Bay Area Midwives

08/19/2026

https://youtu.be/1dH_Vfu4Ysw?is=o6Ty8owTASnrSiJK

Warning: Video contains materials, such as insensitive language and...

08/28/2024

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_LEwEPOY5C/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

02/14/2024

05/27/2023

https://timeline.com/granny-midwives-rural-south-87a27ba13dd1

A tradition of black, lay midwifery dating back to slavery

02/25/2023

https://youtu.be/OaJukSlJFWs

An animated film that demonstrates the complex yet critical interaction of hormones and mechanics during labour, birth and the postnatal period, and the pote...

02/25/2023

https://www.formedfilms.co.uk/physiolog

05/21/2022

https://www.facebook.com/531746770172422/posts/8054328734580817/

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚, 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚.
There is a tribe in Africa where the birth date of a child is counted not from when they were born, nor from when they are conceived but from the day that the child was a thought in its mother’s mind.

And when a woman decides that she will have a child, she goes off and sits under a tree, by herself, and she listens until she can hear the song of the child that wants to come.

And after she’s heard the song of this child, she comes back to the man who will be the child’s father, and teaches it to him. And then, when they make love to physically conceive the child, some of that time they sing the song of the child, as a way to invite it.

And then, when the mother is pregnant, the mother teaches that child’s song to the midwives and the old women of the village, so that when the child is born, the old women and the people around her sing the child’s song to welcome it.

And then, as the child grows up, the other villagers are taught the child’s song. If the child falls, or hurts its knee, someone picks it up and sings its song to it. Or perhaps the child does something wonderful, or goes through the rites of puberty, then as a way of honoring this person, the people of the village sing his or her song.

05/05/2022

http://www.givelight.info/

Journey to Africa, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru to discover the herbal medicines and methods used by indigenous midwives from the Himbas, Yawalapitia, Kogis and Aurora tribes.

01/31/2022

https://www.facebook.com/1524028944489783/posts/2452028818356453/

Women often ask me ‘How the f**k will I push a baby out of my body? Like seriously... HOW?’ Well, let me tell ya, it’s got nothing to do with your due date or the hospital induction policy.

These details mean jack in birth. Because, my amazing friend, you are born to f**king birth. You will literally birth with EVERY fiber of your being. Every cell. Every synapse. Every muscle. Every heart beat.

You will call on the strength of the woman who have birthed before you. The strength of your mother, your grandmother, your great-grandmother, and her mother before her. You will call in their energy when you need it most.

You will draw on every time you were told ‘No’, and you will roar ‘YEESSS!’. You will be so deep in your zone that you will be unstoppable. A fireball of power and purpose.

And when your baby is out on your chest, you will first-pump the air and say ‘I did it. I f**king did it!’.

And you will lie back and wonder why we don’t talk about birth in exultant powerful terms. Because we should. We should inspire the next generation of birthing women to trust in their birthing bodies. We should rave about our ability to birth new life.

Because we seriously f**king rock.

ROAR image by Mexican Rockstar Photographer



~ Shalome x