The Birth Pleasure Study: All Systems Go.
Friends and colleagues, I am happy to announce that The Birth Pleasure Study has received final approval from my academic advisors and the ethical review board at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I now have the green light to recruit participants for my...
Soulflower take me flying with you: A birth, a rant, and a prayer
“Back in the day, when things were cool… all we needed was…” I was born free, at home. I’ve carried that knowing in my bones. My mother’s third birth, I emerged around dawn on the summer solstice. It’s a story I’d heard...
Oppressing Birth: Presentation @ CREGS Summer Institute, June 7, 2018
I’m so lucky I get to do what I do. I had a fantastic experience presenting at CREGS Summer Institute on Sexuality this week. It feels so good to start of a conversation knowing you’re amongst your people. Zero percent of the room needed to be convinced or...
Belly Experiment / Tiny Rebellion
It’s hot out. Ok, to be fair, technically it’s like 74° but, with my molten core, it feels more like 104º. What happened to June Gloom over here? Typically, June in Oakland is kinda chilly, and I usually spend my birthday month freezing my buns off,...
Pregnant in public
Walking down the sidewalk: “Wow! You look like you’re ready to pop.” Crossing the street: “You look like you’re ready to pop.” Waiting in line for the restroom: “You look like you’re ready to pop.” In line at a...Welcome!
Hi, I’m Elisabeth Bolaza, and I’m a mama-wifey dynamo, researcher, and writer, raising my babies while earning a Ph.D. Currently, my dissertation work titled The Birth Pleasure Study is underway. It’s the first-ever mixed-methods study of pleasure in birth. I’m also the founder of SexyMama.co (coming soon), my new blog where I’m helping everyday mamas live sexier and healthier, so mamahood can feel good.