Kelly Colvin
How Protein Supports a Healthy Pregnancy

Getting enough high-quality protein can help lower the risk of preterm birth, gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, low birth weight, and preeclampsia. In short, protein helps build a healthier foundation for both you and your baby.

How Protein Supports a Healthy Pregnancy
Trainings, CBE Trainings
Kelly Colvin
Virtual Childbirth Educator Training

Childbirth educators play an essential role in pregnancy. As a childbirth educator, you can empower families as you help them understand the birthing process, and their options for birth, supporting them in their desires for a positive birth experience.

Virtual Childbirth Educator Training
Thoughts about Birth
Kelly Colvin
Voyage Utah Magazine Article

It’s not just about a healthy mother and baby—it’s about a healthy mother and baby AND a mother that feels confident and capable of caring for her child. When women come to their births prepared through quality education and with the proper support, they are much more likely to feel prepared for motherhood.

Voyage Utah Magazine Article
Postpartum
Kelly Colvin
A Joyous Time—The 4th Trimester

The world becomes more beautiful and we live life with greater gratitude and purpose with the arrival of a new baby. Babies also take up a lot of time and it's helpful to anticipate our needs so we can better care for our babies. Here are some tips to make the postpartum period, also known as the "4th trimester" easier and more joyous.

A Joyous Time—The 4th Trimester
Thoughts about Birth
Kelly Colvin
Transformation - Going Beyond Your Physical Form

Transformation is an amazing time, an exciting time; a time of stretching and allowing not only physically, but also spiritually and emotionally. You are opening yourself up to becoming a mother to this baby. It is a thrilling, exciting, and challenging endeavor. Whenever we are learning, stretching and growing it takes patience and it calls for great strength and courage.

Transformation - Going Beyond Your Physical Form

Jax's Birth Story

I pretty much thought that I would go over my "guess date" because I've never gone into labor with any of my other babies early. My guess date was June 18th. Secretly I wanted him to be born on a even number (or even better the 28th) since all of our birthdays are even numbers.  I guess I'm just weird like that! When my due date came and went we were trying everything under the sun to get him to come. We ate at Pepper's Cantina a few times, always ordering their spicy salsa and sauce over my enchiladas.  That night I would feel more pressure waves start, but they always stopped when I got up to go to the bathroom.  I really felt like I might be pregnant forever!  

Elizabeth's Story

Elizabeth's Story

Growing up I had always planned on getting an epidural during labor, but I found myself reevaluating that decision when I was actually pregnant for the first time.  I did a lot of reading and talked to several friends who had experienced an unmedicated birth.  This appealed to me and I decided I would also try to have a natural childbirth.

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