Welcome to The Birth Collection:

This is a directory post that spotlights my most popular, favorite posts on pregnancy and birth.

NOW - get my BOOK in print or digital form: The Conscious Pregnancy Guidebook by Krystal L. Trammell, published March 2022

Here is my 4-course Birth Bundle of interactive learning products.

BONUS READ: Witches, Midwives, and Nurses - a History of Women Healers

CONSCIOUS PREGNANCY

Can You Meet Your Baby Before Birth? Prebirth Communication & Meditation

Make 'Labor Calm Spray' with Bach Flower Essences, Healing Crystals, and Essential Oils

What Homebirth Supplies do you Really Need? The Definitive List for Unassisted Birth

helping your child prepare for a new baby

RETHINKING MODERN BIRTH SERIES

Part 1: Why do we need empowered childbirth?

Part 2: Do Your Own Research!

Part 3: Ask Questions ... and Question the Answers

Part 4: The Cascade of Interventions

Part 5: Read Positive Birth Stories!

Part 6: Sleep, Move, & Eat Real Food

HEALING TRAUMA

Freeing Yourself From Past Pain and Fear - A Post about Birth Trauma

How to Have a Gentle Cesarean

BIRTH STORIES

Why we need birth advocacy: My 3rd birth story

A Dream Homebirth: Fourth Time's the Charm

The healing, unassisted freebirth of my fifth baby

FREEBIRTH

From Avoidance to a Calling: How I Got Into Birthwork

Five Births - A Personal Journey to Freebirth

Is there a place for Doulas in Freebirth?

DOULAS

what kind of doula am i?

how i ‘failed’ my first client as a birth doula

what is a birthkeeper? how doulas end up as peacemakers

BIRTH-AWAKENING

removing women from the world of birth: on gender inclusivity

on abortion as a doula and birth professional

LIFE WITH BABY

Benefits of Babywearing: Passive Parenting Done Right

Cloth Diapers 101: What to buy, how to wash, and why wool is my favorite

CONSCIOUS MOTHERING

How Birth Affects Our Daughters

Empowerment & Anger - A Mother's Journey

Inspiring the Peaceful Mother – An Interview

On Feeling Inadequate as a Parent

after the last baby: thoughts on being 'done'

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