Posts tagged autonomousbirth
Who I Am Today
Who I Am Today

“I saw that birth is this beautiful paradox where it is so intricate and complicated that we can easily interfere and disrupt it, but it is also so simple, an extension of our everyday life and not this huge interruption and traumatic occurrence as is the reality for so many women. The undisturbed home births I witnessed were beautifully simple and peaceful.”

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Christina Bakanecfreebirth, autonomousbirth, ruralsaskatchewan, community, gardening, prenancy, postpartum, birthwork, doulawork, birthhistory Comment
Why I am No Longer A Doula
Why I am No Longer A Doula

Birth - obstetrical, managed, clinical birth should never be called by the same name as real birth - physiological, biological, raw and free birth. They are simply incomparable. At the centre of it all is this truth, which far too few understand: birth, for all its power, is incredibly delicate. When you change just one element, you change everything.

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Christina Bakanecfreebirth, doula, obstetrical birth, homebirth, sisters, autonomousbirth, evolution, hospitalbirth, truth