27/09/2020
✨ WOMEN ARE MAGNIFICENT ✨
We are strong. We are capable. We are amazing!
Do not fear birth. Prepare for it!
Birth is a normal physiological process and a primal, sacred rite of passage.
INFORMATION IS POWER // This account has been set up on the same principle as s*x education - I would rather you were uncomfortable and not ignorant.
Every birth only happens ONE time. It is a once in a lifetime event. There is no do-over. You only get one chance.
Would you attempt to climb Mt Everest without thorough research, a support crew and preparation?...
You would certainly not show up on the day and hope for the best!
Yes, birth is a normal physiological, instinctive process, however we have been conditioned in such a way that many women have absolutely no exposure to birth and little, to no, ability to tap into these primal instincts.
Please spend your time, money and energy researching pregnancy/birth/postpartum/breastfeeding.
Birth trauma is very real and postpartum depression/post traumatic stress is very serious.
Birth has become taboo, demonised and surrounded by messages of fear.
I am frustrated and concerned with the dangerously high intervention rates.
I am grateful for the science and technology available, in the event of true medical need, but are women told about the risks and side effects of intervention?
Do women know they can refuse consent? You have the right to say "no", the same way you can say no in the bedroom and the workplace.
We have been failed by society, mass media and the current culture.
All women deserve beautiful, empowered births.
And to be nurtured postpartum.
Surround yourself with beautiful, positive stories and messages of birth - they do exist and desperately need to rise to the surface to encourage, inspire and support women.
As the wonderful Dr Michel Odent once said "One cannot help an involuntary process. The point is not to disturb it."
I really do believe we need to see images of birth. They change our perceptions of what our culture has taught us, that stereotypical presentation of birth as an intensely painful experience that's full of drama, being endured rather than enjoyed.