Crystal Bowden
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My Favorite Quotes
"Life only demands from you the strength you possess."
-Dag Hammarskjold
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
- Albert Einstein
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
- Frederick Douglass
Childbirth Educator
My name is Crystal Bowden. I live in Douglasville, GA with my wonderful husband Michael and our kids, Haden & Addison. I am a homebirthing, breastfeeding, co-sleeping, yoga loving, homeschooling mama. I love to learn new things. I read constantly & have a weakness for historical & science fiction/fantasy romance novels. And I love blogging and do so pretty frequently on my personal blog, Explore. Dream. Discover.
Starting in January, I will be going back to school for the first time in 10 years to get my BA in Sociology, which will take up a large chunk of my kid-free time. I have taught childbirth classes with Baby Steps in the Atlanta area for the past 2 years & I LOVE my work. I am currently only teaching Natural Childbirth Weekend Workshops every other month. I am thankful every day to have found something in life that I am passionate about and I hope to bring that through in my classes. If you would like to know more about my training & my journey as a childbirth professional, you can view my Curriculum Vitae.
My Births
During my pregnancy with Haden, I knew very little about childbirth and watched just enough Baby Story to keep me terrified of the process. I, like many women, gave myself completely over to my doctor, believing that anything that I really needed to know, my doctor would tell me. Haden was born at Cobb Hospital after a very medicalized birth that involved little support, an epidural, Pitocin and a horrible episiotomy that left me in terrible pain and made the beginning of my journey into motherhood much more difficult than it should have been. You can read his birth story HERE.
Before I even started trying to get pregnant with Addison I knew that I wanted to give birth at home. My understanding of nature and birth had so evolved that I knew that the safest way for ME to give birth would be at home. You can read her birth story HERE.
My Philosophy
Becoming a mother is what inevitably led me to wanting to help families by becoming a childbirth professional. I felt inspired to share with women, information that I didn't have when I was pregnant with my son. I want to help women better understand the process of birth. I believe that knowledge is power. Birth is an immensely moving & life changing event. There is nothing that I find more inspiring than a woman's ability to give life and love. My ultimate goal is to help women through their amazing journey into motherhood.