Happy Holidays !

   December has been a beautiful month for home births.   I love my job because I am always meeting new friends. 
Here are my two latest new buddies:

     Babies born in the Christmas season remind me that we are all precious, we are all miracles, we are all Children of God, if you will.   Every birth reminds me of the holiness of each human life.  May we all work together to bring Peace to ALL children around the world, and bring HEALING to our planet, the Mother of us all!

Okay, and on a lighter note, check out these Holiday Cookies for the Midwife who has Everything, baked by new Mom Ninette Daniele, whose son is in my arms in the above picture:

See you in 2016!

warmly,    Dena

We are Mammals

   Today I want to write about something truly obvious, but often forgotten.  We, the tech-savy, brilliant, analytical, adapted to extreme-comfort living,  humans,  are actually MAMMALS.  Mammals, yes,  same as our dogs, cats, horses, and yes, apes.   In so much of life, the fact that we are mammals does not play a real significant role.  Attorneys, computer experts, managers of companies or businesses, salespeople, etc do not need to remember they are mammals in order to do their best work.  Midwives, however, do.