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Postpartum was a LOT harder than I expected. Oh, little naive, 27-year-old Carley... she had no clue. After Jay, I was so frustrated, mostly with myself. Also, a little frustrated that NO ONE talked about this part. The emotional weight of everything, the exhaustion, the constant buzzing I felt in my body. And the quiet, lonely pressure to figure it out. 12+ years ago, there was this underlying belief. Like, thousands of women give birth every day, so why did it feel so hard for me? Why didn't I know what to do?  I felt like I had to push...

For the last 3 years, my body has been screaming for help, and like a lot of mothers, I ignored it because I was too busy caring for everyone else. It started during my last year of midwifery school. I was going through a divorce and was under a lot of stress. I slowly fell out of a consistent routine with exercise and nutrition, two things that had always been very important to me. As a result, I gained 50 pounds, which was a lot for my once-size-4 body. In the last year, my sleep really started to struggle, and...

This piece reflects on what I learned about love and healing after experiencing two very different postpartum seasons, and why postpartum love is not something to perform, but something that requires care, preparation, and support. I see many versions of postpartum journeys as a midwife. I am a mother who experienced two very different postpartum seasons, shaped less by luck and more by what I didn’t know the first time, and what I learned from both. With my first birth, I remember trying to act like I was 100% fine, even in the hospital. As if giving birth was no...

I’ve always had the option to grow my business bigger. From the very beginning, expansion was possible. More products. More inventory. More marketing. More reach. More revenue. None of that was ever out of reach for me. But it was never my priority. I love what I do. I truly do. I love creating products that support women through pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood. I love the care that goes into every part of this work. But being a present mother, a present wife, and a present midwife has always mattered more to me than building something bigger just because I...

A letter to mothers Dear mothers, This letter is coming to you from a fellow mother. Not as a midwife.Not as an expert.Not as someone who has it figured out. I am far from it. I am a mother to a nearly twelve-year-old, and I feel I am very much still in it. Imperfect. Flawed. Carrying guilt more days than I would like to admit. Trying to do my best, and often wondering if my best will ever be enough. There is a kind of work in motherhood that no one can really prepare you for. It does not come...