Finding Your Question
Everyone enters birth with questions. What kind of mom will I be? How will I deal with pain? Will I be able to control the uncontrollable? Each of us has questions that no one but ourselves can answer. These are the questions that I want to turn to right now. If you had to know one thing about birth, labor and motherhood, what would it be? I wanted to throw this out this week and...
Read MoreThoughts from Pam England…
“Through soul-searching and listening more deeply to the women I was working with, I finally understood that women have to prepare for birth in their heart and soul, not their head. And that giving birth is something a woman does in her body, not in her head.”(Pam England) To me, birth has become something with meaning and it’s something I think the medical community fails to...
Read MoreA rite of passage
Pam England talks about childbirth being a rite of passage, not just a medical event. In our world today, it is very hard to get past the medical event stuff. So, I thought I’d offer some tips and choices. Home birth is an option and research has shown (as far as I can tell) that it is also safe for low risk moms. For those who don’t feel as comfortable with the thought,...
Read MoreArtistic Expression
“Daring to express oneself through painting, sculpting or poetry is a way a mother (or father) boldly says, ‘I made this, it’s about what I know, what I feel as a mother (or father). This is me’. This self expression, and the acknowledgment and validation given by the group, infuses mothers with new confidence and strength.” (p. xi, Birth From Within, Pam...
Read MoreParent Preparation
“I realized that childbirth preparation should also be parent preparation” (p. x, Birthing from Within) I have found this idea very profound. Part of what strikes me about birth is the fact that what is being born here is more than a baby. A new mother is being born as well as a family unit. To me that is part of the miracle.
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