Blog

This is my blog, a collection of my own reflections about the nesting season, navigating the maternity and perinatal system, and what this work means to me.


  • Dimly lit photo of Clarissa smiling as she looks down at her newborn, held against her chest in a white blanket. The baby’s face is covered by a yellow heart.

    From fear of birth to a healing experience

    Nothing could have prepared me for how I felt after I gave birth to my first child; I never thought it could be the best experience of my life. But it almost didn’t turn out that way. In this blog I talk about how I overcame past traumas and my fear of childbirth.

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