About Rebecca
When you hire Rebecca to support you in your unique journey. Either during pregnancy, birth, postnatal care, Lactation Consultation or Processing Birth Trauma.
Rebecca's professional path and training
Rebecca's love of working with parents and babies grew when working as a Public Health Nurse in Vancouver. One of Rebecca's role was supporting new parents and babies in their home. This care was collaborated with GPs, Obstetricians and Midwives. Rebecca value's witnessing families’ progress through their own heart-warming transformation. Serving many diverse families.
During this time, our own family grow, having three children which has only enriched Rebecca's love for supporting women, birthing parents and families to grow. Therefore, becoming an International Lactation Consultant added value to the vision to provide home-based support for parents and their unique beginnings.
My personal path to birth work
Often people are looking for unique support in preparation, birth and parenthood. I help you to find your own voice, your own path, no matter what unfolds for you during your journey into and through parenthood.
I once stood in a spot feeling pushed to believe I only had one option....... Until I found support that informed me of all the options available to me.
‘life is about relationship – the relationship we have with ourselves, with each other, with the world… When our relationships are good, we feel good, when they’re bad, we feel awful. Let’s accept it: we need each other. We need to feel connected; we need to feel each other’s presence and love.’ - Lama Surya Das
I was innocent about birth. Both my mother and grandmother had all birthed naturally and gone on to birth again. Therefore, I hadn’t imagined that I was going to have difficulty giving birth, and I hadn’t given a thought to caesarean births before. I choose not to seek birth preparation classes, in fact I felt it was a waste of time and money. As I said before, I was innocent.
My births took some unexpected turns. I was continuously judging myself and conflicted that I “had failed” at having the birth that I envisioned for me.
Lessons learned from my births
After reading a friend’s blog about her vaginal birth after a caesarean birth I was inspired to change my path. I was already 20 weeks pregnant with my third child and it dawned on me that I needed to make some changes. Feeling pushed into believing that a caesarean birth was my only option. I wanted all the facts, and to be supported in all the options available to birth again.
Therefore, I needed to find a team that truly believed in the option of a vaginal birth after two caesarean births. I needed to know that I could feel vulnerable with my care providers, to cry when I was sad, and to be supported no matter the outcome. After lots of tears and pushing through feelings of doubt, I was fortunate to find a team at 20 weeks gestation that consisted of a midwife and a doula.
The benefits to this combo was endless. I found this most important during the early stages of labour. You can feel very excited and anxious while anticipating the birth. Having that extra emotional support in just knowing they were there, allowed me to surrender to labour and birth. Finding birth support that works with you is invaluable.