Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.
Every baby's first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet
Oxytocin is the hormone of love. We share it when we have a good conversation, we share it when we make love, and when we hug, and BIRTH is the biggest brightest time of rich oxytocin-sharing.
Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in 38 other countries than the USA... and less expensive too.
Like my sister, 981 women die every day on Earth from pregnancy and birth-related complications.
I had amazing midwives when I first became a teen-aged mom, and each of the five times I gave birth.
Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.
I love to receive babies into this world, so crawling around on my knees in the birth room is my best place, and most often you can still find me there.
After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.
I became a fierce advocate for gentle birth as a solution for the most pressing problems of our times - a solution that begins at the source.
My first experience of having a baby was about as natural as birth can be, and though I didn't know it at the time, it set my feet on a path that eventually led me to become a childbirth author and a midwife.
Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.
My sister and the baby she was carrying died in the United States of America. They died in the country that spends more money on pregnancy and birth technology than any other country in this world.
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