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Daughter of Time: The Postmodern Midwife: Robbie Davis-Floyd

 

 

 

 

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Feeling inspired, humbled, optimistic and proud of everyone who took part in the recent Birth experience circle. At the beginning of the last Birth Experience group, some participants shared their expectations, reasons for joining, what had brought them and what they hoped for.. Not all birth stories feel empowering. Not all wounds are visible. A Birth Reflection with me is a gentle, trauma-informed space to explore your birth or postpartum experience - with warmth, curiosity, and care - at your own pace (online or in person at my home in Stroud). Normal (physiological, unmedicated) birth isn’t a cult and there has never been a campaign for ‘normal birth at any cost’. 💚 Long slow exhalation is the antidote to pain and tension. I know this from pregnancy yoga and attending births how longer exhalation lowers heart rate, blood pressure and activates the parasympathetic (“rest and digest”) nervous system. On my tether like a giant fish 🎣 every day. 15 degrees means shorter swims, but I still notice a calmer state, slower heart rate, better mood and reduced stress. Our next gig @acapellieschoir - this coming Sunday @lansdownhall in Stroud, the finale for the 79th @stroudartsfestival - still some tickets available! During midwifery training I did an internship @hospitalsofiafeldman (HSF), an extraordinary oasis of humanized maternity care within Brazil’s extremely medicalised birth culture 🇧🇷
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