uncategorized
Your instincts are your greatest mechanism against harm. In an era of apps and notifications, we – as a society – have becoming reliant on outside stimuli to tell us how we feel and how to act. We have become algorithmic: if x then y, but not if a or b....
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Nov 15, 2015 | expectations, Family, Pregnancy, Self-Care
With my first pregnancy, all I could think about was the little baby that was growing and developing inside of me. It was easy to get caught up in the excitement and anticipation of what he would look like, what his character would be, how we would raise him. I spent...
