KarysMa Birth

Hello, loves! I’ve started a Meetup called The Birth Trauma Project. Our first meeting is at my Portland studio this Saturday at 2:00. Please share with anyone in your networks who is interest in exploring the causes of birth trauma, sharing their stories, and advocating for change at the system level.

Birth Trauma Project Meetup (Portland, OR) As a mother of two and a certified doula with years of experience with birth, I know that birth doesn't always turn out how we wish it would. Many people are affected by birth trauma, but so often the

I have really insightful friends! Sarah Lax

I'm launching a podcast at the end of the summer, but I can't wait until then to share some of these gems. Yesterday I chatted with my friend Sarah Lax of Born Together, and her Love Note is just perfect!

I'm launching a podcast at the end of the summer, but I can't wait until then to share some of these gems. Yesterday I chatted with my friend Sarah Lax of Born Together, and her Love Note is just perfect!

Karys and I had so much fun making these treats for the Depressed Cake Shop Portland pop-up at Opal 28 today. Raising money and awareness for perinatal mental health is a cause that is dear to me. Postpartum depression and anxiety stole me away from my family when Karys was a baby. In honor of our struggle and the beautiful mother-daughter relationship that grew out of it, Karys and I made Rainbow Under the Fog cupcakes and a Monster of Depression cake (her idea) to benefit Baby Blues Connection. Both creations feature gray icing with rainbow cake underneath to represent the toll that mental health issues can take on us and represent that, with access to resources and the right kind of help, there is always hope.

My amazing daughter Karys wrote this post! I'm one proud mama!

PMB Kids Takeover: 5 Ways You Can be the Best Mom to Your Kids Contributor Kendra's eight-year-old daughter, Karys, takes over her mom's posts for Mother's Day, sharing FIVE ways you can be the best mom to your kids.

I've been having so much fun in the Joy Studio! Now through Mother's Day, enjoy 33% off your purchase of $25 or more. Code: LOVEMOM. Excludes custom orders and birthing necklaces.

I've been having so much fun in the Joy Studio! Now through Mother's Day, enjoy 33% off your purchase of $25 or more at https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarysMaBirth. Code LOVEMOM.(Excludes custom orders and birthing necklaces).

This is fascinating and very relevant for me at 38 weeks of pregnancy!

Long-held theory on human gestation refuted: Mother’s metabolism, not birth canal size, limits gestation An anthropologist suggests that the length of human pregnancy is limited primarily by a mother's metabolism, not the size of the birth canal. The research challenges the long-held notion of an evolutionary trade-off between childbirth and a pelvis adapted for walking upright.