…is that you don’t even have to. You have a uterus just dying to push for you, and if you just shhhhhhhush. Shhhuuushhh your busy worried over-thinking brain. Be calm and allow your mind to work with the incredible uterine pressure it will push your baby all the way to their first breath, while you slowly exhale your own. “We are not suddenly abandoned at the end of our pregnancy. There is…
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The Impact of Pornography on Birthing Women
As a doula, I hold sacred space for women as they transform into mothers. It is an indescribable privilege to watch the bodies of women open as new life emerges in birth. As a mother, my body too transformed. The memory of the primal power of labor and birth stays with me to this day. Two years later, I find refuge in a profoundly peaceful space as my son continues…
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Author: Mary Davis Website: https://holisticparentingmagazine.com Mary Davis is Owner, Editor, and Publisher of Holistic Parenting Magazine. Kathryn is married to her soulmate and together they parent six delightfully vibrant children in the Colorado Rockies. She has a background in sociology and philosophy, and has enjoyed working as a birth doula and breastfeeding counselor for over a decade. She has founded and led several women’s groups, on a spectrum of communities and interests….
Read more...I Live. I Laugh. I Love. And Sometimes, I Run Away
Life is hard. That’s an intrinsic part of its breathless beauty. What joy would there be in a rollercoaster with no steep climb? What triumph in a race with no competition? What accomplishment in an endeavor with no risk? What motivation in a life with no death? I don’t speak lightly of hardship. Hardship involves suffering, and I have suffered more than I am willing to share. But I choose…
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