I met Akemi only a week before she gave birth but her birth was one of the most transformative births I have attended as a doula. Here’s her story from my perspective as her [...]
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Moving your body in labour is also part of the process of moving into and accepting the labour journey. It’s an amazing transition, that moment where a woman walks up and down stairs in early labour and notices that the activity makes the contractions longer and more intense. She may resist doing this knowing what it brings, but then I gently remind her that the longer the contraction, the more effectively it is working to open her up to give birth to her baby. She has a moment where she realises that she has to move through and into the intensity in order to meet her baby. Avoiding that intensity or distracting oneself from it, can make labour longer and [...] I am inspired to share this information about a remarkable new program: The Ecstatic Birth Tele-Summit: The Body Series- LIVE! (http://www.ecstatic-birth.com/courses/ecstatic-birth-tele-summit ) which kicks off April 20th. Sheila Kamara Hay http://www.ecstatic-birth.com/about/my-journey is bringing together some of the hottest teachers across disciplines to talk about living in your body, tapping into its innate power, pleasure and wisdom, and how to integrate that into childbirth!! This Tele-Summit is a huge opportunity for mums-to-be and birth workers to tap into an incredible wealth of information that can transform the experience of [...] What I find is often missing in modern maternity care is the idea of listening to women. In a hospital setting, car providers have pages of lists reminding them of what information they need about a woman to adequately care for her. Missing from this list of reminders, in the majority of cases, is “Have you listened to the woman about her needs and desires?” Why is such an essential element of maternity care so [...] Within a couple of days, the aftershocks struck. A friend came by and changed his nappy. I just let her take over but something inside of me wanted to say “he’s mine, I think. Maybe I should be doing that.” But I couldn’t say it because, at that point, I felt like I had to ask everyone’s permission to do anything for him. The day after L was born, the obstetrician walked in, patted me on the leg and said “not going to have a big family then are we!” I was devastated. Childhood memories of tearing about the house with my three siblings were something I wanted for my own brood and I definitely wanted a brood, at least four! I suddenly felt robbed of that. It was as if she was saying birth was no good for me and that I should quit while I was ahead. [...] The joy of a new baby daughter was short lived when 26 years old bubbly Tasha discovered she had lost her bladder and bowel control. She struggled with feelings of failure and isolation as her bladder continued to leak and wondered if she would ever be able to chase or lift [...] We’ve all been exposed to the familiar cliché of babies arriving in the back of a car and maybe those of us who have had 20+ hour labours feel a little jealous of women who just pop their babies out in no time at all, but does a fast birth necessarily mean that the woman is “lucky” and that it was a good [...] |
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