Natural Childbirth – Birth Takes a Village

“On the day you were born, I funneled the universe through my body with my breath. And when, finally, face to face, a place I had stopped believing in, bid me come in. I entered delicately through your eyes, and standing there was the heartbeat of creation.” -Bethel Lee, Mother Earlier this year I attended the beautiful birth of a… Read more →

I’m an anomaly in the birth-professional world in that some of my favourite births to attend are those of first-time mothers. It’s quite typical of anyone who attends births for a living to prefer what we call “multips”: women who’ve given birth at least once before. It’s commonly accepted that multips birth more quickly and easily than first-timers (“primips”), taking much less… Read more →

  “This is the moment of earthly bonding. Oxytocin, the hormone of love, runs high…higher than at any other time in labor and the family falls into love with each other. Mother recognizes her child, partner claims his family. The bonding occurs first on psychic and spiritual level, then the mother reaches to pick up her baby. Mothers have taught… Read more →

A Louis CK clip has been making the rounds the last couple days in a clip from Conan. The clip is about cell phone use, but it actually can teach us a LOT about what all the hype is regarding natural childbirth. Stick with me here, this is important! Watch the whole clip below and then keep reading: Louis makes… Read more →

I just found a good video I had stored away in my “to read / watch” files. My friend’s 2 year old sun cuddled up and watched it with me; at the end he said “well, that was very interesting!”… although perhaps he just likes the moving images on a screen, I like to think he integrated a BIT of… Read more →