Just a small post on this extraodinary subject and my recent introduction to it.
So midwives, doulas, homebirths, natural births, all have seen an intense hounding in the past century. This has escalated decade by decade, only seeing a strong revival in the 60’s and 70’s which was rapidly quenched. But not before managing to set in some roots with the help of pioneers such as Ina May Gaskin.
The importance of being educated around childbirth reveals itself to be so impossible to ignore once one looks into it even just a little bit.
At a glance, this importance, this value, can be seen in two major aspects. The experience which the mother can have and the experience which the baby can have. Those are the two main facets which are looked at and I have been thinking about the much less talked about experience of the father, both physically (hormonally), psychologically, and spiritually we’ll see what seeds come out of that.
I am a man, a step-father, I have never seen a human being give birth (other than in movies), I saw my two of my canine loves give birth to 9 and 8 puppies, I have taken a transformative 4 day workshop on craniosacral massage for newborn to 2 year old, and I will not even attempt to say what is “best” or “worse” or even my opinion. Like a scribe I have accumulated some information which I believe can literally awaken a mother, a father, a person interested in children. Awaken in the buddhist sense of removing ignorance, removing that non-knowing. Allow people to see clearer.
I strongly recommend the following:
And a little humour:
And some humor with quite a bit of sad truth:
