Her Rite of Birth

Her Rite of Birth Doulaservices, Birth preparation calls, courses and mentoring, Placenta encapsulation.

The longer I have worked with birth, the more I have come to believe that a doula's most important tool may not be knowl...
30/05/2026

The longer I have worked with birth, the more I have come to believe that a doula's most important tool may not be knowledge.

Not experience.

Not techniques.

But integrity.

The ability to remain steady beside a woman without being pulled away by the expectations, fears, or needs of others.

Because if I am not first and foremost there for the woman, then who am I there for?

That question has stayed with me for a long time.

Read on Substack

https://open.substack.com/pub/anettelorsa/p/who-is-the-doula-really-there-for?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18w808

Jo mer jeg har arbeidet med fødsel, desto mer har jeg tenkt at doulaens viktigste redskap kanskje ikke er kunnskap.Ikke ...
30/05/2026

Jo mer jeg har arbeidet med fødsel, desto mer har jeg tenkt at doulaens viktigste redskap kanskje ikke er kunnskap.

Ikke erfaring.

Ikke teknikker.

Men integritet.

Evnen til å stå stødig ved siden av en kvinne uten å bli trukket bort av andres forventninger, frykt eller behov.

For hvis jeg ikke først og fremst er der for kvinnen, hvem er jeg da der for?

Det spørsmålet har fulgt meg lenge.

Les på Substack

https://open.substack.com/pub/anettelorsa/p/hvem-er-doulaen-egentlig-der-for?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18w808

26/05/2026

This birth felt like worship.
She prayed for a fast, healing redemptive birth…and in less than two hours from active labor, her baby was in her arms.No fear.She had the most beautiful sense of peace over her. Complete surrender

Her husband reading scripture over her.Me praying over her.All of us thanking Jesus in the middle of it…because that’s exactly what it was, sacred.

But this wasn’t her first story.
I remember sitting with her, hearing every detail of that birth…and feeling it in my bones…how it had been taken out of God’s hands and placed into a system of fear and control.
Hurried into contractions.Told not to go past 42 weeks.Managed. Directed. Rushed.
Twelve hours in a birth center full of “natural” interventions…when her body wasn’t even ready yet.She should have been sent home.
Instead, it ended in a transfer.
Not because her body failed…but because she was never given the space to trust it.

Taken out of God’s hands.
But THIS pregnancy?
Just trust in His perfect timing.
And this birth…was proof.
When you surrender to HIS design,when you release control and lean into the way He created your body to work…
birth doesn’t need to be forced.
It unfolds.
And she did just that,so beautifully.
Redemption.Healing.Glory to God. ✨

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23/05/2026

Incomplete breech.

Fairly straightforward. We don't see any crunches which would indicate the baby is in good condition so an arm sweep at this point is warranted as was the chest press for the head. Nuchal cord x2. Great Apgar score.

Questions?

18/05/2026

'You did it.' 🥹

VBAC, vaginal birth after caesarean.

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The past year has been quiet here.Not because I stopped caring about my work, but because I needed time to find my way b...
12/05/2026

The past year has been quiet here.

Not because I stopped caring about my work, but because I needed time to find my way back to my own language after a long and difficult period.

For more than sixteen years, I have worked closely with pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. I have met people in some of the most vulnerable and transformative moments of their lives, and that work has shaped me deeply.

This past year has also reminded me how vulnerable a human being can become when complex stories are reduced to headlines.
A great deal has been said about me.

Very little has come from me directly.

Perhaps this is the beginning of changing that.

I still know why I began this work. I still believe in the value of presence, support, and humanity around birth. And even though I carry experiences I never would have chosen, I can also feel that something within me is slowly returning.

Thank you to the people who stood beside me in the silence.

I am still here.

Read here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/anettelorsa/p/when-a-human-being-becomes-a-headline?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18w808

Det siste året har vært stille her inne.Ikke fordi jeg sluttet å bry meg om arbeidet mitt, men fordi jeg har trengt tid ...
12/05/2026

Det siste året har vært stille her inne.

Ikke fordi jeg sluttet å bry meg om arbeidet mitt, men fordi jeg har trengt tid til å finne tilbake til mitt eget språk etter en lang og krevende periode.

I over seksten år har jeg arbeidet tett på graviditet, fødsel og barseltid. Jeg har møtt mennesker i noen av livets mest sårbare og transformative øyeblikk, og det arbeidet har formet meg dypt.

Det siste året har også minnet meg om hvor sårbart et menneske kan bli når komplekse historier reduseres til overskrifter.

Mye har blitt sagt om meg. Lite har kommet fra meg selv.

Kanskje er dette begynnelsen på å endre det.

Jeg vet fortsatt hvorfor jeg begynte dette arbeidet. Jeg vet fortsatt verdien av nærvær, støtte og menneskelighet rundt fødsel. Og selv om jeg bærer erfaringer jeg aldri ville valgt, kjenner jeg også at noe i meg langsomt vender tilbake.

Takk til menneskene som har stått ved siden av meg i stillheten.

Jeg er her fortsatt.

Les teksten her:
https://open.substack.com/pub/anettelorsa/p/nar-et-menneske-blir-en-overskrift?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18w808

09/05/2026

When your birth happens fast.

Sometimes a mother needs a second before they can hold their baby.

It’s called the birth pause - and it’s the brief moment that some moms and parents need before picking up their baby.
The experience of birth is transcendent, and when it’s fast, it’s all the emotions at once.
This moment allows the parent to exhale from birth and then to inhale the presence of their child.
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